Album: Smile Empty Soul (2003)

Charted: 107

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• Been scared and lonely
  I've asked myself if something's wrong with you
  My girlfriend told me
  I need some time alone to deal with issues
  
  But something makes me carry on
  It's difficult to understand
  Why I always wanna fly
  
  I do it for the drugs
  I do it just to feel alive
  I do it for the love
  That I get from the bottom of a bottle
  
  You always call me
  And ask me how I make it through the day
  I'm always fallin'
  I guess it's just god's way of making me pay
  
  But something makes me carry on
  It's difficult to understand, why I always wanna fly
  
  I do it for the drugs
  I do it just to feel alive
  I do it for the love
  That I get from the bottom of a bottle
  I do it for the drugs
  I do it just to feel alive
  I do it for the love
  That I get from the bottom of a bottle
  
  When I, I wonder why I try
  And I, I wonder why I bother
  And I, I wonder why I cry
  Why I, I go through all this trouble
  
  I do it for the drugs
  I do it just to feel alive
  I do it for the love
  That I get from the bottom of a bottle
  I do it for the drugs
  I do it just to feel alive
  I do it for the love
  That I get from the bottom of a bottle Writer/s: DEREK GLEDHILL, RYAN MARTIN, SEAN DANIELSON
  Publisher: BMG Rights Management
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 9

• Mark from CaWas this song on any movie soundtrack?
• Anian from No ImportantThe song is about drugs and alcohol. And addiction in general.
• K from Baton Rouge, LaThis is DEFINITELY about Alcohol.
• Erik from Brownwood , Txit dosent matter if it is alcohol or drugs. as Ryan said "drugs" is a metaphor for whatever fits for you. it can be anything that consumes your life, drugs money etc. so if you are arguing about weather it is drugs or alcohol it is a pointless argument. just listen to the song and be happy knowing that it is about what ever gives you that feeling that you are needed to be alive. (the bottom of the bottle)
• Ian from Sodus, NyThe bottle could easily be a bottle of pills too. possibly pain killers?
• Corb from Yagborough, MeThe proverbial "bottle" spoken in the song would most likely refer to Alcohol. There is a mention of drugs but it's mostly about alcohol.
• Doug from New York, NyWhat ever it is, its a kick a** song
• Ryan from Mobile, AlI read somewhere that Sean said that "drugs" is a metaphor for whatever fits for you. It can be anything that consumes your life, whether it be drugs or money etc. He also said he did not want people to judge them based on the band's first single, which is "Bottom of the Bottle."
• Erik from Somewhere, Pai think the bottle is supposed to be alcohol.

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