Cough Syrup

The Cough Syrup Songfacts reports that the song was composed when the band was unsigned and originally appeared on their 2008 Shake My Hand EP.The song was written as a cry for help when the band was broke and didn't know what to do with themselves.

[Verse 1] Life's too short to even care at all, whoa oh-oh I'm losing my mind, losing my mind, losing control These fishes in the sea, they're staring at me Whoa oh-oh, oh, whoa-oh, oh A wet world aches for a beat of a drum, oh-whoa oh, oh [Chorus] If I could find a way to see this straight I'd run away to some fortune that I should have found By now I'm waiting for this cough syrup To come down, come down [Verse 2] Life's too short to even care at all, oh-whoa, oh I'm coming up now, coming up now Out of the blue, oh-oh, oh-oh These zombies in the park, they're looking for my heart Oh-whoa, oh, whoa-oh, oh A dark world aches for a splash of the sun Oh-whoa oh, oh, oh [Chorus] If I could find a way to see this straight I'd run away, to some fortune that I should have found By now And so I run now to the things they said could restore me Restore life the way it should be I'm waiting for this cough syrup To come down [Bridge] Life's too short to even care at all, oh, whoa-oh I'm losing my mind, losing my mind, losing control [Instrumental] [Chorus] If I could find a way to see this straight I'd run away, to some fortune that I should have found By now So I run now to the things they said could restore me Restore life the way it should be I'm waiting for this cough syrup To come down [Outro] One more spoon of cough syrup now, oh, whoa-oh One more spoon of cough syrup now, whoa, oh, whoa