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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

death by the bottle


The song you hear on this blog is Whiskey Lullaby, performed by Brad Paisely and Allison Krauss. It an extremely moving and heartwrenching piece, and I feel a painful stab of sorrow in my heart each time I hear the song.

I know how it feels to be broken so badly that all you wanted to do is "put that bottle to your head and pull the trigger". Such a simple and direct metaphor, but yet so excruciatingly poignant. I hope no one has to ever go through this, and that no matter what love does to you, you should never ever die by the bottle. Or by anything else for that matter.

Life is short, so please....don't make it any shorter.

Lyrics:

She put him out like the burnin' end of a midnight cigarette
She broke his heart, he spent his whole life tryin' to forget
We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time
But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind
Until' the night

He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger
And finally drank away her memory
Life is short but this time it was bigger
Than the strength he had to get up off his knees
We found him with his face down in the pillow
With a note that said, "I'll love her till I die"
And when we buried him beneath the willow
The Angels sang a whiskey lullaby

La la la la la la la, la la la la la la laa
La la la la la la la, la la la la la la laa

The rumors flew but nobody knew how much she blamed herself
For years and years, she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath
She finally drank her pain away a little at a time
But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind
Until' the night

She put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger
And finally drank away his memory
Life is short but this time it was bigger
Than the strength she had to get up off her knees
We found her with her face down in the pillow
Clinging to his picture for dear life
We laid her next to him beneath the willow
While the Angels sang a whiskey lullaby

La la la la la la la, la la la la la la laa
La la la la la la la, la la la la la la laa
La la la la la la la, la la la la la la laa
La la la la la la la, la la la la la la laa


© MR BUBBA MUSIC, INC.

To learn more about the song, check out its story on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Lullaby

5 comments:

Bored Dad said...

Hi there. It's has been a long while since I last commented in your blog.. I totally agreed with you on what you said. No matter what, one just have to pull ourselves together and pick ourselves up, strong and move on, one small step at a time. I might still be struggling to move on, but at least I'm not staying at the same spot.

Please update the link to my blog cause I have created a new one, to signify a new beginning.. Thank you. :)

KA said...

Ahhh.... such a sad song. Reminds us all to be thankful for what we have.

KA

Cavalock said...

hey there, been awhile. how's it going?

take it easy

Elvina aka LaoNiang said...

Wah I have been busy beyond description! Hopefully I will be better come Dec!

webowltoo said...

I just lost a dear friend that this song is about him he put the bottle to his head and pulled the trigger. he lost his Job his wife and his home and it was to much for him R.I.P Clay