Whiskey Didn't Heal Me

I poured out my pain in a glass every night

Thought bourbon could burn away the fight

Tried drownin' the past in 80 proof lies

But it just kept floatin' to the surface each time

Barstools know my name better than kin

Confessions in the dark, baptized in sin

But rock bottom don't lie, and the silence got loud

I found no salvation in a bottle or a crowd

Whiskey didn't heal me, just held me awhile

Put a bandage on the wreck but never touched the trial

It numbed all the hurt but never made me whole

Left a deeper hollow down in my soul

I kept pourin' hope into a glass gone dry

But peace don't live where the bottle lies

Woke up face down on a motel floor

Same regret knockin' on a hungover door

My hands were shakin', my heart was gone

Till I whispered a prayer I hadn't said in so long

Didn't feel thunder, didn't see light

Just a quiet peace in the middle of night

That bottle once filled me, but never for long

The Word of God hit deeper and strong

Whiskey didn't heal me, just held me awhile

Put a bandage on the wreck but never touched the trial

It numbed all the hurt but never made me whole

Left a deeper hollow down in my soul

I kept pourin' hope into a glass gone dry

But peace don't live where the bottle lies

Some folks ask how I kicked that curse

I tell 'em I didn't it was reversed

By a Savior who knew every scar I hid

And loved me deeper than I ever did

Whiskey didn't heal me it broke me instead

Left me talkin' to ghosts in an unmade bed

Tried to forget, but it sharpened the pain

Every drink just poured more fuel on the flame

Now the bottle's dusty and the silence is clear

I found something stronger than all those years

Whiskey didn't heal me but something real did

So pour one out for who I used to be

That man's gone, and God set me free.

Whiskey didn't heal me it broke me instead

Left me talkin' to ghosts in an unmade bed

Tried to forget, but it sharpened the pain

Every drink just poured more fuel on the flame

Now the bottle's dusty and the silence is clear

I found something stronger than all those years

Whiskey didn't heal me but something real did