Midnight Bar

Midnight again on a Friday The same people come to forget The woes of the week or maybe the month Or a year, over peanuts and beer And they're all talking in riddled tongues Whispering their pains to the wall Well, they all want to die to relax for awhile To avoid another one of life's calls There's a kid sitting in the booth next to me He's choking down bourbon and coke And he's not having fun, I don't think he's 21 But certainly old enough to smoke He says "Man, life isn't how I planned it. Wasting my time getting numb. My girl's swelling up and I'm here draining my cup. I'm disgusted with the man I've become." Now Ryan's a man I can drink with Though he's not a great man, you see But he's good for a laugh or for an hour and a half When I've got nowhere better to be He's crying again into his drink Sometimes I'm not sure if he's alright Yet I can't really say that I'm not the same way But still, it's a sorry sight Haley's a woman I once loved As much as I possibly could But as things often do, we were split in two But if I could go back, I would I'm not really sure what she's thinking As she takes down another shot Is she content with how life has turned out, Or do we share similar thoughts? There goes Vincent talking again With everyone who's looking down He's been brightening lives and strengthening ties He keeps this old bar around He told me one day he was terrified With the same nightmare every night With a guilty young mind, this cheater would find It's hard to make your conscience light They all whisper quietly around this time A desire of death fills the air A lonely bar quivers at midnight With the voices of those who don't care They said, "Take me away from everything, I can't bear to sit here another night. But there's nowhere else that'll have me, So I guess right here is alright."