Cravings Break

Lyrics

Verse 1
Tongue taste iron, hands shake cold
That old call crawls back, mean and bold
I know that road, I wore that chain
I bled in the dark, I fed the pain
Bottle in the brain like a nailed-down ghost
It talks real sweet when I need it most
But I see my sons, I see my name
I see the wreckage, I see the flame

Pre-Chorus
I been here before
I know this score
Craving bites hard
Then it wants more
I hold my breath
I lock my jaw
I do not fall
I do not crawl

Chorus
I stay strong
It will pass
I stay strong
This pain won’t last
Drug free now
I choose my life
Drug free now
I fight the knife
(keep me clean)
(keep me strong)
I stay strong
I stay strong

Verse 2
I used to be a storm in a skin and bones frame
Lying to my mother, throwing blame on blame
Now I wash that guilt in the sink at dawn
Make one hard choice, then I move on
Every siren scream in my skull says run
But I’m built from the wreckage, I’m not done
I want better days with my face in the light
Want my kids to know I can win this fight

Pre-Chorus
I feel it rise
I feel it twist
But every storm
Can miss by this
One more hour
One more breath
One more step
Away from death

Chorus
I stay strong
It will pass
I stay strong
This pain won’t last
Drug free now
I choose my life
Drug free now
I fight the knife
(keep me clean)
(keep me strong)
I stay strong
I stay strong

Bridge
If I stand up, the wave breaks down
If I hold on, I earn my crown
No more crawling through that grave
No more calling out to be saved
I am not the man I was
I am the scars, and I am because
Every craving comes to die
When I face it eye to eye

Final Chorus
I stay strong
It will pass
I stay strong
This pain won’t last
Drug free now
I choose my life
Drug free now
I fight the knife
(keep me clean)
(keep me strong)
I stay strong
I stay strong