Lyrics
Well once a good life was waiting at my feet
Reflecting on a time when a promising life was ahead.
There stood a good man just ready to love me
Acknowledging the presence of a good person ready to love.
Wouldn't I rather just throw it out
Contemplating the choice to discard it all.
For a man with nothing to offer in a dirty road house
Choosing a man with nothing to offer in a seedy road house.
I love you baby, you know I love you true
Expressing love but unwilling to return home.
But aint nothin could make me come home to you
External factors preventing a return despite love.
When there's something waiting just to tear me down
Awareness of challenges waiting to undermine.
At the bottom of a bottle at a dirty road house
Being at a low point in a disreputable road house.
When I dry out I still see them maritimes
Recalling memories of maritime experiences during sobriety.
A red clay river underneath that Atlantic sky
Describing a significant location with red clay and the Atlantic sky.
I hear the sound of our newborns tiny breath
Tender moment hearing the newborn's breath.
I can't see nothing now but hellfire waiting for me after death
Fearing a bleak afterlife despite past happiness.
I panicked at the station just as I was about to leave
Panic and claustrophobia before departure.
The walls closed in and I couldn't breath
Feeling trapped with suffocating surroundings.
Well I'll be damned if I don't wake up every day
Expressing ongoing distress each day.
Just as shaken and terrified as when I got up on that train
Continued fear reminiscent of the initial train journey.
Well what's a good life anyways
Questioning the concept of a good life.
And how the hell am I supposed to stand in one place
Dilemma about staying in one place.
When I saw the way that he looked in my eyes
Observing someone with genuine joy unsuitable for oneself.
With a genuine joy that ain't fit for my kind
Contrasting the observed joy with personal circumstances.
I miss our life and our baby child
Longing for a past life and a child.
Ain't seen the sunlight in a long long while
Describing a period without sunlight.
Well i ain't going nowhere but I ain't staying here
Indecision between leaving and staying in the current situation.
Well hey bartender I'll take whiskey with my beer
Ordering a drink from the bartender.
I'm sing'n I don't wanna wake up for a fuckin' hundred years
Expressing a desire to escape reality for a long time.
Cause once a good life was waiting at my feet
Revisiting the idea of a good life waiting in the past.
There stood a good man just ready to love me
Recognizing the presence of a good man willing to love.
Wouldn't i rather just throw it out
Reconsidering the decision to discard it all.
For a night with nothing to offer in a dirty road house
Opting for a night with nothing to offer in a disreputable road house.
For a man with nothing to offer in a dirty road house
Reiteration of choosing a man with nothing to offer in a seedy place.
To be a man with nothing to offer in a dirty road house
Embracing the identity of a man with nothing to offer.
Yeah I'm a man with nothing to offer
Confirmation of being a man with nothing to offer.
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