Three Days Grace - Painkiller Meaning

Song Released: 2014

Painkiller Lyrics

You know you need a fix when you fall down
You know you need to find a way
To get you through another day
Let me be the one to numb you out
Let me be the one to hold you
Never gonna let you get away

The shoulder you cry on
The dose that...

1. anonymous

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   Sep 14th 2023 !⃝

   Neil stated in an interview with Loudwire that this song is about how everyone is addicted to something. In the bands case, they're addiction is music and how they use it as an escape.
2. anonymous

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   Oct 7th 2019 !⃝

   This song is basically about an addiction.
   It could also be about a drug dealer.
3. russell.jones.9634

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   Nov 13th 2014 !⃝

   I think this song is about comforting someone when they're in pain or sad. It's obvious if you actually listen to or read the lyrics.
4. anonymous

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   Oct 8th 2014 !⃝

   It's about drug addiction.

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
5. anonymous

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   May 5th 2014 !⃝

   Neil, the band's drummer, stated it's about being addicted to this "villain, this drug or this thing" in your life that you can't get enough of, and it leaves you wanting more.