Take A Sip

[Intro] (Instrumental Solo) [Verse 1] You keep prodding at the edge of the quiet Ask if I’d breathe if she found another’s fire If she finally drew the line we’ve been hiding You say it soft like it’s just idle desire [Verse 2] You frame it like a question of character Beg for some stoic line ’bout love and surrender But my ribs splinter when you sketch that image Her laugh tangled in a stranger’s summer [Pre-Chorus] Like my sister that night at the funeral wake Lifted her glass when they asked if she’d break ’Cause loving someone’s a crack in your armor And the truth’s a bullet you can’t let escape [Chorus] I just take the sip Let it sear my throat If I say I’m fine Then I fucking choke I just take the sip Let the silence sit You want the truth? I’m not built for it [Verse 3] You think I’m steady, a statue of stone But don’t make me watch her heart make a home In someone else’s chest, in someone else’s name While I’m left holding the ghost of our flame [Bridge] You say, “Would you be okay?” (beat) I wrap my fingers ’round the glass tight ’Cause if I say no I’m a coward If I say yes I’m a liar [Chorus] I just take the sip Let it sear my throat If I say I’m fine Then I fucking choke I just take the sip Let the silence sit You want the truth? I’m not built for it [Final Chorus] I just take the sip Let it drown the sound Of her with someone I don’t know around I just take the sip ’Cause I can’t admit I love her enough That it scares the shit out of me [Outro] (Instrumental Solo)