[Verse 1] Another night alone with the bottle and the rhyme Every line I write just buys me borrowed time The mirror's full of strangers and they're all wearing my face Climbing out the bottle's like a race I'll never place Wash it down and chase it till my hands stop shaking Every pill's a promise that my mind keeps breaking They call it medicine but it only feeds the ache Every morning's darker than the choice I didn't take I know every excuse before it leaves my tongue Just one to take the edge off, then I swear that I am done I keep stealing from tomorrow just to make it through tonight Swear this time is different as I swallow one more lie [Chorus] I'm running from the man I used to be Sober thoughts won't set my spirit free Every demon's got a face I know by name And the only way I leave is through the flame [Post-Chorus] Through the flame Through the flame I'm searching for a way to feel again [Verse 2] My daughter's photographs are staring from the wall She don't know how many times I've nearly lost it all I promised her a father she could count on every day But every time she needs me, I'm the one who slips away Twelve steps forward then I stumble back six Counting every slip like some apocalypse I burn each bridge I build and wonder why I'm cold Keep reaching for the poison like the cure that I was sold She still believes the promises I struggle to believe And somehow that's the hardest kind of mercy to receive She looks at me like I can still become who I should be And I wonder if that man is really somewhere inside me [Pre-Chorus] I keep pouring out the pain into the glass Tryna build a future made from things that never last [Chorus] I'm running from the man I used to be Sober thoughts won't set my spirit free Every demon's got a face I know by name And the only way I leave is through the flame [Post-Chorus] Through the flame Through the flame I'm searching for a way to feel again [Bridge] Maybe one more morning when the shaking finally ends Maybe that's the day I finally learn to be a friend To the broken figure that I see staring through the glass To the half-remembered version of a man that didn't last Maybe getting better doesn't mean I leave unscarred Maybe staying here is gonna be the hardest part No shortcut through the fire, no promise sets me free Just another morning choosing who I'm gonna be [Chorus] I'm running from the man I used to be Sober thoughts won't set my spirit free Every demon's got a face I know by name And the only way I leave is through the flame [Post-Chorus] Through the flame Through the flame I'm searching for a way to feel again
