Staring down the barrel, drinking with the devil, take another shot, from the glass, and then the metal, click a round of Ketel, bang a fifth of rebel, either way I won't remember by the time the dust settles./ I don't wanna drown In the pain that is this life./ I just wanna party as if tonight's my last night./ Tomorrow is never promised, keep yesterday behind us./ I'm living for the moment, 'fore I'm forced to pay the price./ Set my cards upon the table, never dealt a winning hand,/ I get hit but never fold, before I make my final stand./ Snake eyes roll, the serpents thriving in the weeds./ A loaded gamble in the chamber, locked in without the keys./ I'm down on both knees, praying faith will bring reprieve, but the phone just keeps ringing, hanging up on my beliefs./ They don't answer when I call, from a distance watch me fall, I was forced to learn to run, without being taught to crawl./ [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK AND SECTION] [SLOW PAINFUL EMOTIONAL OUTRO] Staring down the barrel, drinking with the devil, take another shot, from the glass, and then the metal, click a round of Ketel, bang a fifth of rebel, either way we won't remember by the time the dust settles./ [SECOND PART Instrumental opener] I've Got a friend name Jim./ Who's got a friend named jack./ Bottom of the barrel,/ Those two always have my back./ Alone with my thoughts./ Bartender knows the facts./ Pour me another round./ Just put it on my tab./ // Just add it to my tab.// // [Instrumental Break] I wish I knew before./ That this life was so lonely./ Somebody could of told me./ Back when I still was the whole me./ Now pieces of a man,/ That once held the world./ Sits alone every night./ Trying to drink away the old me./ // Just let me drink away the old me.// // [Instrumental Break] The devil wouldn't wear my shoes./ Surely not these boots./ But he sits by my side./ Doubled down that I'll lose./ Gave my soul one night./ Just to chase another round./ The angels tried to help./ But the liquor drowned em out./ // I helped the liquor drown em out.// // [Instrumental Break] I see smiles on the faces./ Of the strangers in this place./ Another taste, another chase./ Memories to be erased./ I wish somebody would have told me./ That this life was so lonely./ Now the warmth of this drink./ Is the only thing that holds me./ // The only thing that holds me.// // [Long instrumental break} [acapella painful realization outro] I've Got a friend name Jim./ Who's got a friend named jack./ Bottom of the barrel,/ Those two always have my back./ I wish I knew before./ That this life was so lonely./ Somebody could of told me./ Back when I was still the whole me./ // Just let me drink away the old me./ // I will never be the whole me./ // Somebody could of told me./ // That this life was so damn lonely./ [FINAL SPOKEN OUTRO] Staring down the barrel, drinking with the devil, take another shot, from the glass, and then the metal, click a round of Ketel, bang a fifth of rebel, either way I won't be here when the dust finally settles./
