Addicted (To ATP)

It's like you're a drug
It's like you're a nuclear power
It's like I'm stuck
It's like I'm working by you all the time
And I know I let you have all the power
It's like the only molecule I seek is phosphate all around
It's like you're energy
Putting the life in me
It's like I can't breathe
Without you inside of me
And I know I let you have all the power
And I realize I'm never gonna quit you over time

It's like I can't breathe
I need adenosine
Nothing with two
I'm addicted to you
It's like I can't think
Until I make triphosphate
In my cells
In myelin
You've taken over me
It's Adenosine
and phosphate makes three

It's like I'm lost
It's like I'm moving more slowly
It's like you're the power house, fueling me
Driving processes
And without you enzymes in my cells
Would die alone
And I know metabolism is
Driven by mitochondria.

It's like I can't breathe
I need adenosine
Nothing with two
I'm addicted to you
It's like I can't think
Until I make triphosphate
In my cells
In myelin
You've taken over me
It's Adenosine
and phosphate makes three

The potential
Energy
In this is high
Until you break off a 
Phosphate
And then you use it.  
Processes are driven
by kinetic energy
Which were stored before in strong phosphate bonds.
I'm hooked on you
I need a fix
I can't take it
Just one more hit
I promise I can deal with it
I'll handle it, quit it
Just one more time
Then that's it
Just a little bit more to get me through this

It's like I can't breathe
I need adenosine
Nothing with two phosphates.
I'm addicted to you
It's like I can't think
Until I make triphosphate.
In my cells
In myelin
You've taken over me
It's Adenosine
and phosphate makes three.


Spoof science lyrics to be sung to Kelly Clarkson's "Addicted".