Love Drug

from Awakening by The Chinese Lanterns

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I’ll stare deep inside
Look at the things which people try to hide
I’ll play a little game, just to see if we see the same
Co-stars; chemicals start to stir;
Strange perceptions of what we thought we were
Addictions they come and go; as we shape and we grow and we start to know

You’re an upper spike; a vast dilate
An amphetamine…a pretty nice mistake
You’re a little rush, a spark of confidence; you’re the end to a chain coincidence

Catch and release in a gamble of a game
Cause we’re all searching for a bit of the same
Look for comfort, hope for support
Some distracting fun or a simple sport
Lets just chill for a moment, lets just initiate
All we gotta do is appreciate, try not to expect or to alleviate

You’re a pretty distraction,
and if we play this right
we can make a pretty faction
You’re a therapy,
you’re an escape;
you’re anything I choose to make

You’re an upper spike; a vast dilate
An amphetamine…a pretty nice mistake
You’re a little rush, a spark of confidence; you’re the end to a chain coincidence

Baby baby gonna take me higher
baby take me close up to the fire
yeah you my love drug take me higher
baby gonna make me perspire

but this is all just mental illusion
causing me my great pollution
I gotta break out
Gotta break free
I gotta set my self free

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from Awakening, released May 3, 2014

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The Chinese Lanterns are an alternative rock group from Cape Town, South Africa

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