Ten Years Down the Line

Verse 1

Cigarette in my left hand

Bottle on the right

Twenty years old and I'm already

Counting down the nights

My friend leans in close says

Ten years down the line you won't be the same

She says you won't be healthy either

I laugh and take another flame

Pre-Chorus

But something in her voice felt heavy

Something that I couldn't shake

Maybe she was seeing clearer

Than the smoke that filled the space

Chorus

Ten years down the line

I'm standing in the kitchen light

Still a little sad sometimes

But my hands don't shake at night

Only twice a month I pour it

Once a month I let it burn

It's not that I got better

I just found another turn

Post-Chorus

Another turn

Another turn

Mm

Verse 2

She said you're gonna feel it someday

In your chest and in your bones

I thought I'd be the wreck she warned about

But I'm healthier alone

I still get that hollow feeling

When the evening pulls me down

But I buy the orange juice

Instead of wearing out the town

Pre-Chorus

And I think about her warning

Every time I almost cave

And I'm grateful for the echo

Of the words she didn't save

Chorus

Ten years down the line

I'm standing in the kitchen light

Still a little sad sometimes

But my hands don't shake at night

Only twice a month I pour it

Once a month I let it burn

It's not that I got better

I just found another turn

Bridge

She saw me breaking softly

Before I felt the crack

And I still miss the dizziness

But I made it to the back

Chorus

Ten years down the line

I'm standing in the kitchen light

Still a little sad sometimes

But my hands don't shake at night

Only twice a month I pour it

Once a month I let it burn

It's not that I got better

I just found another turn

Post-Chorus

Another turn

Another turn

Mm-mm