
a phenomenon often seeni want to hold you downMore Like This
until you admit
that you're better than me
that i don't deserve you
(i probably wouldn't need
to hold you down
i just want an excuse
to be that close to you)

dr. jekyll is wrestling hyde, for my prideyou have given your heart to a manMore Like This
who has not even noticed
you have never seen him smile when you're sober
and that should not be an incentive to drink
you are well-versed in destroying yourself
this is just another coping method
you feel like you're holding a loaded gun
you're far too drunk to be holding a gun
this is nothing more than another coping method
he is nothing more than a way to destroy yourself
you have never been very good
at knowing what's good for you
you have given your heart to a man
who is steadily becoming your main reason to drink
he has not even noticed
you're far too drunk for this

flying closer and closer to the sunyour mother's collection of empty glass bottlesMore Like This
the stench of alcohol clinging to you no matter what you do
the burn in the back of your throat
the long stretches of time you do not remember afterwards
and this is fine, this is good
if you cannot remember what you did
then you need not regret it
if you cannot remember the look on his face
then it cannot hurt you
your growing collection of empty glass bottles
the look on his face
the many and varied things you cannot remember
the eloquence you retain but the inhibitions you lose
everything you lose, you lose everything
but the drink, and so you drink to forget, you forget
the burn in the