Use Your Illusion I

Guns N` Roses

1991 Released

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Right Next Door to Hell

03 : 02

Dust N’ Bones

04 : 58

Live and Let Die

03 : 04

Don’t Cry

04 : 44

Perfect Crime

02 : 23

You Ain’t the First

02 : 36

Bad Obsession

05 : 28

Back Off Bitch

05 : 03

Double Talkin’ Jive

03 : 23

November Rain

08 : 57

The Garden

05 : 22

Garden of Eden

02 : 41

Don’t Damn Me

05 : 18

Bad Apples

04 : 28

Dead Horse

04 : 17

Coma

10 : 13

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Track Lyrics

Right Next Door to Hell Lyrics

[Intro]

Yeah

[Verse 1]

I'll take a nicotine, caffeine, sugar fix

Jesus, don't you get tired of turnin' tricks?

But when your innocence dies, you'll find the blues

Seems all our heroes were born to lose

Just walkin' through time, you believe this heat?

Another empty house, another dead-end street

Gonna rest my bones, sit for a spell

This side of heaven is close to hell

[Chorus]

Right next door to hell

Why don't you write a letter to me?

I said I'm right next door to hell

And so many eyes are on me

Right next door to hell

Got nowhere else to be

Right next door to hell

Feels like the walls are closin' in on me

[Verse 2]

My mama never really said much to me

She was much too young and scared to be

Hell, Freud might say that's what I need

But all I really ever get is greed

And most my friends, they feel the same

Hell, we don't even have ourselves to blame

But times are hard and thrills are cheaper

As your arms get shorter, your pockets get deeper

[Chorus]

Right next door to hell

Why don't you write a letter to me?

'Cause I'm right next door to hell

And so many eyes are on me

Right next door to hell

I never thought this is where I'd be

But I'm right next door to hell

Thinkin' time will stand still for me

[Bridge]

Fuck you

Bitch

[Outro]

Not bad kids, just stupid ones, yeah

Thought we'd own the world an' getting used was havin' fun

I said we're not sad kids, but lucid ones, yeah

Flowin' through life, not collecting anyone

So much out there, still so much to see

Time's too much to handle, time's too much for me

It drove me up the wall and drove me out of my mind

Can you tell me what this means, come on?

Dust N’ Bones Lyrics

[Intro: Izzy Stradlin]

He lost his mind today

He left it out back on the highway

I-65

[Verse 1: Izzy Stradlin]

She loved him yesterday

Yesterday's over, I said, "Okay, that's alright"

Time moves on, that's the way

We live in hope to see the next day, but that's alright

[Chorus: Axl Rose & Izzy Stradlin, Axl Rose]

Sometimes, these things, they are so easy

Sometimes, these things, they are so cold

Sometimes, these things just seem to rip you right in two

Oh no, man, don't let 'em get to you

Oh yeah, ow, yeah

[Verse 2: Izzy Stradlin]

She loved him yesterday

He laid her sister, she said, "Okay, that's alright"

Buried her things today

Way back out, deep behind the driveway and that's alright

[Chorus: Axl Rose & Izzy Stradlin, Axl Rose]

Sometimes, these women are so easy

Sometimes, these women are so cold

Sometimes, these women seem to rip you right in two

Only if you let 'em get to you

Oh, oh yeah

[Bridge: Axl Rose & Izzy Stradlin]

Get out on your own

And you take all that you own

And you forget about your home

And then you're just fucking gone

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3: Izzy Stradlin]

There's no logic here, today

Do as you got to, go your own way, I said, that's right

Time's short, your life's your own

And in the end, we are just

[Outro: Izzy Stradlin, Axl Rose & Both]

Dust an' bones

An' that's all right, dust an' bone

That's all right, dust an' bone

Just dust an' bones, yeah

Live and Let Die Lyrics

[Pre-Chorus]

When you were young, and your heart was an open book

You used to say, "Live and let live"

(You know you did, you know you did, you know you did)

But if this ever-changing world in which we live in

Makes you give in and cry

[Chorus]

Say, "Live and let die"

Live and let die

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse]

What does it matter to ya?

