Hello, Bartender

i stumble and i crawl
to the bar of this pub
trying to get attention
just spare me a second
bartender

i came here to forget
wont you help me do that
i want your whiskey
your gin and tonic
the strongest one
and ill down it
ask for a second shot

i might bore you
with my story of misery
but thats kinda what i pay you
for
am i right
or am i not

haha, i just kill you
don’t i

ill be such a hit
at the stand-up club

coz sorrow
is just the funniest thing

...

anyway

theres this girl
there always is, isnt there
know you heard this
lots of times before
but i hope youll listen
this will sound overused
but shes special
and i love her

it used to be so happy
and everything was fine
but nothing was made
to stay that way
dont you agree
oh, i know you do

now im just this lonely guy
broken from heartache

ive tried all that i can
but nothing seems to work

my cigarettes and weed
smokings
going nowhere

i know you have another
solution
to this little problem

so bartender
hit me with your best shot

haha
told ya i was hilarious
but noones laughing

-

-

ah
now the coldness of this glass
its numbing my hand
and now the acid is in my throat
its burning inside

you know how it feels, right?
im sure you do

it hurts more than i let on
forgive the pretend
but im so used to it
i just cant stop

but the memories are there
and theyre freakin clear
their pain is greater
so ill keep drinking
this beer

i just wish itll continue
and torch all of me
oh, i know itll smart
more than a needle flick
but its gotta be better
than this girl
and her torture

soon i know therell be nothingness
an nice empty hole
buts its gotta better
i know you know
what i mean

-

-

can you still understand me
i know i got it bad
but im sure you also did
back then
to those warm, old,
misused, missed days
the ones
youll never get back
oh, does it sting
the way it settles in
because your girl will never return

...

and neither will mine
oh, neither will mine

that girl

she was all... no, she is all i have

and she left me
because she was cruel
and life is too

kinda funny how they say its unfair
because its ten times worse

im getting pretty wasted
i think she knows that

she doesnt care

but you say
maybe she does
and shes worrying

i see youre still wishing
on dreams
and stupid shooting stars
but i noticed how
quiet youve been

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-

midnight passed by
hours ago
and i think im almost done
with this

yeah, ill realize tomorrow
that this was pointless

because the moment i came here
i knew
all along
i wont forget

surrounded by other sad men
with their own fantasies

that girl
she was... she is all i have

now shes someone elses

so even though it hurts like hell
i put myself through
this alcohol

you gotta understand
that a fortune on this
and a night of stupor
and a painful morning
and a hangover
and a heavier heart

is a relief
from the way
shes haunting
me

oh, i wont forget forever
but if i can
for only a minute
ill take it
its sad and its stupid
but ill take it

to rid myself
of this unhealthy
addiction
this
girl

oh, for only a minute
ill take it

oh, for this girl...

-

-

im slipping off my sanity
and my consciousness
is practically dead

you better call a taxi
my address is
the apartment complex
right on the corner
of betterliving street

its such an irony
how the place
is a gray stone dump
and the tenants
are cases like me

so come one
call the cabbie
tell him to get here quick

coz you dont want this drunken fool
in your pub too long
hell stain the floor
with his vomit

he wont pay his worth
hell struggle
and give you a hard time

and hell remind you
of a time
when you were just like him

so while you can
call that cab
before i finish this shot

do us a favor

get rid of me

lets pray youre not as unlucky
as my attempts
to free myself
from her

so my parting words
my dramatic farewell
before i say goodnight
and tip you goodbye
let me tell you

that

i know you know how it feels

dont you

bartender?