Your glass was always full Your arms were always bare The bottle held you closer than I ever dared I watched your eyes fade Watched your colors change Yellow like the sunset But cold Estranged You had a hand to hold But you gripped bitter gold You turned away Turned away From every chance to stay Poured your love into poison Let it take you away Your skin went pale Your heart went still And the bitter gold Mama It swallowed your will We were standing in the doorway Begging you to see But the bottle whispered louder than we could ever plead I saw the mirror crack I saw your shadow thin You traded us for liquid lies Again and again You could’ve turned around You could’ve said no But you followed the river where the liquor flows Now I’m here with your ghost And it’s haunting me Your yellow hands reaching from the memory You turned away Turned away From every chance to stay Poured your love into poison Let it take you away Your skin went pale Your heart went still And the bitter gold Mama It swallowed your will