Verse 1

The house still holds your shadow

In the quiet of every room

Two coffee cups still on the shelf

But one won't be used soon

I walk past pictures on the wall

Where we both still look the same

Funny how a life can fade

But leave behind the frame

Pre-Chorus

Everybody says it happens

Everybody says move on

But they don't hear the silence

After midnight comes along

Chorus

(Hook)

I only want to drink alone tonight

Let the quiet say the things I can't say right

No I’m not looking for a fight

Or someone telling me I'll be alright

Just let the whiskey hold the truth I’ve known

I only want to drink alone

Verse 2

Friends keep calling on the weekend

Saying “man you should get out”

But I’m tired of explaining

What this emptiness is about

It’s not the bar or conversation

It’s not the music or the crowd

It’s the ghosts that start talking

When the world’s not so loud

Pre-Chorus

Every memory keeps asking

Where the good years really went

And every answer I come up with

Feels a little heaven-sent

Chorus

(Hook)

I only want to drink alone tonight

Let the quiet say the things I can't say right

No I’m not looking for a fight

Or someone telling me I'll be alright

Just let the whiskey hold the truth I’ve known

I only want to drink alone

Bridge

Some nights get darker than a man should face

Thought about disappearing without a trace

But somewhere in the stillness of this empty home

A small voice whispers, just hold on

And the silence doesn’t judge me

And the night just lets me be

Sometimes the loneliest freedom

Is the only way to breathe

Final Chorus

So I only want to drink alone tonight

Where the broken hearts don’t have to hide their fights

If you’ve ever lost a love

You know exactly what I’m talking of

No shame in sitting with the truth you've known

Sometimes we all drink aloneYeah the house is quiet now

But the morning will come along

And somewhere in that silence

I might learn how to be strong