Maybe the Message Ain't in the Bottle

Song Description

Avoiding the pain and the answers and finding the one person that has them

Song Length 3:58 Genre Country - Contemporary
Lead Vocal Male Vocal Mood Poignant
Subject Change, Judgement Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

Maybe the Message in the Bottle

[Verse 1]
Thought I saw a friend
in a little black label
For keeping me company
at a high top table
Feeding me shots til I was unable
To see her walking away...

[Verse 2]
I know Jack's sucker punch is landin' tomorrow
As the jukebox tells me a few which ways to go
Laughin'... or cryin'
I just don't know
the difference anymore

[Chorus]
This ain't about talking myself outta drinkin'
I'm just avoiding the tears for when it really sinks in
But it seems to me I can't start dealing with the pain
'Til I start accepting the blame...

[Instrumental]

[Bridge]
Maybe the message ain't in the bottle
Maybe I'm just winging it on a prayer
But somewhere in the noise
between my head and my heart...
the truth... will be shared

[Verse 3]
Feels like drinkin' 'n praying are much the same
I'm hearing the same ol' songs again and again
One's checking out and one's checking in
'n' my heart's in the middle... of a cold war...

[Chorus]
I'm starting to doubt why I keep on prayin'
Sounds like much too little too late in the things I'm sayin'
And it seems to me I can't start dealing with the pain
'Til I start accepting the blame...

[Outro]
The songs stop playin'
'n' it gets real quiet
Jack's the only one in my ear
But I look around and now I know...
I'm the only one left...
in here

Lyrics Steven Arkley Music Steven Arkley

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