Everyone knows someone, or of someone, who was sure they could find the answer in that "...message down in this bottle..." but to no avail.
Lyrics
It’s just after midnight when the demons start closing in,
All I got’s this bottle of whiskey and a good woman wonderin’ where the hell I’ve been.
Under this tired porch light and the sad eyes of the man in the moon,
I drain my life from this bottle just like I always do.
And its firey waters coursin’ through my veins,
The deep amber current erasing all my pain,
And if I make it through ‘til mornin’ and if the demons let me be,
Then we can do this dance again tomorrow,
Let the whiskey set me free.
I’ve promised you a hundred times to let that whiskey go,
But something deep inside me just can’t quite tell it no,
There’s a message down in this bottle; it’s something I’ve got to know,
I’ll drown in this whiskey river to soothe the hunger in my soul.
And its firey waters coursin’ through my veins,
The deep amber current erasing all my pain,
And if I make it through ‘til mornin’ and if the demons let me be,
Then we can do this dance again tomorrow,
Let the whiskey set me free.
I’m standing on the edge of nothing, depths of sorrow in my soul,
The whiskey’s changed me into a man I barely know.
All I need is one more drink, all I need is one more fall,
All I need is one more chance to win or lose it all.
And its firey waters coursin’ through my veins,
The deep amber current erasing all my pain,
And if I make it through ‘til mornin’ and if the demons let me be,
Then we can do this dance again tomorrow,
Let the whiskey set me free.