I’m Fading

(Verse 1)
The ice is melting in a cracked plastic cup
I’m staring at the ceiling, looking for an up
The couch is sinking lower, eating my pride
There’s nowhere left to run or to hide
I strike a match and watch the sulfur flare
Just a little bit of poison in the heavy air.

(Chorus)
And I’m leaning on the porch, drowning in the gray
Washing down the memories of another wasted day
With a glass in my left hand a blunt in my right
I’m just burning through the bottom of a shitty night
Yeah, I’m fading out of focus, losing every link
Between the smoke in my lungs and the ice in my drink.

(Verse 2)
The neighbor’s house lit up more than most
I’m raising a glass for a lonely kind of toast
The liquors amber, the blunts lit bold
The same old story that’s getting old
Every exhale is a ghost I let go
But the glass stays full and the clock moves slow.

(Bridge)
I don’t need the sound, I don’t need the crowd
The silence in my head is getting way too loud
So I’ll take another hit, and I’ll take another sip
Before the whole damn world starts to lose grip.

(Chorus)
And I’m leaning on the porch, drowning in the gray
Washing down the memories of another wasted day
With a glass in my left hand a blunt in my right
I’m just burning through the bottom of a shitty night
Yeah, I’m fading out of focus, losing every link
Between the smoke in my lungs and the ice in my drink.

(Outro)
Smoke and the ice...
Everything's cold...
Everything's burning...
Just let it go.
Yeah, let it go

Alternative Country, acoustic guitar, warm setting, soft tone, moving performance, live, male, slow tempo