"Slave To The Riff" lyrics

I'm just another fucking slave

It's 3 am I should get some sleep
Balled up notes scattered at my feet
Chasing a feeling that I haven't felt
Since way back when
I held the foolish hope
That 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 lead 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 fuckin slave

Signed and sealed in blood and sweat
All it costs is a soul? I 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 will 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
But only for a moment