Painkillers kill pain
So I’m taking the strong stuff

I don’t live in Brazil or anything
I live in a democracy and all
I visit the beach regularly

But still there’s pain

I haven’t got cancer
I don’t know anyone who’s been murdered
I have dreamt the greatest dreams

And yet there’s still pain

That’s why I gotta' take them

For the heartache

Sometimes my heart just hurts

I love the world
But it still hurts you know

That’s why there’s painkillers
And that’s why I sometimes take them

I don’t have any major complaints
Sometimes I just get bored
Waiting to find the answers
I can’t even work

Sometimes I can’t move because of the pain
Sometimes I wake up and can’t get up

I don’t even have financial problems
I don’t have major issues
It’s the news, the really bad news,
It’s for the time I’m not feeling anything

That’s when the whole kit floats in
Like shit in the ocean

That’s when I take them

To kill the pain

It’s in my heart
Like a glum continuous noxious lump
It just sits there
That’s why there’s pills
Cause I know it will stay
No matter how hard I try
No matter how much I smile and laugh

There’s pain

And painkillers kill it

That’s why I take them

My parents are still alive
I still have my licence and can still drive
I look forward to the future

But I know it’s gonna' be there
The pain
In my heart

I know it will only end when I know I’m gonna' die

Till then
I’ll take the painkillers
With a glass of water
To take the pain away