Learning to Crawl

My grasp on the bottle was much too strong

Sick and wounded, I couldn’t drag myself along

Blind and reeling, I was defenseless against more

So I lined up my demons, and I went to war

Oh how the chain defied my teeth

And I struggled in vain

The bottle beat me down to my knees

While I chugged the last of my goodness and chased away my last name

But It starts with a whisper, it’s learning to crawl

And pretty soon that whisper, is standing up tall

No longer a drinker, I’ve surrendered it all

It starts with a whisper, and now I’m standing up

Tall, Tall, Tall, Tall

My outlook on living, I had it all wrong

I’d drown my sorrows and drag them along

Blind and reeling, I stumbled for the door

Reaching for the handle but I always found the floor

Oh how the chain defied my teeth

And I struggled in vain

The bottle beat me down to my knees

While I chugged the last of my goodness and chased away my last name

But It starts with a whisper, it’s learning to crawl

And pretty soon that whisper, is standing up tall

No longer a drinker, I’ve surrendered it all

It starts with a whisper, and now I’m standing up

Tall, Tall, Tall, Tall