When you got a job to do

You got to do it well

You got to give the other fella hell

[Guitar Solo]

[Pre-Chorus]

You used to say, "Live and let live"

(You know you did, you know you did, you know you did)

But if this ever-changing world in which we live in

Makes you give in and cry

[Chorus]

Say, "Live and let die"

Live and let die

[Instrumental Outro]

Don’t Cry Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Talk to me softly, there's something in your eyes

Don't hang your head in sorrow and please don't cry

I know how you feel inside, I've, I've been there before

Something is changing inside you and don't you know?

[Chorus]

Don't you cry tonight

I still love you, baby

And don't you cry tonight

Don't you cry tonight

There's a heaven above you, baby

And don't you cry tonight

[Verse 2]

Give me a whisper and give me a sigh

Give me a kiss before you tell me goodbye

Don't you take it so hard now and please don't take it so bad

I'll still be thinking of you and the times we had, baby

[Chorus]

And don't you cry tonight

Don't you cry tonight

There's a heaven above you, baby

And don't you cry tonight

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]

And please remember that I never lied, oh

And please remember how I felt inside now, honey

You gotta make it your own way, but you'll be alright now, sugar

You'll feel better tomorrow, come the morning light now, baby

[Chorus]

And don't you cry tonight

Don't you cry tonight

There's a heaven above you, baby

And don't you cry

Don't you ever cry

Don't you cry tonight

Baby, maybe someday

Don't you cry

Don't you ever cry

Don't you cry tonight

Perfect Crime Lyrics

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

Kickin' back in the shadow

Got no need for the light

Who's sorry now, old-timer?

Look at how you've spent your life

Scrounging for change to put some money in your pocket

My, how scratch does burn

Laughing at the suckers as you pissed it away

But I got the time, even I got the muscle

I got the need to lay it all on the line

I ain't afraid of your smokescreen hustle

[Chorus]

It's a perfect crime

Goddammit, it's a perfect crime

Motherfucker, it's a perfect crime

I said it's perfect

[Verse 2]

Keep the demons down and drag the skeletons out

I got a blind man following me in chains

I said, he's fun to watch when the world has stopped

And I think he's got something to say

You wanna fuck with me?

Don't fuck with me

'Cause I'm what you'll be

So don't fuck with me

If you had a better sense

You'd just step aside from the bad side of me

Don't fuck with the bad side of me

Stay away from the bad side of me

Don't fuck with the bad side

[Bridge]

(T minus 1:09 and counting)

Ostracized, but that's alright

I was thinking about something myself

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]

Call on everybody who's got last rites

Said it's better if you locked them away

Running through the visions at the speed of light

Won't you let me be?

Motherfucker, just let me be

Goddammit, better let me be

Don't you know you better let me, aah

[Chorus]

Perfect crime

Goddammit, it's a perfect crime

Motherfucker, it's a perfect crime

Don't you know, it's a perfect crime?

You Ain’t the First Lyrics

[Intro]

Rolling?

One, two, three, one, two, three

Two, three, one and

[Verse 1]

I tried so hard just to get through to you

But your head's so far from the realness of truth

Was it just a come-on in the dark? Wasn't meant to last long

I think you've worn your welcome, honey

I'll just see you along

As I sing you this song

[Bridge]

One, two, three, one

[Verse 2]

Time can pass slowly and things always change

Your days been numbered and I've read your last page

You was just a temporary lover, honey, you ain't the first

Lots of others came before you, woman

Said, but you been the worst

Said, you been the worst

[Bridge]

Two, three and

[Verse 3]

So, goodbye to you, girl, so long, farewell

I can't hear you crying, your jivin's been hell

So, look for me walking down your street at night

I'll be in with another, deep down inside

(Deep down inside)

[Outro: Duff, Slash]

To the bar

That was a take

Bad Obsession Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I can't stop thinking, thinking about sinking

Sinking down into my bed

I call my mother, she's just a cunt now

She said I'm sick in the head

She said, "You ain't special, so who you foolin'?

