WHEN THEY COME OUT AT NIGHT – Part II – Cestari

Lyrics of Cestari – WHEN THEY COME OUT AT NIGHT – Part II

There’s a bottle on the table and I don’t know where it came from
Could’ve been a friends but they wouldn’t leave it open
I’ve got to get up, it’s midday, what a pain,
And I’m ashamed when I realize last night’s bottles and fights were mine
God, I thought I’ve changed
But I need to get through today

Oh god, I thought I knew better
Than run and hide from this pain
Oh god, I thought I’ve changed
But I’m ashamed
Oh I’m ashamed.

Back where we started, I see
I mean, where else would you possibly be?
Alone, with a drink in one hand and your phone in the other
Lockdown must’ve done you a number.
But while you’re here, waiting for a sign
Or a green light to venture back into the night
Let me remind you something those clubs conceal:
Everything you feel is real.

The office lights aren’t some recurring dream
And you know the sounds of keyboards and meetings are your character’s theme
So when you followed the crowd, were you sure they were right?
Did you believe the old saying “life is for those who can afford its price?”

Because while you sit there each day
Wishing you were in some other place
Your grief of recent years
Has only become harder to face
And as liquor and lines become dessert each night
I’m afraid that furious fog is consuming more of your mind.

But I believe in you
I believe in fighting the fog
And I believe we deserve to find the form
Where we escape this vicious cycle and let our hearts dance beyond the moon
It’s been done before, and I know you can do it too.

And while you sit there I’ll keep reminding you
Because this isn’t the end.
You can change it all tonight,
You just need to begin.