Fatal Addiction
Aliek Uijlenbroek & Gertjan Wijnalda,
october 1996
about this
song
aliek
and i played together since the recording of je kan het niet verbergen
in june of the same year as we started writing together. the dutch
police wanted young people to write and play songs for a record against
alcohol and drugs (mainly in traffic) called School's Out for D&A.
we saw the advertisement and within a few days this song was completed.
the lyrics were
written mainly by aliek, who decided to write about a female character
since 'all those kinds of songs are about men most of the time'. the
bridge (the wicked things...) was written by me, trying to capture the
feeling of a bad trip, as well as the chorus. most of the music was
written by me as well, with the second vocal line entirely made up by
aliek.
the final title
was decided after most of the song was written, by both of us in a very
long phonecall.
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Fatal Addiction
(A.W. Uijlenbroek
/ G.L. Wijnalda)
She can't give anymore,
she's exhausted
Although she's high, she's thinking
How would she live without
Without this terrible addiction
She's thinking of
her life before
How many friends she used to have
How exciting it all seemed
And how drastic it turned out
Made the wrong
choices
Met the wrong people
Losing almost everything
Having a fatal addiction
Having a fatal addiction
And when she stopped
denying
It was already too late
Her whole world fell apart
And she even stopped trying
Chorus
The wicked things
feel so right tonight
The colored pills and sweaty crowds
Were spinning 'round and 'round
And then, at the height of it all
The crash
Chorus
Having a fatal addiction
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