Three Lifetimes

Three Lifetimes

This is just me

Emotions I can’t control

And that sad song

Playin on the radio

Too empty to

Be strung out

And too sober

To fade out

 Built a mighty fortress

Around this broken heart

You’d probably understand

If you tried to start

Could build an empire

In the blink of an eye

Built on suffering and pain

But too much work to try

Pushin em all away

But they keep comin along

Already enough somber tales

Of the many who have gone

Buried myself away

Tried to save what remains

Not much left in the world

To keep this heart restrained

Been torn apart

One too many times

And I’ve taken enough

For three lifetimes

So maybe this is

My heart’s swan song

Tellin a tale of pain

That’s been livin too long

Time for a drink

Or three or four

To quiet me down

And prevent a war

At least I know

That deep in the bottle

There’s no broken promises

Or dreams to topple