[Verse 1]
The people who will tell you the truth
Are the angry and drunk
Sitting on the edge of the room
With the hurt in their lungs
Not the polished hands
Not the polished words
They smile too clean
And leave too much unsaid
[Pre-Chorus]
I seen the eyes go cold
I seen the mask come loose
When the bottle’s halfway gone
That’s when the tongue turns true
[Chorus]
Angry and drunk
Angry and drunk
That’s when it comes out
That’s when it comes out
Not in the pews
Not in the prayers
Just busted open
In the raw, hard air
Angry and drunk
Angry and drunk
[Verse 2]
In the temple hush
In the church bell shade
In the mosque with the shoes lined up
And the old words prayed
Everybody wants
A cleaner face
But the cracked-up soul
Still names the place
[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t trust the perfect pitch
I don’t trust the easy grin
Truth shows teeth at midnight
When the walls cave in
[Chorus]
Angry and drunk
Angry and drunk
That’s when it comes out
That’s when it comes out
Not in the pews
Not in the prayers
Just busted open
In the raw, hard air
Angry and drunk
Angry and drunk
[Bridge]
Maybe truth wears bruises
Maybe truth shakes hands
Maybe it stumbles in
Just to make you understand
If you want the bloodless line
The safe and saved and neat
You’ll miss the live wire voice
That never learned to sleep
[Final Chorus]
Angry and drunk
Angry and drunk
That’s when it comes out
That’s when it comes out
Not in the pews
Not in the prayers
Just busted open
In the raw, hard air
Angry and drunk
Angry and drunk
That’s when it comes out
That’s when it comes out