Fade Away Songtext
von Mikill Pane

I know you hate to talk about this
But this discussion needs to happen
′Cause I'm getting really tired of this ugly weekly pattern
Of you ruining yourself because you cannot stop and think
That your addiction to all types of drugs and alcoholic drinks
Has spiralled out of control
When I met you it was bad enough
You don′t know how often I've nearly left you
'Cause I′ve had it up to here with the regular come downs
I′ve battled for a year just to get you to calm down
It's not only the after-effects that make me wonder why I care so much
You′re like a monster when you're drunk and you′re rarely sober
That's why I′m scared for over half of the time
But other times I'm angry 'cause it seems your heart′s set on dying
We′re only 19 but you already seem tired of life
Remember when you told me that you had a fire inside
You also said it burns for me and it's a shame
Because you′ve gradually got colder ever since I lit the flame


And I'm doing all I can for you
But it seems you can′t stand the truth
But I'm gonna tell you anyway
′Cause I don't wanna let you fade away
And I'm doing all I can for you
But it seems you can′t stand the truth
But I′m gonna tell you anyway

And it's like I′ve been the boyfriend that doesn't ever sleep
And let′s you stay with him
Just so your father doesn't see you in the state you′re in
Remember when we met him, you believed that he would take me in
But he looked me up and down and said "
Leave her alone you waste of skin"
You know he's never really liked me anyway and he
Is almost desperate to find something to blame on me
He should be thankful for the times I called an ambulance
And climbed in with you so I could ride with you to A&E
I don't wanna leave you knowing that I couldn′t make you see
A brighter light ′cause every time I tried it made you moody
I can't focus when I finally start the day′s duties
I can't believe I′m still getting good grades at uni
It's like you need me, but there′s no love anymore
It's just a repeat of what happened to my mother before
But why the fuck am I surprised, I knew what trouble you'd cause
And now I juggle my life and you struggle with yours


And I′m doing all I can for you
But it seems you can′t stand the truth
But I'm gonna tell you anyway
′Cause I don't wanna let you fade away
And I′m doing all I can for you
But it seems you can't stand the truth
But I′m gonna tell you anyway

I didn't wanna say too much about my mum to you
So I told a pack of lies about her, babes nothing's true
The truth is I watched helplessly as Hennessy fucked her over
Tell me when you were seven had you ever seen a drunken coma?
I didn′t think so, I lived in a shit home
Bullies didn′t sympathise, I was fly kicked 'til my ribs broke
I was only twelve, I started to think the world does not give a fuck
When your dad′s behind bars and your mum's propping them up
I haven′t seen or spoken to my parents for a while now
I don't know where they are and I never wanna find out
It ain′t been simple to forget my mum
'Cause giving you your first chance has made
Me feel like I'm giving her a second one
And I refuse to do that but I do it all the same
It′s life and death to me but to you it′s all a game
I fell in love with you but fear could make me fall right through
So you've gotta lose the bottle before I do

And I′m doing all I can for you
But it seems you can't stand the truth
But I′m gonna tell you anyway
'Cause I don′t wanna let you fade away
And I'm doing all I can for you
But it seems you can't stand the truth
But I′m gonna tell you anyway

And I′m doing all I can for you
But it seems you can't stand the truth
But I′m gonna tell you anyway
'Cause I don′t wanna let you fade away