Dave Gates - Not Ready Lyrics

You've got a hold on me that I can't seem to break
And you get more of me with every hit I take
Thought I was done with you but you came back around
You took the walls I built and burned them to the ground
But I'm not ready, to give into you
Or let you control me, the way that you do
And I've seen what you offer, and it's always the same
One minute of pleasure, for a lifetime of pain
This time, this time I'm done with you
Yes I'll go, I'll go from ashes to being new
Taste you in the morning, and crave you late at night
I gave you everything without even a fight
I snuff you out and then I take you in again
It's always me who ends up suffering in the end
Cause I'm not ready, to give into you
Or let you control me, the way that you do
And I've seen what you offer, and it's always the same
One minute of pleasure, for a lifetime of pain
And I'm, I am so I'm done with you
Yeah this time, I'll go from ashes to being new
The smell that's on my clothes reminds me you were here
And in my darkest times you'll always reappear
One day I'll break the chains that you have always held
Or I will light the match and send myself to hell
Cause I'm not ready, to give into you
Or let you control me, the way that you do
And I've seen what you offer, and it's always the same
One minute of pleasure, for a lifetime of pain
But this time, time I'm done with you
Yes I've gone, I've gone from ashes to being new