[Intro]
This one doesn't cry like the others
Take his vital signs and medicate him
This ones hopes won't die like the others
Throw him in the hole and sedate him

[Verse 1]
As I enter this former sanctuary
My bones don't feel like they felt
When I knew they were in my own skin
When I was still a man

[Chorus]
Give me substance, give me something
To make me feel less real
I want to lose all concentration
Gradually

[Verse 2]
I'd be a liar if I said I was telling the truth half the time
I keep it locked inside
Under a pile of smiles and deceit
I will thrive, thrive, I will die, die an honest man

[Chorus]
Give me substance, give me something
To make me feel less real
I want to lose all concentration
Gradually

[Bridge]
I'd be a liar
(Compromise)
Telling the truth half the time
I keep it locked inside
(In style)
I'll destroy you softly
I'd be a liar
(Compromise)
Telling the truth half the time
I keep it locked inside
(In style)
I'll destroy you gradually
[Chorus]
Give me substance, give me something
To make me feel less real
I want to lose all concentration
Gradually