(Verse 1)
The silence in this house is a heavy shroud
Where echoes of the fights still scream out loud
I walk through empty rooms, see ghosts in every chair
The scent of stale regret hangs heavy in the air
I see your face in every shattered pane
A cracked reflection, staring through the rain
A younger man who promised everything
Lost in the bottle, couldn't feel a thing
(Chorus)
And the whiskey was my bride, the bottle was my friend
I swore it was the cure, a means to an end
But it stole my voice, it stole my will
Left me broken, standing still
'Til all I had was gone, just shadows in the dark
A father's empty hands, a husband's broken heart
(Verse 2)
The front door slammed, I knew she wasn't coming back
With every angry word, I pushed her down a darker track
I yelled to fill the void, she yelled to feel alive
Two ships in a storm, we fought to just survive
My daughter's face, a blur of tears and pain
As she packed her bags, walking in the pouring rain
I watched her go, a stranger to my own flesh and blood
Drowning in a sea of my own flood
(Chorus)
And the whiskey was my bride, the bottle was my friend
I swore it was the cure, a means to an end
But it stole my voice, it stole my will
Left me broken, standing still
'Til all I had was gone, just shadows in the dark
A father's empty hands, a husband's broken heart
(Bridge)
Then one day I woke, and the haze began to fade
I saw the man I was, and the mess I had made
Took a shaky hand and found a different kind of room
The one with folding chairs, a light to cut the gloom
I spoke the truth, that ugly truth, for all the world to hear
And the weight of years of lying slowly disappeared
I learned to listen, learned to feel, to be the man I could have been
Washed the old me clean, and let the new begin
(Chorus)
And the whiskey was my bride, the bottle was my friend
I swore it was the cure, a means to an end
But it stole my voice, it stole my will
Left me broken, standing still
'Til all I had was gone, just shadows in the dark
A father's empty hands, a husband's broken heart
(Outro)
And then you came home, a stranger to this place
You saw a different light, a change upon my face
The man you always knew was buried underneath
He's standing here right now, with all his strength and belief
Our hands reach out, they meet across the pain
And finally, we start to live again.
