Absynthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

After a couple glasses
The floorboards don't feel so secure
And I'm afraid I could really go down tonight
I'm outnumbered by the ashes
Held hostage by the door
And the air in here is so damn loud tonight

But I've got this old four-by-six photograph
Your face pressed up against my shoulder
Little pools of salt mark where tears have dried
And I've got this big needle stuck in my chest
So deep it's starting to tickle
I'm a thousand miles from the chimera I chase
Love is a sadness with a face

There's a darkness in all wanting
My intentions all feel stained
And the devil keeps filling my glass tonight
My adrenaline is clotting
And the faces in here all seem strange
But I just want to touch something that'll last tonight

If I could just taste one sip of an answer
Maybe I could break out of this drunkard's prison
I'm homesick for a place I might have never seen
Something more than these old feet brought me here
So these feet can't take me away
No, I didn't get here on my own
Whoever brought me here's gonna have to bring me home

I'm a thousand miles from the chimera I chase
Home is a sadness, not a place