Don't try to give me a line"

[Pre-Chorus]

I can't stop thinking 'bout seein' you one more time, oh no

But I already left you and you're better off left behind

[Chorus]

It's a bad obsession, it's always messing

It's always messing my mind

It's a bad obsession, it's always messing

It's always messing my mind

[Post-Chorus]

Too bad, you're fucked up

[Verse 2]

I used to be wasted, always tried to take it

Take it down into my vein

I call the doctor, he's just another

He said I'm sick in the brain

He said, "You ain't special, so who you foolin'?

Don't try to give me a line"

[Pre-Chorus]

But I can't stop thinking 'bout doin' it one more time, oh no

But I already left you and you're better off left behind, oh yeah

[Chorus]

Aw, it's a bad obsession, it's always messing

It's always messing my mind

It's a bad obsession, it's always messing

It's always messing my mind

[Post-Chorus]

So bad, boy

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Bridge]

It's a

Heads up

[Chorus]

It's a bad obsession, it's always messing

It's always messing my mind

Now it's a bad obsession, it's always messing

It's always messing my mind

[Pre-Chorus]

I can't stop thinking 'bout doin' it one more time, oh no

But I already left you and you're better off left behind, oh oh oh no

[Outro]

It's a bad obsession and it's always messing my mind

But I already left you and you're better off left behind

Maybe you'll do better next time, punk

Back Off Bitch Lyrics

[Intro]

Oh, baby

Pretty baby

Oh, honey

You let me down, honey

[Verse 1]

I ain't playing childhood games no more

I said, it's time for me to even the score

So, stake your claim, your claim to fame

But, baby, call another name

When you feel the fire, woah

And taste the flame, woah yeah yeah

[Chorus]

Back off, back off, bitch

Down in the gutter, dying in the ditch

You better back off, back off, bitch

Face of an angel with the love of a witch

Back off, back off, bitch

[Post-Chorus]

Woah, woah, woah

[Verse 2]

Making love, cheap heartbreaker

Broken-backed, nasty ball-breaker

Stay outta my bed, outta my head

If it's loving you, I'm better off dead

[Chorus]

Now back off, back off, bitch

Down in the gutter, dying in the ditch

You better back off, back off, bitch

Face of an angel with the love of a witch

Back off, back off, bitch

[Post-Chorus]

Woah, woah, woah

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]

Emotions ripped, gone on a binge

Light-lipped, I said you're off the hinge

Telling lies of such fame and glory

I don't even want to hear your story

[Chorus]

Back off, back off, bitch

Down in the gutter, dying in the ditch

You better back off, back off, bitch

Face of an angel with the love of a witch

Back off, back off, bitch

It's such a pity that you're such a bitch

Back off, back off, bitch

It's time to burn-burn the witch

Back off, back off, bitch

Bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch

[Outro]

"Hey, what do you think he's trying to say there, anyway?"

"I think it's something each person's supposed to take in their own special way"

Fucking bitch

Double Talkin’ Jive Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Found a head and an arm in the garbage can

Don't know why I'm here

Livin' on the run for oh so long

I gotta go collect

[Chorus]

Double talkin' jive, get the money, motherfucker

'Cause I got no more patience

Double talkin' lies

No more patience, man

[Verse 2]

Back in town, an' a all new friends

They sayin', "How you been?"

Fucked up, and out of place

That's how I felt back then

[Chorus]

Double talkin' jive, get the money, motherfucker

'Cause I got no more patience

Double talkin' liar (Lies)

No more patience, man

You dig what I'm sayin'?

[Guitar Solo]

November Rain Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

When I look into your eyes

I can see a love restrained

But, darlin', when I hold you

Don't you know I feel the same? Yeah

[Chorus]

Nothin' lasts forever

And we both know hearts can change

And it's hard to hold a candle

In the cold November rain

[Verse 2]

We've been through this such a long, long time

Just tryna kill the pain, ooh yeah

But lovers always come and lovers always go

And no one's really sure who's lettin' go today, walkin' away

If we could take the time to lay it on the line

I could rest my head, just knowin' that you were mine, all mine

[Chorus]

So, if you want to love me

Then, darlin', don't refrain

Or I'll just end up walkin'

In the cold November rain

[Refrain]

Do you need some time on your own?

