I Drink Lyrics - Soul, David

I drink to drive away
For the years I have hated
The ambitions frustrated
That no longer survive

I drink day after day
To the chaos behind me
I drink to remind me
That I still am alive

So I give you a toast
To the endless confusions
To the lies and illusions
That have swallowed my life

I give you a toast
To the vine and the roses
To the deadly so roses
They can cut like a knife

I drink to catch a gleam
Of the love we degraded
Of the light that is faded
Like the vanishing moon

I drink as in a dream
To my veining desires
To the passion that fires
That it burned out too soon

Yes, I drink and I drowned
In the promise you made me
For the times you betrayed me
In your anger and spite

When you took to the town
When you looked for the action
When you took satisfaction
Like a whore in the night

I drink to make believe
That my life is worth living
The gods are forgiving
At the end of the day

I drink because I grieve
For the dreams when we started
For the innocent hearted
Who got lost on the way

For the children unborn
For the dead phantom faces
For our stare out embraces
In a tomb of our bed

Yes, I drink and I'm born
For the harvest that failed
For the ship that has sailed
For the hope that is dead

I drink to find a place
Where the darkness can hide me
To the terror inside me
Can at last disappear

I drink to my disgrace
Till oblivion claims me
Till there's nothing that shames me
Till I'm blind that I fear

Yes, I drink and I bask
In my own degradation
To the edge of damnation
That is waiting below

I drink with a thirst
That destroys and depraves me
That engulfs and enslaves me
It will never let go

I drink till I'm lost
And the street is my hide - out
When I vomit my pride out
Till I'm gasping for breath

I drink to count the cost
Of a life I despair for
Till God hears my prayer for
The compassion of death

So I spit out my bile
For the gods who demean us
For the silence between us
For a love none can save

For a life that is veil
For a soul that is ailing
For a body that's failing
As it heads for the grave

I drink without a care
I drink because I must
I drink to my despair
I drink to your disgust
I drink
God knows...
I drink
Yes, I drink!