Held Hostage lyrics

Held hostage

Trapped

By the meds

They give

To enhance life

Sullied by pain

Bartered in meds

They steal much

The joys of life

Benumbed so

Each day short

Passes too quickly

Side effects stall

Sleeping too long

Groggily going on

Mindless living

Memory lost

Years obscured

In a medicated fog

An unswaying mirk

The synergy of them

Medications taken

Age's accumulation

Living a half life

Once so very full

Yet there is still more

That inevitably

They contribute to

Some other demise

To end the pain

Freed unintentionally

Loosed lasting effect

By the meds

They take away

Bonds of breath

Sullied by pain

Bartered in meds

They steal much

The joys of life

Held hostage,

...unsuspecting