Going through some old albums recently I came across one I hadn’t listened to in ages, one of my favourite bands that no-one else ever seems to have heard of when I mention them, rock band They Eat Their Own, who I picked up years ago in one of the second hand record stores in Edinburgh – must have been the early 90s because I remember the lyrics to one song, Better Now, turned out to be appropriate for a college essay I was working on and I ended up quoting them to add a nice touch to the paper. There isn’t a huge amount out there on They Eat Their Own, but there is a YouTube of Like a Drug. Which is, as it happens, the song that reminded me to dig out that album because Fiona Apple who I’ve been listening to recently does a cover of it. Although her version isn’t quite as rude and sadly this video version by the original creators is also slightly censored version – “you consume every thought but if you called me I would tell you to fuck off” becomes “tell you to get lost” which just doesn’t have the same raw impact, but it was all I could find.

"I don't buyYour true life stories'Cause I've seenThe way you lieBut I don't mindThe things you tell meBecause I knowWe'll say anything to get by

But when we're togetherSomehow I feel betterMy disease always tricks meI believe you can fix me

You're insaneI love the dramaTell the truthYou love it too I know youReason strikesWe fight and break up'Cause it seemsThe easiest thing to do

But when I don't get your callI go into withdrawalYou consume every thoughtBut if you called me I would tell you to fuck off

I need youI need you like a drugI need youI need you like aI need youI need you like a drugI need youI need you like aDrug

It turns me onTo say I love youBut deep insideI know it's lust not love at allOne day weWill leave each otherBut we pretendThe end's not inevitable

I require protectionFrom my own obsessionIn the object of youOne day I will rise above you

I need youI need you like a drugI need youI need you like aI need youI need you like a drugI need youI need you like a

Until thenWe'll stay togetherI guess things could be much worseOne day things will be much betterBut I don't really want to write another verse

'Cause when we're togetherSomehow I feel betterMy disease always tricks me

I believe you can fix me

I need youI need you like a drugI need youI need you like aI need youI need you like a drugI need youI need you like aI need youI need you like a drugI need youI need you like aI need you"I need you like a drug"