Poison Was the Cure

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

I miss the warm embrace I felt

First time you touched me

Secure and safe in open arms

I should have known you'd crush me

[Verse 2]

A snake you were when we met

I loved you anyway

Pulling out your poisoned fangs

The venom never goes away

[Verse 3]

Serpent swims free in my blood

Dragons sleeping in my veins

Jackyl speaking with my tongue

Roach egg laying in my brain

[Bridge]

Once stalked beneath your shadow

Sleepwalking to the gallows

I'm the sun that beats your brow in

'Til I finally threw the towel in

[Verse 4]

Never knowing if I'd wake up, in a whirlpool, got redundant

My brain was just some driftwood in a cesspool, I became dead

From a rockstar to a desk fool was my destiny, someone said

Love's a tide pool, taste the water, life's abundant

Taste me!

[Instrumental Break]

[Guitar Solo: Marty Friedman]