Drinking as Religion
Drinking Redemption: Battling Darkness with Light
Lyrics
After all this useless fighting, after all our schemes
Despite engaging in pointless conflicts and plans,
We could sense a final battle and started picking teams
We felt a sense of an ultimate confrontation and began taking sides,
Due to lack of good direction, I fell in with thieves
Due to a lack of clear guidance, I associated myself with criminals,
And took to drinking as religion and landed on my knees
Turning to alcohol as a form of devotion and ending up in despair,
Truth that starts as understanding finds you in the night
Realization that begins as comprehension confronts you in the darkness,
The circles all around the ceiling, a frightened bird in flight
The patterns all over the ceiling resemble a frightened bird taking flight,
After spending hours beneath it, everything comes clear
After spending considerable time contemplating beneath it, clarity arrives,
Truth will pose no danger to you, what haunts you both is fear
The truth itself isn't harmful; it's the fear that plagues you both,
Somewhere in our ever after telephones still ring
In some future scenario, communication devices continue to ring,
Somewhere in our future journals, love still means something
In forthcoming diaries, love retains its significance,
I have learned a mighty lesson from this change of plans
From this unexpected change of circumstances, I've gained a significant lesson,
Loss is brutal, I can't stand it, I wonder how you can
The pain of losing is intense, and I struggle to bear it, wondering how you manage,
And all the while there's dogs barking
All the while, dogs are barking,
Streets are talking out my window
Outside my window, streets are gossiping,
Out the light and the snow is flaking, hearts are breaking
In the dim light while snow falls, hearts are shattering,
Words are making a mess out of these thoughts I'm thinking
Words are causing confusion in the thoughts I'm processing,
Boats keep sinking, it's drown or keep drinking
Life's situations keep deteriorating, forcing a choice between drowning or continuing to drink,
And if this darkness came from light
If this darkness originated from light,
Then light can come from darkness, I guess
Then it's possible for light to emerge from darkness, I suppose,
If this darkness came from light
If this darkness stemmed from light,
Then light can come from darkness, I guess
Then perhaps light can also arise from this darkness, I presume,
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