Red Wine And Ruin (Version 2)

[intro] [bluesy low riff, wine glass clink, whispered vocal loop] One glass for the lies Two for the silence Three for the ghost you became [verse 1] You said I was poison in lace But still you begged for just one taste You never asked how deep I go You just assumed I’d overflow [verse 2] I lit the candles, poured the red Dressed in black, alone instead The record spins, the shadows sway Another night you threw away [pre-chorus] You called me wild, you called me sweet Then buried me beneath your need [chorus 1] Red wine and ruin — that’s my name I toast the fire, embrace the flame I kiss the bottle like it’s you But colder, deeper, twice as true You broke my heart, not my spine I drink alone — and taste just fine [instrumental break] [gritty blues-metal riff with ambient organ underlay] [verse 3] Your voice is smoke beneath my skin A vice I’m never letting in I wrote your name on every glass Just to toast the things that didn’t last [verse 4] Now strangers ask me why I smile Like mourning’s gone out of style But darling grief looks good on me In heels, red lips, and legacy [pre-chorus] So here’s to what we never were A masterpiece of failed allure [chorus 2] Red wine and ruin — it pours clean Through every page we left unseen I waltz through tears in velvet flame Still whispering your hollow name You called me storm, you called me sin But baby, you drank everything in [bridge] [tempo slows, piano + slide guitar] I don’t forgive, I don’t forget I just sip and light my cigarette This love was vintage, now it’s gone But I still play our dying song [final chorus] Red wine and ruin — drink it slow Your memory aged, my heartbreak bold A glass for pain, a toast to truth And one last sip… For losing you [outro] Red wine and ruin — drink it slow Your memory aged, my heartbreak bold A glass for pain, a toast to truth And one last sip… For losing you [vinyl crackle, heartbeat drum fades, whispered: “just fine…”] [epic guitar solo outro] [epic piano solo outro] [end song]