Why Do I Do This To Myself Lyrics

I stayed awake for fourteen days, and then I slept a week.
Why do I do this to myself?
I drank out on your fire escape until I couldn't speak.
Why do I do this to myself?

Why do I do this to myself?
Refusing any kind of help,
I'm not hurtin' no one else, as I can see.
Why do I do this to myself,
If I knew just how it felt?
I'm not hurtin' no one else, as I can see.

The whiskey makes my friends more fun, and keeps my bed far from lonely.
Why do we do this to ourselves?
Full nose, full arms, full stomach and lungs ---they mold this smile and sing for peace.
Why do we do this to ourselves?

Why do we do this to ourselves?
Refusing any kind of help,
We're not hurtin' no one else, as we can see.
Why do we do this to ourselves
If we knew just how it felt?
We're not hurtin' no one else, as we can see.

What you call battling addiction, I call abstaining sobriety,
'Cause with eyes like a kaleidoscope, discord fades into periphery.
Just one-hundred and sixty milligrams, and the aide of my ID:
Self-medicate to slaughter the hate; Life's a terminal disease.

I guess that's why I do this to myself.