If you need it

Whether it's love or drugs or drinks, lust or vanity
 Just take what you need but don't let your vices bring you further down with them
 While you wander through this old life
 Yea the world will leave it's mark
 While you pretend it's all just fine
 While you wait and wait keeps you up all night
 And I'd try to explain if I could
 But now you're prone to the elements, to the raging cold
 And life'll break you like it broke me
 It'll wear you down
 Set your soul to sleep
 And I'd try to help you if I could
 And if you're finding that your metal skeleton's been replaced by flesh and bone
 While you wonder how the world whittled you down
 Got you clinging to the crutches you've been trying not to lean on
 Whether it's faith in gods or just yourself, old records and closest friends
 Just use what suits you best
 And hey,
 If you need it, then you need it
 To find a way to get through this old life