The Verve Pipe - Acting As Your Slave lyrics

My hand asleep for hours Waiting for the needles to begin I have no control They proceed to penetrate my skin Acting as your slave i drink for amber waves I never have embraced Acting as your slave i drink an open grave An epitaph defaced k**ing with compa**ion She hasn't heard a word that i have said Swallowing your pa**ion I can see a thousand miles ahead Acting as your slave i drink for barricades That i have often raised Acting as your slave i numb my head and rave Of epitaphs defaced Acting as your slave i drink while she forgave With trials left unfaced Acting as your slave i stumble to her grave An epitaph defaced