Riley

Drinking To Just Keep Drinking (ft. Martin Feltz)

[Martin]: 

She once filled the kitchen with cinnamon in the morning 

Brewing coffee richer than any Hollywood actor ever could be 

Darker than the storm that the people swear is coming in 

But all I see is an empty blue sky with a hope and a lovely shine 

The coffee cups are white with a liquid that's beige inside 

I can see that she's hopeful just by looking into her eyes 

But I never knew how desperate she was until I saw her then 

But it was revealed to me that a way to hide the lies is cinnamon 

Now, we've got a long way to go before we let it go 

She was drinking to just keep drinking 

All of the Tennessee whiskey nights away 

Letting my hand slip out from beneath her breath 

Leaving me stranded on the island of many spotlights 

And now we've got a long way to go before we move on 

[Riley]: 

I couldn't tell because the perfume she wore was new 

And she said that she bought it; "It reminded me of you!" 

The bottle was asymmetrical but yet who isn't uneven 

But never one day did I ever imagine seeing someone leavin' 

The rings we wore have now rusted a citrus orange around my finger 

So many years lost, but I seem to not be able to remove the perfume linger 

Never taking off the band because I'm an optimist who looks to the future 

It might be the Sagittarius in me, but I never wanted her to leave me like a father 

Now, we've got a long way to go before we let it go 

 She was drinking to just keep drinking

All of the Tennessee whiskey nights away 

Letting my final breath slip out without an "I love you" 

Never knew the paramedics can't say you died of a broken heart 

And now I've got a long way to go before we move on  

And time doesn't just stop for us anymore 

It's time for us to own what we didn't before 

And it might be a long road but I've got my bags 

And I won't be stopping until it just feels right 

[Martin]: 

Time doesn't need to let us know when it's time to go 

We just allow the signs to tell us how it shouldn't go 

No more dark clouds around the topic of the September night 

Never realized 

That, I've got a long way to go before I let it go 

She was drinking to just keep drinking ([Riley]: just drinking)

All of the Tennessee whiskey nights away ([Riley]: drinking the nights away) 

And nobody told us that time will heal our wounds 

Bullets pierced my skin and now I'm ready to walk again ([Riley]: Watch him rise) 

[Riley]:

And now I don't need to beat myself up after you left 

[Martin]: 

It was a long road but I've learned to let it go