Try not to picture that silver ring
On his bony fingers it lingers still
Try not to picture the world he sees
Through the fog of memories and ill-will

Hope you’re not bitter at the songs he sings
How in hushed and whimpered whispers they slither
Try not to picture your

Somewhere in the back of my memory
Elbow and glass collide
The smell of burning shower curtains
Today I’ll stay on your good side

“I promise not to get too drunk
I promise not to eat today
I promise just another pill or two
And then I’ll be ok.”

Somewhere in t

Most nights I remember you’re gone
I imagine if you hadn’t passed on
If you were still here with me
What would have shaped up differently?

Would we be taking our turns taking cigarette burns?
Would we be counting our scars over scotch and cigars?
Would we stay up late?<

I’d like to say I’m sorry
It may seem a bit cliche
But I’m glad to see that you’ve been well
Some day I’ll feel ok

You’ve found a brand new toy
To play with ‘til it breaks
Just how long until you slip
And make the same mistakes?

I guess I’ve gotta ask
Did

One november we made that first mistake
Just one of a hundred more
The beginning of something that someday we’d regret
You know the score

And we began our steep descent
Didn’t understand the words you spoke
You said some day you’d tell me what the words you whispered me

I don’t sleep, ‘cause when I do
All I dream are dreams of you
When I wake up, you are not around

In my best dreams I am dying
In my worst, you say you’re trying
And in yours you say your teeth are falling out

Pick your teeth up from the floor
‘Cause I don’t walk t

My mother cries to me
She says, “I can’t carry on”
My brother hides his head
He’s sober and withdrawn

Grandmother cries to me
Says, “I don’t wanna die”
And through all this
Not once were you standing by my side

Oh, mother, I apologize
For the person I’ve b