MUSIC FOR SALE

Verse 1

I don’t ask for diamonds, baby
Or some grand escape from here
I just wanted Sunday mornings
Coffee, laughter, little years
A drive with all the windows down
A movie with the kids asleep
Simple things folks call ordinary
Now they feel so out of reach

You roll your eyes when I get hopeful
Like joy was made for someone else
Every dream I dare to whisper
You put back on the shelf

Pre-Chorus

You used to laugh a little easier
You used to dance across this floor
Now every road leads back to nowhere
And I don’t know you anymore

Chorus

Every time I reach for life
You reach for the bottle
Every time I pull back curtains
You pull us back to dark

I’m trying to build a memory
You’re trying to numb tomorrow
And that bottle on the counter
Has become the third heart in this home

It’s killing you slowly
Baby, truth be told
It’s killing me too
Just in a different way

Verse 2

I miss the man who noticed sunsets
Who’d stop to hear the thunder roll
Now you chase oblivion nightly
Like going numb can save your soul

I watch you fade in tiny pieces
Not all at once, but sip by sip
Every beer you call your last one
Feels like one more goodbye kiss

You think the only thing you’re breaking
Is your body, blood, and bones
But addiction has a cruel way
Of making casualties at home

Chorus

Every time I reach for life
You reach for the bottle
Every time I crack a window
You seal us in with dark

I’m trying to make a future
You’re trying not to feel sorrow
And that bottle on the counter
Has become the loudest voice in our hearts

It’s killing you slowly
Baby, truth be told
It’s killing me too
Just in a different way

Bridge

I won’t leave
Lord knows I won’t
Maybe that makes me foolish
Maybe that makes me strong

But tell me, love
Can you live with this?
Can you watch my spirit fade
Sip by sip?

Funny thing about addiction
It don’t stop at what you drink
I’ve been drowning right beside you
And I’ve never taken a sip

Is that bottle worth the price
Of losing me while I’m still here?
Can you watch me disappear
While I’m standing right here?

Final Chorus

Every time I reach for life
You reach for the bottle
Every time I call you back to us
It pulls you somewhere dark

I still love you with every ounce
God, that’s the hardest part
’Cause I’m watching alcohol
Drink the man who has my heart

It’s killing you slowly
And now I need you to know
It’s killing me too
Just in a different way

Outro

So if you choose that bottle
Just understand the truth
You won’t be the only thing
That bottle takes
It’ll take me too