Do you need some time all alone?

Ooh, everybody needs some time on their own

Ooh, don't you know you need some time all alone?

[Bridge]

I know it's hard to keep an open heart

When even friends seem out to harm you

But if you could heal a broken heart

Wouldn't time be out to charm you, woah-woah

[Guitar Solo]

[Refrain]

Sometimes, I need some time on my own

Sometimes, I need some time all alone

Ooh, everybody needs some time on their own

Ooh, don't you know you need some time all alone?

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]

And when your fears subside

And shadows still remain, ooh yeah

I know that you can love me

When there's no one left to blame

[Chorus]

So, never mind the darkness

We still can find a way

'Cause nothin' lasts forever

Even cold November rain

[Guitar Solo]

[Outro]

(You're not the only one, you're not the only one)

Don't ya think that you need somebody?

Don't ya think that you need someone?

Everybody needs somebody

You're not the only one, you're not the only one

Don't ya think that you need somebody?

Don't ya think that you need someone?

Everybody needs somebody

You're not the only one, you're not the only one

Don't ya think that you need somebody?

Don't ya think that you need someone?

Everybody needs somebody

You're not the only one, you're not the only one

Don't ya think that you need somebody?

Don't ya think that you need someone?

Everybody needs somebody

The Garden Lyrics

[Child's voice]

No I won't

[Verse 1: Axl Rose]

You know you're all alone, your friends, they aren't at home

Everybody's gone to the garden

As you look into the trees, you can look, but you don't see

Flowers seem to tease you at the garden

Everybody's there, but you don't seem to care

What's it with you man, and this garden? Yeah

[Chorus: Alice Cooper]

Turned into my worst phobia

A crazy man's utopia

If you're lost, no one can show ya

But it sure was glad to know ya

Only poor boys take a chance

On the garden's song and dance

Feel her flowers, as they wrap around

But only smart boys do without

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 2: Axl Rose]

You can find it all inside, no need to wrestle with your pride

No, you ain't losing your mind, you're just in the garden

They can lead you to yourself or you can throw it on the shelf

But you know you can look inside for the garden

[Chorus: Alice Cooper]

I wasn't really scared

Lost my virginity there

To a gypsy with blond hair

But now no one seems to care

Like a mouse inside a maze

Wandering 'round for daze

With a smile upon my face

I never want to leave this place

Only poor boys take a chance

On this garden song and dance

Feel her flowers, as they wrap around

But only smart boys do without

Turned into my worst phobia

It's a crazy man's utopia

If you're lost no one can show you

But it sure was glad to know you

[Outro: Alice Cooper]

Bye-bye, so long, bye-bye

It's glad to know you

Bye-bye

Aw, so long

Garden of Eden Lyrics

[Intro]

It's a critical solution, and the east coast got the blues

It's a mass of confusion, like the lies they sell to you

[Verse 1]

You got a glass-jawed toothache of a mental disease

And they be running 'round back, see them line up on their knees

'Cause the kiss-ass sycophants, throwing penance at your feet

When they got nowhere to go, watch them come in off the streets

While they're banging out front inside they're slamming to the crunch

Go on an throw me to the lions and the whole damn screaming bunch

'Cause the pissed-off rip-offs, they're everywhere you turn

Tell me how a generation's ever supposed to learn

[Bridge]

This fire is burning, and it's out of control

It's not a problem you can stop, it's rock n' roll

[Verse 2]

I read it on a wall, it went straight to my head

It said, "Dance to the tension of a world on edge"

We got racial violence, and who'll cast the first stone?

