Cover art for Ships in a Bottle by Butch Walker

Ships in a Bottle

Nov. 11, 20081 viewer

Ships in a Bottle Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Now everybody sleeps
But I haven't done that in the last few weeks or so
And yeah, I know the remedies
But they ran out yesterday
And I can't refill anything

[Pre-Chorus]
Especially my heart
Especially my brain
If I could bottle up this mess, I would do it all again

[Chorus]
And I don't wanna know if there's another part of me
Don't wanna feel if I'm alive
Don't wanna smell the bed where you used to sleep
I'm gonna miss it again, miss it again

Just wanna walk away from the ashes
And take the fact that I got burned
And baby, let you know I'm still standing
If you miss it again, miss it again
I'm around

[Verse 2]
And you, you lived down the street
And I watched you through the windows draped with sheets so white
And yeah, he looks a lot like me
Is it a comfort, or coincidence
Coincidence at everything
[Pre-Chorus]
Especially my eyes
Especially my clothes
Does he move you inside out
Maybe I don't want to know

[Chorus]
And I don't wanna know if there's another part of me
Don't wanna feel if I'm alive
Don't wanna smell the bed where you used to sleep
I'm gonna miss it again, miss it again

Just wanna walk away from the ashes
And take the fact that I got burned
And baby, let you know I'm still standing
If you miss it again, miss it again

[Bridge]
All the times we fought about
You never said a word about
How we would just become the ships
Inside of a bottle
Breaking down
Sails falling off
Trying to stay afloat inside a place we can't survive
Are we breaking down
[Chorus]
I don't wanna know if there's another part of me
Don't wanna feel if I'm alive
Don't wanna smell the bed where you used to sleep
I'm gonna miss it again, miss it again

Just wanna walk away from the ashes
I can take the fact that I got burned
And baby, let you know I'm still standing
If you miss it again, miss it again
I'm around

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November 11, 2008
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