Cigarette

Take the smoke in deep
Let it run through your blood till it begins to seep
Take a good long drag
Let it leave your lungs with a bit of a lag

There will be peace for the rest of the night
Or least until the end of this light
Just need a sanction from all this stress
Life's running through my mind causing a mess

Just this one smoke will clear the air
Slow my mind down till I don't care
I'm too weak to deal with my own issues
And I'm too much a man to my sob story and grab a tissue

I'd rather light up this smoke and live in denial
While behind me my problems just pile
Just one more light, hand me my cigarette
Just so I can have some time where I can forget

Through my problems into the thick gray abyss
If I can't see them then they don't exist
But this cigarette won't last forever
So I better light up again or get clever

Cause once that fog clears I won't be ready
To charge head on into my problems and remain steady
Before I know it happens again and I dive back into the smoke
Refusing to give up my safety cloak

I don't want to deal with life, I refuse to have trouble
If my problems grow big I'll just smoke double
One a day, maybe two, maybe three
Just keep adding em till I'm finally free