Slave to the Riff

I'm just another fuckin' slave

It's 3 AM and I should get some sleep

Balled-off notes scattered at my feet

Chasing a feeling that I haven't felt since way back when

I held the foolish hope this would bring me peace

It's not enough, never

A voice insists I have to try to make it better, but better's never there

It's a ghost of a sound getting farther away

Diverged from the path, and it led me astray

The feeling, it haunts me

Eternally calling

It won't let me rest

And it won't let me forget

I'm just a slave to the riff

I'm just another fucking slave

Signed and sealed in blood and sweat

It only costs us a soul, barely have one left

I feel the sorrow cutting deeper and I can't resist

Now won't you just give it to me? I've bled for this

Are you sure? I can grant what you seek

But you'll be forever changed

You may not like what you become

Very well

The feeling, it haunts me

Eternally calling

It won't let me rest

And it won't let me forget

I'm just another fuckin' slave

I'm just a slave to the riff

Close your eyes

Let the melody hold you for a while

Mmm-hmm

But only for a moment