I know the man you are when you're still you, The one who holds me like you mean it too. You make your promises, you swear you're done, And for a little while, I think we've won. Then somewhere between *I love you* and goodnight, You disappear from us again, And I know exactly where you've gone— Back to the arms of your oldest friend. There's another love between us, And she waits inside a bottle on the shelf. You reach for her when you're hurting, Then blame the world when you've lost yourself. And you cry, *Please help me, please help me,* While we're drowning right beside you too. I would fight the whole world to save you, But I can't save you From you. You try and fail, then try again, Another promise, another end. The children learn to read the room, To hear the silence before the boom. Everybody loves you carefully, Everybody learns what not to say. And while you swear that no one's there for you, We're the ones you keep pushing away. There's another love between us, And she waits inside a bottle on the shelf. You reach for her when you're hurting, Then blame the world when you've lost yourself. And you cry, *Please help me, please help me,* While we're drowning right beside you too. I would fight the whole world to save you, But I can't save you From you. The bottle always fails you. And then you fail us too. It takes your nights, it takes your mornings, Until there's almost nothing left of you. And God knows I have loved you Through things I never thought I'd do. But loving you can't mean I have to lose myself with you. So I'm walking from the man I love, Not because the love is gone. I'm walking because your other love Keeps winning every dawn. And when you cry, *Please help me, help me,* God, I hope someday you finally do— But the hand that has to reach for help Has to belong to you. I hope one day you choose yourself. I hope one day you finally see: The bottle never loved you. It only made you leave Everyone who did. And I was one of them.
