Just did this.
Verrrrrry quick write / rough first draft.
Don't know if I'll do anything further with it, but it's FAWM, so I post the things I write (although I did write a lyric earlier in FAWM which I haven't posted yet, about eating Tom Cruise's eyebrow and front tooth, eating peanut butter from Liam Gallagher's lips, and arranging orange segments around Brad Pitt's head while he serenades me).
I’ve suffered with headaches / migraines for many years. I have one right now. I was addicted to codeine for 15 years, and while I rarely use codeine these days, I take painkillers all the time every day 24/7 25/7 26/7 etc.
Booo!
Permanent Headache
Ch.
I got a permanent headache
Hanging around
my neck
Like a deadweight
Your sermons are bound
In eternal hellscapes
You keep up the pounding
It's a permanent headache
V1.
From the p.m. to the a.m.
The occipital God Damn
Makes the sleeping not worth the wading in the flotsam
The codeine ain't helping
to ease my mind
Doesn't matter if the off brand or the Glaxo Smithkline
Ch.
I got a permanent headache
Hanging around
my neck
Like a deadweight
Your sermons are bound
In eternal hellscapes
You keep up the pounding
It's a permanent headache
V2.
The intensity varies
But it never goes away
For 20 years it's just been
Part of my day-to-day
Paracetamol doesn't
even take off the edge
I built up a tolerance
To pharmacy meds
Ch.
I got a permanent headache
Hanging around
my neck
Like a deadweight
Your sermons are bound
In eternal hellscapes
You keep up the pounding
It's a permanent headache
M8.
There are too many fires
To put out
There are too many hormones
To pull out
There are too many wires
To know which is the right one
To cut without making my spine slip
Into my mouth
Ch.
I got a permanent headache
Hanging around
my neck
Like a deadweight
Your sermons are bound
In eternal hellscapes
You keep up the pounding
It's a permanent headache
@musicsongwriter Feb 2022
Very sorry to hear. It must be agony. You've described it really well but I hope you'll get a real cure. Unfortunately pain killers never address the problem, they just numb the pain. I know though that it's a real agony and too many people suffer seriously badly. The situations around us don't help. The more we worry, the worst it is. Please take care.
@deena Feb 2022
So sorry about this... you make it quite vivid.
@tunecat Feb 2022
It’s a cool lyric
@yewnorker Feb 2022
Hey, with the right music, it could work. I'm thinking "So Tired" by the Beatles. Seriously try accupuncture. Keep trying until you find a good acupuncturist.