Verse 1 (Intimate / Acoustic Focus)
It started out
As nothing but love
Fell hard and fast
Thought you were the one.
When life got hard,
You chose to find comfort
In a bottle and not my arms.
Pre-Chorus (Building Intensity)
If you could only
Put the bottle down
And take a look
At the pain you've caused.
If you could only
Let the liquor go
To see the damage
You have caused.
Chorus (Full Band Enters / Distorted Guitar Riff)
You choose the bottle
Over us, (Ooh, over us)
Time and time again,
Always the bottle and not me.
If you could only
Put the glass down,
Then you'd see
The love slowly fading away. (Ooh-ooh-ooh, fading)
Verse 2 (Drops back down / Focus on Rhythm Section)
You keep saying,
"What's one more drink gonna do?"
Then one turns into three,
And the promise isn't true.
By six there's an argument,
And I'm still home alone,
Wondering when
This nightmare will be done.
Chorus (Repeat - Higher Energy)
You choose the bottle
Over us, (Ooh, over us)
Time and time again,
Always the bottle and not me.
If you could only
Put the glass down,
Then you'd see
The love slowly fading away. (Ooh-ooh-ooh, fading)
Bridge (A Cappella / Vocals Only)
I watch the clock hand turn
Wishing you were here,
But when you finally walk in,
All I taste is fear.
I know the bottle's winning,
It's a battle I can't fight,
So I stand here in the silence
Torn between what's wrong and what's right.
Do I stay and keep pretending?
Or do I finally let you go?
Tell me, darling, which is easier
When the love is all I know? (Ah... [Vocal run/sigh])
Chorus (The Peak / Maximum Power)
You choose the bottle
Over us, (Ooh, over us)
Time and time again,
Always the bottle and not me.
If you could only
Put the glass down,
Then you'd see
The love slowly fading away. (Ooh-ooh-ooh, fading)
Outro (Slowing and Fading)
Always the bottle and not me...
Fading away...
(The bottle and not me...) (Final, quiet Ah...)
