# One More Cigarette ### Verse 1 I hate the way they taste, That smoke, that bitter burn. Funny how the things you hate Can still be the things you yearn. I've told myself a thousand times, "Tomorrow I'll be done." But tomorrow keeps on showing up... And I still light another one. ### Pre-Chorus It ain't just tobacco... It ain't just the flame. We all got something We don't know how to name. ### Chorus It's never just one more cigarette... One more drink... One more lie... One more thing we keep around To help us get by. One more memory... One more regret... One more promise We ain't kept yet. We're all trying to outrun Something we can't forget. Sometimes life... Looks like one more cigarette. ### Verse 2 I did my time when I was young, Thought I knew it all. Learned some lessons Behind concrete walls. Put on a uniform, Tried to become a better man. Built a life with these two hands, One day at a time, the best I can. Now every morning starts with horses, Boots covered up in dust. Turns out feeding dreams is harder Than feeding old habits to rust. ### Bridge My daddy's gone... I'd give anything To hear his voice one more time. I'd trade every cigarette I ever smoked For five more minutes... Just to tell him "I'm alright." Maybe that's what healing is... Not pretending you don't hurt. Just learning every sunrise Is another chance To choose your worth. ### Final Chorus It's never just one more cigarette... It's the weight we never share. The pain we hide, The prayers we whisper When nobody's there. Some chains are made of smoke... Some are made of fear. But every step toward freedom Starts right here. Maybe I won't win today... Maybe I will yet. But I won't stop believing... I'm more than one more cigarette. ### Outro (Spoken) Every one of us Has something we're trying to put down. Maybe it's addiction. Maybe it's regret. Maybe it's anger. Maybe it's grief. Whatever you're carrying... I hope you know... You don't have to carry it alone.
