Side effects follow but you'd never know
Dizzy and numb, I lost control

Day after day, you hid behind the dark
The world I built you tried to tear apart
You left me alone for dead
The coffin buried inside your head

Thought I'd never escape what's said
But now you spoke too soon
For all the chaos, for all the time lost
It wasn't worth the cost

Why did I fight so hard for you?
Under the surface, all the abuse
Why did I try so hard to prove
What's killing you is killing me too?
No matter what I say, no matter what I do
You can't deny the truth
No matter what I say, no matter what I do
The side effect is you

The side effect is you

Deep within, underneath
You destroyed and I buried
The bitter pill no one sees
The cross of yours that I carried

The web you spun
You cannot outrun
For all the chaos, for all the time lost
You weren't worth the cost

Why did I fight so hard for you?
Under the surface, all the abuse
Why did I try so hard to prove
What's killing you is killing me too?
No matter what I say, no matter what I do
You can't deny the truth
No matter what I say, no matter what I do
The side effect is you

Here's the web you spun, bad intentions can't run
Here's the web you spun, what's done is done

Why did I fight so hard for you?
Under the surface, all the abuse
Why did I try so hard to prove
What's killing you is killing me too?
No matter what I say, no matter what I do
You can't deny the truth
No matter what I say, no matter what I do
The side effect is you
The side effect is you
The side effect is you