When I think back on this lifenI guess we were doing the best we couldnAnd to look at us from the outsidenI'm sure it seems somewhat romanticnbut when you've tasted excessnEverything else tastes blandnYeah, we had everything to losenBut we still lived like we were about to dienAfter all, we were the drug scouts of AmericannI've begun evaporatingnRight before your eyesnI just keep regurgitatingnMy own demisennI miss today I miss the pastnI miss my veins 'cause they've collapsednA simple thought occurs to mennI'm face down on the tracksnThe train is coming fastnAnd it's not derailingnIt's not the first timenAnd this won't be the lastnThat my heart is failingnnAs the blood is rushingnto my headnAnd from my wristsnI'm in love with all the things I know I should resistnnAnd all the times you said to menYour falling down ones destinynA simple thought occurs to mennI'm face down on the tracksnThe train is coming fastnAnd you're right there waitingnIt's not the first timenAnd this won't be the lastnThat my heart is failingnnLike I was sayingnThe look in the eyes of deathnWas intoxicatingnTaking it into our lungsnLaughing at ourselvesnWhere others would probably crynAnd more importantlynI'd probably just dienStaring face to face with the demonsnAnd not back downnTakes a constitution that most people just don't havenA life gets soiled with sex, drugs and rock and rollnnI'm face down on the tracksnThe train is coming fastnAnd it's not derailingnIt's not the first timenAnd this won't be the lastnThat my heart is failingnnI'm face down on the tracksnThe train is coming fastnAnd you're right there waitingnIt's not the first timenAnd this won't be the lastnThat my heart is failing