The Decline

To the ones who don't have anything else, I'm with you

And I'm sorry I wasn't there when it hit you

Sometimes we need to remind ourselves

That life'll get you when it gets you

Sitting in the same old chair

Listening through old blown out speakers

Filling up the ash tray

Empty bottles piling up under me

I don't know

The difference between night and day

It's dark and cold when I'm awake

Piece another verse together

Cut another line

Drink to another chorus

Smoke again cause I got the time

Well maybe one day I can stop wearing this fucking hat

Sell a million records and get the rest of my self worth back

I hope that this is the last sad song I write

And I hope you know that I'm doing alright

Cause by the time you hear this I'll have picked myself back up

Living on a little bit less than enough

So I'll watch the clock tick by

Tip back and unwind

With whiskey by my side

Hang a noose with spare time

I won't let em see

I won't let em see me

I won't let em see me, hate me

When you pull every stick like its the last ash you'll ever taste

When you're full of the wit that they say will go to waste

That is when it's worth it to show them how well you hate

This is the time to let them know

Their help is too late

So I'll watch the clock tick by

Tip back and unwind

With whiskey by my side

Hang a noose with spare time

I won't let em see

I won't let em see me

I won't let em see me, hate me

I don't know the difference between night and day

It's dark and cold when I'm awake

Wearing these same old clothes while I pace

With blurry vision forgetting the reason I'm in this place

Now they're aware

In a way that they fear

Understanding I won't stop until my words are made clear

But I'm here

Paying dues with a cigarette and a bottle in my hand

I'd rather get high

I'd rather touch em all

I'd rather throw a ball at a blank white wall

Before I sell my soul

To a chump bitch for a sum of money

Only concerned by what he gets from me

So I'll watch the clock tick by

Tip back and unwind

With whiskey by my side

Hang a noose with spare time

I won't let em see

I won't let em see me

I won't let em see me, hate me