I pull the tourniquet and I'm left to drift away with my 
dreams 
My life is just a wreck, all hands have left the deck but 
I dream 
The drugs they fill my veins no one is to blame and I 
dream 
The world's a golden glow, a happy winning show and I 
dream ... 
Then cold turkey strikes and all these neon lights; life 
is mean 
I'll sweat and puke and blab until I'm on a marble slab; 
life is mean 
I crave for the next score as a thief or as a whore; life 
is mean 
It's a luxury u bet to have any self-respect; life is 
mean 
Then I commit the crime and it's back to scoring time 
with my dreams 
So the cycle spins and no one ever wins in my dreams 
And this they call a crime trapped in addiction time; 
life is mean