And sex is used any way it can be

Sometimes, when I look out, it's hard to see the day

It's a feeling, you can have it, it's not mine to take away

[Chorus]

Lost in the Garden of Eden

Said, we're lost in the Garden of Eden

And there's no one who's gonna believe this

But we're lost in the Garden of Eden

[Post-Chorus]

This fire is burning, and it's out of control

It's not a problem you can stop, it's rock n' roll

Suck on that

[Verse 3]

Looking through this point of view, there's no way I'm gonna fit in

Don't you tell me what my eyes see, don't you tell me who to believe in

I ain't superstitious, but I know when something's wrong

I've been dragging my heels with a bitch called hope

Let the undercurrent drag me along

[Chorus]

Lost in the Garden of Eden

Said, we're lost in the Garden of Eden

And there's no one who's gonna believe this

But we're lost in the Garden of Eden, come on

[Guitar Solo]

Oh yeah

[Verse 4]

Most organized religions make a mockery of humanity

Our governments are dangerous and out of control

The Garden of Eden is just another graveyard

Said, if they had someone to buy it, said I'm sure they'd sell my soul

[Pre-Chorus]

This fire is burning, and it's out of control

It's not a problem you can stop, it's rock n' roll

[Chorus]

Lost in the Garden of Eden

Said, we're lost in the Garden of Eden

(And we ain't talkin' about no poison apple

Or some missin' rib, ya hear?)

Said, there's no one who's gonna believe this

Said, we're lost in the Garden of Eden

[Outro]

This fire is burning, and it's out of control

It's not a problem you can stop, it's rock n' roll

Don’t Damn Me Lyrics

[Intro]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yay

[Chorus]

Don't damn me when I speak a piece of mind

'Cause silence isn't golden when I'm holding it inside

'Cause I've been where I have been and I've seen what I have seen

I put the pen to the paper 'cause it's all a part of me

[Verse 1]

Be it a song or a casual conversation

To hold my tongue speaks of quiet reservations

Your words, once heard, they can place you in a faction

My words may disturb, but at least there's a reaction

Oh yeah, oh, oh yeah

Sometimes I wanna kill, sometimes I wanna die

Sometimes I wanna destroy, sometimes I wanna cry

Sometimes I could get even, sometimes I could give up

Sometimes I could give, sometimes I never give a fuck

[Pre-Chorus]

It's only for a while, I hope you understand

I never wanted this to happen, didn't want to be a man

So I hid inside my world, I took what I could find

I cried when I was lonely, I fell down when I was blind

[Chorus]

So, don't damn me when I speak a piece of mind

'Cause silence isn't golden when I'm holding it inside

'Cause I've been where I have been and I've seen what I have seen

I put the pen to the paper 'cause it's all a part of me

[Verse 2]

How can I ever satisfy you?

And how can I ever make you see that

Deep inside, we're all somebody

And it don't matter who you, you wanna be?

[Pre-Chorus]

But now I gotta smile, I hope you comprehend

For, this man can say it happened 'cause this child has been condemned

So I stepped into your world, I kicked you in the mind

And I'm the only witness to the nature of my crime

[Chorus]

But look at what we've done to the innocent and young

Whoa, listen to who's talking 'cause we're not the only ones

The trash collected by the eyes and dumped into the brain

Said, it tears into our conscious thoughts, you tell me, who's to blame?

[Bridge]

I know you don't wanna hear me cryin'

And I know you don't wanna hear me deny

That your satisfaction lies in your illusion

But your delusions are yours, and not mine

We take for granted, we know the whole story

We judge a book by its cover and read what we want

Between selected lines

[Chorus]

Don't hail me and don't idolize the ink

Or I've failed in my intentions, can you find the missing link?

Your only validation is living your own life

Vicarious existence is a fucking waste of time

[Verse 3]

So I send this song to the offended

I said what I meant and I've never pretended

As so many others do, intending just to please

If I damned your point of view, could you turn the other cheek?

