Verse 1 You only call when the house is quiet When the neon’s gone and the bottle’s low Your voice gets soft like you finally mean it Like I’m the only place you know You say my name like a second chance Like I’m the answer you’ve been praying for But the sun comes up, you sober up And you don’t sound like that anymore Pre-Chorus I lay there staring at the ceiling Trying to make sense of what you said Wondering if it was truth or just the whiskey Talking in your head Chorus You only love me when you’re breaking When you don’t trust your own head You swear I’m everything you wanted Then take it back with morning breath I’m done believing words you borrow From the bottom of your glass If you can’t love me when you’re sober Don’t love me like that Verse 2 I know the way you laugh when you’re honest It only shows when you’ve had a few You talk about forever like it’s easy Then act surprised when I believe you I tell myself you’re just scared of feeling That you don’t mean to hurt me so But loving you shouldn’t feel like guessing What you’ll remember when you’re cold Pre-Chorus I trace every word you stumble through Try to decide what’s real If you mean it every time you say it Why don’t you say it when you’re clear? Chorus You only love me when you’re breaking When you don’t trust your own head You swear I’m everything you wanted Then take it back with morning breath I’m done believing words you borrow From the bottom of your glass If you can’t love me when you’re sober Don’t love me like that Bridge Maybe I fell for who you are at closing time When your guard finally comes undone Maybe I’m tired of waiting on courage That only shows when the night’s half gone If I walked away, would you stop me? Or just pour another round? I don’t know what hurts worse anymore You reaching out… or backing down Final Chorus You only love me when you’re breaking When you don’t trust your own head You swear I’m everything you wanted Then take it back with morning breath I won’t keep catching words you drop Just to watch you change your past If you can’t love me when you’re sober Don’t love me like that

When youre sober