Verse 1
After Covid, silence filled the room
Empty tables… no laughter, no fumes
No plates clashing, no voices in the air
Just me and my thoughts sitting there
Didn’t drink to party, didn’t drink for fun
Just trying to hide from what I’d become
Couldn’t sit still with the noise in my head
So I reached for a beer instead
Pre-Chorus
One an hour from nine to five
Told myself, “Man, I’m still alive”
Didn’t eat, didn’t sleep, didn’t pray
Just living life in liquid days
Chorus
Liquid days… washing me away
Bud Light mornings, blurry gray
Thought I was fine, thought I was strong
Didn’t see the damage going on
Liquid days… I felt no pain
But I was drowning in the rain
Smiling outside, breaking inside
Sipping my life away, sip by sip, I hide
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Verse 2
Then I found cars sitting in my garage
Cleaned them up, gave my life a job
Turo trips from every state
Five-star reviews, I felt so great
Twenty cars every weekend gone
Hyper mind had something to run on
I was winning… or so it seemed
But alcohol was in between
Pre-Chorus
Lost twenty pounds, thought I was fit
Didn’t know I was killing it
Years went by in a blur and haze
Still living life in liquid days
Chorus
Liquid days… washing me away…
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Bridge (very soft, emotional)
I said, “I’m done… I’m done this time”
Three days sober, feeling fine
Started eating, cooking again
But something broke inside my skin
Five days passed, I couldn’t go
Pain hit hard, moving slow
ER lights, doctors’ eyes
“Tonight you fight for your life”
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Verse 3 (very emotional, stripped music)
Memorial Hermann, rushing me in
Surgery night… where do I begin
Woke up feeling like I’d been run down
A bag on my stomach… hospital gown
I was confused… how’d this happen to me?
I thought I was strong… I thought I was free
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Final Chorus (bigger, hopeful)
No more liquid days, I’m finding my way
Learning how to live, learning how to stay
Feeling the pain, feeling the light
Facing my demons instead of the night
No more hiding, no more disguise
I’m healing my body, I’m healing my mind
Outro (soft)
I survived… I survived…
I’m still here… I’m still alive…
