[Verse 1]
Maybe alcohol got the best of me
I was sunk so deep I could barely breathe
You wouldn’t wanna see the pain I’ve seen
Same old scars in a new-age scheme
I wore that hurt like a second skin
Kept my head down, let the nights roll in
Made some friends through my darkest days
Turned out they could read my shame
[Pre-Chorus]
They sat right down
When I was half gone
No fancy words
Just a shoulder strong
And I learned real quick
When the world gets cold
Some broken people
Are the ones who hold
[Chorus]
Darkest days, darkest days
Made a few souls stay
Darkest days, darkest days
They can’t take that away
If I fall, they’re there
If you’re lost, they care
Darkest days, darkest days
We survived the gray
[Verse 2]
Back porch talk with a red dirt sky
Cheap beer sweat and a truth so dry
One man laughs with a busted grin
Said, “I been there too, let me in”
No saint, no hero, no clean slate
Just a busted heart and a shared mistake
We ain’t proud of all we came through
But we don’t lie about what’s true
[Pre-Chorus]
So pour one slow
For the ones who stayed
Not every wound
Gets washed away
But I found gold
In a wounded crowd
When the whole damn world
Went looking down
[Chorus]
Darkest days, darkest days
Made a few souls stay
Darkest days, darkest days
They can’t take that away
If I fall, they’re there
If you’re lost, they care
Darkest days, darkest days
We survived the gray
[Bridge]
I used to think
That pain meant alone
Now I know
It can build a home
From the wreckage
To the gravel road
We carry each other
When the nights turn cold
[Final Chorus]
Darkest days, darkest days
Made a few souls stay
Darkest days, darkest days
They can’t take that away
If I fall, they’re there
If you’re lost, they care
Darkest days, darkest days
We survived the gray
Darkest days, darkest days
Yeah, we made it this way