James Labrie Drained Lyrics

Drained Lyrics

The air's so thick, it blurs my vision

I can't think straight, in this condition

Dim lit hall is stretching further

Not knowing what I might discover



Through a door half open

A painted light bulb swings

Casting someone's shadow

Reaching towards me



Something draws me here, not sure

Feeling drained, still I am curious

Haunts me, taunts me

Now I start to gravitate



Remain composed, I hear some laughter

The darkness in me moving faster

A handle turned, a door is opened

Ashtrays, cigarettes still smoking



And there again before me

The painted light bulb swings

And see I cast the shadow

The one, I saw moving



Cannot catch my breath, can't cope

His face turns toward me

Can't be, not me

The man in the mirror



It's all too clear

As I stood there

Acknowledged him

In reflective glare



I don't quite understand, why any of this

Is who I am? I'm damned 'cause I doubt

It's part of me, trick of the mind

Schizo, you see



It's like awakening

I'm in someone else's skin

Molds me, holds me, controlled

Left me drained and empty



Transformed, shifting

I peer inside like quicksand

You pulled me, down deeper

All twisted inside of me