on eisegesis and inhaling

there’s bound to come some trouble
so it’s best to count the cost
cause suffering is the future
of the saved and of the lost

i’m cursing in the darkness
and looking to lay the blame
but does it matter what the cause is
when the ends are all the same?

you say there’s a losing that is winning
and that’s the way you played the game
well i’m a natural born loser
that's yet to stumble onto that way*

i still suspect there's a difference
between the ends of virtue and of vice
but when i can’t feel the former
smoking the latter sure feels nice

* fuck if i know how to finish that stanza