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

Don't damn me when I speak a piece of mind

'Cause silence isn't golden when I'm holding it inside

'Cause I've been where I've been and I've seen what I have seen

I put the pen to the paper 'cause it's all a part of me

[Post-Chorus]

Don't damn me

I said, don't damn me

I said, don't hail me

Ah, don't damn me

Ouh

[Outro]

Smoke 'em if you got 'em

Alright, that sucked

Bad Apples Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Diamonds and fast cars, money to burn

I got my head in the clouds, I got these thoughts to churn

Got my feet in the sand, I got a house on the hill

I got a headache like a mother twice the price of my thrills

[Pre-Chorus]

And it's a cold day in the continental drift

I said this traffic is hell, can you give me a lift?

And I'll try to paint a story, got your pictures to tell

Yeah, you got to make a livin' with what you bring yourself to sell

[Verse 2]

I got some genuine, imitation bad apples

Free sample for your peace of mind, only $9.95

[Pre-Chorus]

I got my camera back from customs, got my law fees up to date

Hell, they must've seen me comin', ain't this life so fuckin' great?

[Chorus]

When the shit hit the fan, it was all I could stand, yeah

Well, I'm a frequent flyer

My body's breathin' while it can but what I don't understand is that

My world ain't gettin' no brighter

If I could touch the sky, well, I would float on by

While everybody's talkin', hell, I'm just another guy

If it were up to me, I'd say, just leave me be

Why let one bad apple spoil the whole damn bunch?

[Verse 3]

Gold and caviar

Now, won't you pour my apathy?

I'd have all the bases covered

If I could teach my hands to see

[Pre-Chorus]

Now, we're down in the deep end where they'd love to watch you drown

I said, your laundry could use washing, we'll hang it up all over town

I said, Hollywood's like a dryer an' we're down on Sunset Strip

An' you'll be suckin' down the Clorox 'til your life's all nice and crisp

[Chorus]

When the shit hits the fan, it was all I could stand, yeah

I'm a frequent flyer

My body's breathin' while it can but what I don't understand is that

My world ain't gettin' no brighter

If I could touch the sky, I would float on by

While everybody's talkin', hell, I'm just another guy

If it were up to me, I'd say, just leave me be

Why let one bad apple spoil the whole damn bunch?

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

When the shit hits the fan, it was all I could stand, yeah

I'm a frequent flyer

My body's breathin' while it can but what I don't understand is that

My world ain't gettin' no brighter

If I could touch the sky, I would float on by

While everybody's talkin', hell, I'm just another guy

If it were up to me, I'd say, just leave me be

Why let one bad apple spoil the whole damn bunch?

Why let that one bad apple spoil the whole damn bunch?

[Outro]

Boy!

Dead Horse Lyrics

[Intro]

Sick of this life, not that you'd care

I'm not the only one with whom, these feelings, I share

Nobody understands quite why we're here

We're searching for answers that never appear

Maybe if I looked real hard, I'd, I'd see you trying, too

To understand this life that we're all going through

"Then when she said she was going to, like, wreck my car

I didn't know what to do"

[Chorus]

Oh, sometimes, I feel like I'm beating a dead horse

And I don't know why you'd be bringing me down

I'd like to think that our love's worth a tad more

It may sound funny, but you'd think, by now, I'd be smiling

I guess some things never change

Oh, never change

[Verse]

I met an old cowboy, I saw the look in his eyes

Something tells me he's been here before 'cause experience makes you wise

I was only a small child when the thought first came to me

That I'm a son of a gun and the gun of a son that brought back the devil in me

[Chorus]

Oh, but sometimes, I feel like I'm beating a dead horse

I don't know why you'd be bringing me down

I'd like to think that our love's worth a tad more

It may sound funny, but you'd think, by now, I'd be smiling

Yeah, I guess some things never change

Ooh, never change

[Bridge]

I ain't quite what you'd call an old soul

Still wet behind the ears

I've been around this track a couple of times

But now the dust is starting to clear, oh, yeah

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

Sometimes, I feel like I'm beating a dead horse

I don't know why you'd be bringing me down

I'd like to think that our love's worth a tad more

It may sound funny, but you'd think, by now, I'd be smiling

Ooh, yeah, I'd be smiling

No way I'd be smiling

Ooh, smiling

[Outro]

Sick of this life, not that you'd care

I'm not the only one with whom, these feelings, I share

Coma Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Hey, you caught me in a coma and I don't think I wanna

Ever come back to this world again

Kinda like it in a coma 'cause no one's ever gonna

Oh, make me come back to this world again

Now, I feel as if I'm floating away

I can't feel all the pressure, and I like it this way

But my body's calling, my body's calling:

"Won't you come back to this world again?"

