In the Slow Lane Lyrics

I knew it from the moment that i stepped into the room

That she would be the one that could spell out my doom

But who the hell am I to make a good decision?

Cause when our eyes locked in, it was a cosmic collision

Slid through the crowd like a serpent in the garden

I know the music is loud, but yo, beg ya pardon

My name is Nick, the Marv is short for Marvalous

Here to storm ya metropolis and leave the suckers fatherless

Her silence was ominous but that look was still inviting

I threw all caution to the wind in the name of excitement

It was lightning in a bottle, popped the top, full throttle

Like pure rocket fuel drooling out of the nozzle

I could feel my body wobble and my blood run warm

She took stranglehold over me as I began to transform

Hooked instantly by her beautiful toxicity

That kept me inebriated and devoid of dignity

Cutting off everyone else from my proximity

Cause her sweet liquid poison is my only affinity

A slave to the liquor, invisible only to me

Sometimes a path of self destruction, chaos and misery

Is the only way to earn the epiphany

Line em up

Knock 'em down

I'll be happy to just crash and burn

Roll it up

Drag it down

Kill myself slowly on my own lonely terms

Pop the cap

Watch me drown

Just know this ain't none of your concern

Chop them lines

Hide the frown

Dont try to help cause I'm never gonna learn

I knew it from the moment I stepped into that room

I was nothing but a cadaver slathering out of a tomb

The air was full of desperation and hope

And the smell of burnt coffee and nicotine hit the back of my throat

Sauntered through the crowd, moving heavy with shame

Took my cold steel seat and some one asked me my name

You can call me Nick, the Marv now stands for Marvalush

I'm an alcoholic and addict who's reality's out of touch

I drank to hide the pain and the fact that I was a fake

Trying to be a puppet master in the drama I'd create

Hit the whiskey for liquid courage, snort a rail to come around

Pop a pill for the pain, smoke an ell in come down

Started fights in spite of my inferiority

And misguided masculinity exerting superiority

Used women for their bodies, just objects of my desire

Little playthings for some amusement until I got tired

Hit my friends up for favors, rarely returned them in kind

And I despise having to admit the dark sickness of my mind

But where I find myself now, I'm like a phoenix in the ashes

Taking sobriety one day at a time until my life passes

Line em up

Knock 'em down

I'll be happy to just crash and burn

Roll it up

Drag it down

Kill myself slowly on my own lonely terms

Pop the cap

Watch me drown

Just know this ain't none of your concern

Chop them lines

Hide the frown

Dont try to help cause I'm never gonna learn