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Addicted

from Lamentation by Natalie Kendel

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"Addiction", by Kursegesagt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8AHODc6phg

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In a bar or in office,
in a suit or dressed in rags,
there’s a hundred thousand people
who are wrestling with their past.
There’s a hundred different ways just
to get us through the day,
and we all can get addicted
to the things that numb the pain.

Tell me, isn’t it ironic
how society will deem
certain victims as illicit
while the others are acclaimed?
Some casualties look thriving,
others thrown into a cage,
but we all can get addicted
to the things that numb the pain.

And you needn’t use a needle
or pills to qualify;
all our coping mechanism
are a symptom of a cry.

For the trauma fuels addiction,
and addiction fuels the ache,
and we all can get addicted
to the things that numb the pain.

Humour, attention, needing to be liked,
reaching perfection, or looking for fights,
some stay busy,
some hurt themselves,
adrenaline junkies, obsessed with health,
building your brand, needing people around,
feasting on any thrill to be found,
needing to constantly to be entertained,
sex, popularity, cycles of shame.

All us hurting, desperate people
we don’t need to be exiled -
to segregate the hurters, expelled, or driven out.
For the opposite to addiction isn’t isolation, no:
connection is the answer,
and a better antidote.

For we all can get addicted
to the things that hurt us so.

credits

from Lamentation, released May 1, 2020
The research and studies into trauma as being the root of addiction of Gabor Maté, Eckhart Tolle, Ryan North, Johann Hari Terrie M. Williams, and many more.

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Natalie Kendel England, UK

Theologian, Natalie Kendel, is a singer-songwriter, author, pastor, and theological lecturer.

Using an imaginative, narrative approach, Kendel aims to musically communicate the biblical narrative.

Kendel's music is influenced by folk, orchestral, neo-80s & various genre blends. With unique lyrics and theological depth, her music evokes a rallying listening experience. ... more

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