Steve Keith - Flame of Addiction Lyrics

The ghosts from my past
Keep on texting me
Sweet siren clarion calls
Dimly lit alleyways
Where I wandered lost
Chasing the shadows alone
My heart a furnace stoked by vices
Burning brighter
With each forbidden sip
It was a reckless dance with fate
A desperate grip had hold of me
Chasing shadows dancing with my demons
The flame of addiction
It consumed my battered soul

But then I glimpsed a different fire
Not in the bottom of a glass
Or rolled-up bills
A gleaming sleek machine
A promise of thrills
My key held the wild beast in check

Like an open vein
The road stretches out
Into a distant shimmer
Shifting through the gears
Pure joy

The dashboard became my confessional
Where my past sins were laid bare
Leaving shadows behind
As I made amends
I'm free with the wind in my hair

The flame of addiction extinguished
In the rearview mirror old memories dissolve
Now I slice through the fog
I'm Free at Last
Brand new again

Just the purr of the engine
Sets my racing mind at ease

Cruising down the road
All my insanity cleansed
From my brain