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. listen to it   [ realaudio ] there is no recording of this song available at this time. 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