Rough Around the Edges | Bottled Rooms

Written by Chyld d’Levanto © 2026 Chyld d’Levanto Rough Around the Edges releasing October 9th https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/chylddlevanto/rough-around-the-edges [Lyrics] My heart keeps dropping lower With every passing day Faces drown in alcohol And names dissolve away All that's left are broken flashes Of rooms I used to know Smiles moving through the distance Then vanishing like smoke Sometimes poison turns the key On rooms I sealed inside And every swallow pulls a face Back out from where it hides I should have known it mattered Some things never fade away That every room inside me Keeps the words I can not say I should have known it mattered The picture shown in pieces Rose-red lips and auburn hair Not an image but a feeling Like a warmth still waiting there She came from months that felt like years When happiness came free Before the dark closed every door And made a cell of me I was there through all the pain Till the day she had to leave Now the words I never gave her Are the ones that will not breathe I should have known she mattered More than words could ever say That every hour beside her Kept the worst of me at bay I should have known she mattered Maybe I was wrong to welcome Every room the bottle finds Maybe I was worse for keeping Every honest word inside Nothing said can cross the distance Nothing mends the years between Still the liquor makes her clearer Than my waking memory I should have known she mattered Even after she was gone That the place she left behind her Was the place she still lived on What's done is done and nothing Can return those vanished years Now all I have are memories Faded and scarred with tears I should have known she mattered to me I should have told her she mattered to me