Cold Sweats

Verse 1

There’s a ghost in the bottle with my name on its breath

Whispering comfort while it’s dealing out death

I called it mercy when it numbed the pain

But mercy shouldn’t leave you drowning in shame

Kitchen light flickers like it’s judging my soul

Empty glass sermons preaching loss of control

I tried to bury every truth I felt

But the grave kept opening inside myself

Pre-Chorus

Now the night’s too loud when the buzz wears thin

Every quiet thought comes crawling back in

Chorus

Cold sweats in the dark of my room

Like my body’s remembering every wound

Hands shaking like leaves in a storm

While the past keeps knocking on the door

Every lie that I swallowed burns

Every scar is a lesson learned

I was praying the drink would set me free

But the prison was pouring out of me

Verse 2

Withdrawal feels like thunder in my veins

Every nerve screaming out my name

The mirror shows a war-torn face

Of someone trying hard to change

I tried to drown what I couldn’t say

But truth floats back anyway

Turns out pain’s a faithful guide

When you stop running from inside

Pre-Chorus

The devil I knew wore a whiskey grin

But the real fight was always within

Chorus

Cold sweats in the dark of my room

Like my body’s remembering every wound

Hands shaking like leaves in a storm

While the past keeps knocking on the door

Every lie that I swallowed burns

Every scar is a lesson learned

I was praying the drink would set me free

But the prison was pouring out of me

Bridge (NF-style intensity)

Yeah I built my escape with a bottle and lies

Every swallow another disguise

But the truth doesn’t drown

It just waits for air

And meets you alive when you think it’s not there

Rock bottom whispered something true—

“Only you decide what you’re walking through.”

Final Chorus

Cold sweats but the morning came

And the sunlight spoke my name

Every tremble, every scar

Reminded me who I really are

Every chain that addiction tied

Is breaking slowly, piece by piece inside

And the man in the mirror I feared to see

Is finally someone I can be

Outro

The bottle’s quiet on the shelf tonight

But the war it started taught me how to fight