Icon For Hire ~ Iodine ~ Lyrics

Song: Iodine
Artist: Icon For Hire
Album: Scripted
Track: 9
Video By: Ethelia Jumper

Lyrics:
I say I wanna be healthy but I turn up the noise
And the IV drips a steady stream of poison
I think I’m just in love with the feeling
Break my bones so I can feel them healing

Crazy’s I believe the medical term
When we wanna recover but we don’t wanna learn
Keep breaking what’s been fixed a thousand times
And give me some more of that iodine

I can’t make reality connect
I push ‘til I have nothing left
But if we want to wake up why we still singing these lullabies?
I’ll run in circles ‘til I crash
One day these steps will be my last
So if we want to wake up why we still singing these lullabies?

I say I wanna be happy but I quickly forget
When I sabotage all the good I’ve got left
Depression’s like a big fur coat
It’s made of dead things but it keeps me warm

Crazy’s I believe the medical term
When we wanna recover but we don’t wanna learn
Keep breaking what’s been fixed a thousand times
And give me some more of that iodine.

I can’t make reality connect
I push ‘til I have nothing left
But if we want to wake up why we still singing these lullabies?
I’ll run in circles ‘til I crash
One day these steps will be my last
So if we want to wake up why we still singing these lullabies?

I don’t like pain but I bring it to life.
I don’t like scars but I’m good with a knife
I don’t like tears but I’m starting to cry when I realize I’m destroying my life
I do this to myself
I do this to myself
Stop blaming someone else
We do this to ourselves

I can’t make reality connect
I push ‘til I have nothing left
But if we want to wake up why we still singing these lullabies?
I’ll run in circles ‘til I crash
One day these steps will be my last
So if we want to wake up why we still singing these lullabies?
So if we want to wake up why we still singing these
Why we still singing these lullabies?

[maureen]

"Depression's like a big fur coat, it's made of dead things but it keeps me warm."

aw my heart

[jessicawinklerjessi]

I feel like Icon For Hire is like my reality check. Some songs just slap me straight in the face with reality. Just like this song or 'Sorry about your parents' was just the same.

[gagebiggs]

all in all, this band has hardcore slap-you-with-reality lyrics for real

[retrobarks]

That "I'm destroying my life" just hurt me so deeply

[Mothman_In_a_T-Pose]

I recently discovered Icon for Hire, and damn if it isn't like she's just taking my own memories and formatting them into songs. This one in particular reminds me of when I was 14; I was struggling with depression, anxiety, sleep deprivation, and an eating disorder. As much I tried to overcome my issues, there was a comfort tethering me to that unhealthy mentality; I would find myself sabotaging the progress I made. I'd manage to regulate my binging and managed to force myself to regulate my eating patterns. One stresser, and I'd tell myself it was okay to binge. And if I binged, I might as well skip a few meals to make up for it--sending me right back into my binge-and-starve cycle. I'd be fighting the impulses depression gave me--like not doing work, not getting up in the morning, etc--and then allow myself one day off. Which turned into another day off. And another. And another. In no time, I'd be back to my depressive cycling.
It took me a long time to finally get over my mental health issues--I had to be entirely willing to heal myself.

[emerydurow]

This song is making me realize a lot about my mental health.

[naiyakin]

This song is a very logical and rational message formatted into some beautiful lyrics and awesome guitar riffs.

[infiredkitty_army]

We do want to wake up, but the lullabies are what keeps us safe, so we want to hold on

[hayleystump]

Funny story.... This song reminds me of hospitals (a lot of the songs on Scripted do) and this video was uploaded on March 1st, 2016... That was the day I sat and waited for a family member for like 17 hours :P

[vanessaliles]

Love this one *adds to playlist that contains 40% icon for hire*

(The rest is melanie, marina and a few others)

[KyranoSaurFlex]

I've been fighting addiction for about 7 years now and for some reason this song is the best metafore for addiction even if that wasn't intented

[zoebagdon]

scary... I thought I took it off but I'm still wearing this fur coat, and its killing me.

[shxnoaa]

“I believe the medical term, when we wanna recover, but we don’t wanna learn.”

[avalonsiembieda]

Who's here because they just love the song and Icon For Hire in general???
I keep thinking she's saying "one day these steps will beat my ass" when the lyrics say "one day these steps will be my last"

[zacharybowman]

This song is 100% what the end stages of addiction feel like. When you realize you need to get clean/sober but you're not sure how. Or don't think you can. Or you're still not ready to shut that chapter of your life. It's that pain you hold inside. When you know you need to get better. But you feel stuck. It's an awful feeling. Constantly dragging through that rock bottom. Losing relationships. WANTING to get better. Knowing you're killing yourself. But just not feeling able to get past it. It blows. I don't wish addiction on anyone.

[dyingisahobby]

Strange. This helps me cope with my depression

[emiliemartinkova]

''i say i wanna be healthy'' me on diet xD

[kaitlynmiller]

lines that stuck with me:Depression like a big fur coat its made of dead things but it keeps me warm. When we wanna recover by we dont wanna learn, behind the iv drips a steady stream of posion. keep breaking whats been fixed a thowsand times. Break my bones so i can feel them healing. I cant make reality connect. I push till i have nothing left. why we still singing these lullabys. one day these steps will be my last. i say i wanna be happy but i quickly forget. will i sabatoge all the good i got left. I do this to myself. stop blaming someone else. I dont like pain but i bring it to life. i dont like scars but im good with a knife. i dont like tears but im starting to cry. then i realize im destorying my life. -From a random 14 year old who wants to die in covid-19.

[buttercupghost]

But if we want to wake up,

why we still singing these lullabies?

[darthnovo]

You know I see alot of people comment about their own depression, but nothing Ariel's (Lead Singer) possibled depression. I dont want to sound like a SJW but I just dont want another person to go down like Chester did; I'm not that big a fan of Linkin Park but they did help a lot of people overcome Suicide and so does this band, I know I'm one of them.