Suspended deep in a sea of black

I've got the light at the end, I've got the bones on the mast

Well, I've gone sailing, I've gone sailing

I could leave so easily, my friends are calling back to me

I said, they're, they're leavin' it all up to me

When all I needed was clarity, and

Someone to tell me what the fuck is goin' on

Goddamn it

[Bridge]

Slipping farther and farther away

It's a miracle how long we can stay

In a world our minds created

In a world that's full of shit

[Interlude 1]

Help me

"Okay, let's get this guy in the program please, we're losing him." "Start an IV Please."

Help Me

"Come on... His airways.. someone's got to protect his airways. I want two..."

"Where's the defibrillator?"

"Two IV's over here, please. That's two more now. We're losing him"

"Let's go"

Help Me

"Slow-motion here. This guy's going..."

Bastard

"Let's get him in ER"

"...Going out on us"

"Who's got the defibrillator?"

[Bridge]

Please understand me

[Verse 2]

I'm climbing through the wreckage of all my twisted dreams

But this cheap investigation just can't stifle all my screams

And I'm waiting at the crossroads, waiting for you

Waiting for you, where are you?

[Breakdown]

No one's going to bother me anymore

No one's going to mess with my head no more

I can't understand what all the fighting's for

But it's so nice here, down off the shore

I wish you could see this, 'cause there's nothing to see

It's peaceful here and it's fine with me

Not like the world where I used to live

I never really wanted to live, ah

[Interlude 2]

I know

"Okay, we're starting to lose this guy. I want that IV and his airway protected!"

"Let's get some people in here!"

"Get the crash cart please, we're losing this guy. He's going..." "Give me an airway please"

"... Going under."

"Clear"

Zap him again

"How about an IV, stat?"

"Okay... you better protect the airway, you're starting to lose him." "clear!"

Zap the son of a bitch again

[Guitar Solo]

[Interlude 3]

"Listen to me"

"Axl, are you listening to me?"

"Don't walk away from me!"

'You are such a fucking prick, I am so pissed with you"

"Get back over here!"

"All I hear is bullshit, all the time"

"All you ever wanna do is have sex, sex sex"

"I just don't give a shit anymore"

"I love you"

[Verse 3]

You live your life like it's a coma, won't you tell me why we'd wanna?

With all the reasons you give, it's, it's kinda hard to believe

But who am I to tell you that I've seen any reason why you should stay?

Maybe we'd be better off without you, anyway

You got a one-way ticket, on your last chance ride

Got a one-way ticket to your suicide

Got a one-way ticket, and there's no way out alive

An' all this crass communication that has left you in the cold

Isn't much for consolation when you feel so weak and old

But if home is where the heart is, then there's stories to be told

No, you don't need a doctor, no one else can heal your soul

Got your mind in submission, got your life on the line

But nobody pulled the trigger, they just stepped aside

They be down by the water while you watch 'em waving goodbye

They be calling in the morning, they be hanging on the phone

They be waiting for an answer, but you know nobody's home

When the bell's stopped ringing it was nobody's fault, but your own

There were always ample warnings, there were always subtle signs

And you would have seen it comin' but we gave you too much time

And when you said that no one's listening, why'd your best friend drop a dime?

Sometimes, we get so tired of waiting for a way to spend our time

An' it's so easy to be social, it's so easy to be cool

Yeah, it's easy to be hungry, when you ain't got shit to lose

And I wish that I could help you with what you hope to find

But I'm still out here, waiting, watching reruns of my life

When you reach the point of breaking, know it's gonna take some time

To heal the broken memories that another man would need just to survive

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