nasal spray in my nightstand

Without a goodbye, you sped down the road

You fucking left me young and crying because you wanted control

I was nine, how the fuck was I supposed to understand?

You thought a refilled bottle would save you on command

I guess for a few hours it did, until you woke up with your chest stitched

When you swallowed all those pills, did you expect to be found in a ditch?

Those painkillers killed your pain. You got what you wanted.

But you killed your arteries too and now we're all haunted

But that's just a typical day in comparison

Not too long ago I gave you your weekly medicine

It's prescribed to you, by me, as a result of your disease.

Those half-shut eyes and shallow breathing...

Once again, I reached into my nightstand

And administered your narcan