Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

Song Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Artist Jason Webley
Album Against the Night

Lyrics

[00:27.01] After a couple glasses,
[00:32.40] The floorboards don't feel so secure.
[00:37.27] And I'm afraid I could really go down tonight.
[00:47.59] I'm out-numbered by the ashes,
[00:51.76] Held hostage by the door.
[00:56.66] And the air in here is so damn loud tonight.
[01:06.75] But I've got this old four-by-six photograph,
[01:11.38] Your face pressed up against my shoulder,
[01:17.24] Little pools of salt mark where tears have dried.
[01:25.72] And I've got this big needle stuck in my chest,
[01:30.55] So deep it's starting to tickle.
[01:36.39] I'm a thousand miles from the chimera I chase.
[01:47.15] Love is a sadness with a face.
[02:03.04] There's a darkness in all wanting,
[02:07.01] My intentions all feel stained,
[02:11.59] And the Devil keeps filling my glass tonight.
[02:21.08] My adrenaline is clotting,
[02:25.18] And the faces in here all seem strange.
[02:30.18] But I just want to touch something that'll last tonight.
[02:40.03] If I could just taste one sip of an answer,
[02:44.39] Maybe I could break out of this drunkard's prison.
[02:49.56] I'm homesick for a place I might have never seen.
[02:58.96] Something more than these old feet brought me here,
[03:03.52] So these feet can't take me away.
[03:09.63] No I didn't get here on my own,
[03:18.59] Whoever brought me here's gonna have to bring me home.
[04:03.51] But I've got this old four-by-six photograph,
[04:08.14] Your face pressed up against my shoulder,
[04:13.19] Little pools of salt mark where tears have dried.
[04:22.85] Something more than these old feet brought me here,
[04:27.49] So these feet can't take me away.
[04:33.54] I'm a thousand miles from the chimera I chase.
[04:45.40] Home is a sadness, not a place.