Gin

Verse 1

I took four sips from your glass last night

And on my fifth, your peripheral slights

Draw me in, with the 50 percent of poison you breathe

Your slurring words will disappear once it turns 3 a.m.

Break me in, then kick yourself back out

I’m beginning to see the trouble you were warning me about

Ease my mind, then make it go missing

Your slurring words will linger as our time like this goes ticking

I heard you, my delusion must end

In the morning, I’ll pretend

Chorus

Could we have one last kiss?

When the last drop of gin leaves your lips

Because I know, when we’re sober, I’m a stranger

Yes, I know, I know

This, wouldn’t be the last time I was someone’s fleeting story

One of those nights that makes your drinking legendary

I know, I won’t be remembered, as someone who made you smile

I pushed you towards strangers you won’t latch on to past a mile

Once that last sip makes you sorry

Once that last sip returns the warmth to your body

And once I’m again somebody

Let me in

Once you taste gin again

Verse 2

I’ll white knuckle grip this night until it ceases

Tomorrow you’ll awake whole, me in pieces

The loosened word of truth already lost

The touch of a glass brings a finale of cost

You turn to push away my profession

You take another sip to further muddle your impression

I keep letting myself in, but this is just an empty house

A place where your memory is lost when you empty the drawers of your blouse

A precarious hold of feelings unwanted

You never stay long, you’re already so haunted

Bridge

I know tugging at a sleeve never made someone smart

And to never take your doses while blacking at a bar

Addicted to this hold, and its shaky truth

In the morning, I don’t know what I’ll do

AG ~ a song written in fall of 2022