Another Drunken Verse
Josh Woodward · Sandcastles
She left without a warning
Into the great untold beyond
And though I was abandoned
She left empty handed
Just a rambler with a song
And like a comet
She's here and gone, it's
A blaze of light and then the empty sky
At least I tried, at least I tried
Didn't I ever leave a mark?
Didn't I ever see a spark?
Didn't I ever peel the darkness off?
Maybe I'm just the lonely one
Maybe I'm just a loaded gun
Maybe I'm just a slur of mumbled words
To another drunken verse
She would push her sorrows
To the next tomorrow
Far enough away to breathe
But soon the piper's calling
The house of cards is falling
She's right on time to flee the scene
The frog and scorpion
Were at the shore again
And I invited her to hitch a ride
At least I tried, god I tried
[Chorus]
Don't cross me, said the bridge to the flabbergasted traveler
Then calmly, he replied, what's your purpose if I don't
A bridge is there to walk across
That's all that it can do, because
We are just who we are
It's just the destiny and stars that we are dealt
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Source/Credit: "Another Drunken Verse" by Josh Woodward, from Sandcastles.
Lyrics source: https://www.joshwoodward.com/song/AnotherDrunkenVerse
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Changes: plain-text formatting normalized for Lyrics Iztok.
About Another Drunken Verse
"Another Drunken Verse" finds Josh Woodward in a pop-minded frame, where a clear central idea and emotional directness carry the song. The song works best when its main melodic and rhythmic ideas are allowed to speak plainly, without being crowded by unnecessary decoration. There is a welcome sense of proportion in the way the music presents itself: the hook has room to land, while the surrounding moments support it instead of competing for attention. That restraint gives the performance room to breathe and makes the emotional color feel earned rather than imposed. For listeners returning to Josh Woodward, the song offers a compact example of how mood, pacing, and a recognizable point of view can meet in one place. It is a track for focused listening, especially when the details around the main idea begin to reveal their own quiet pull. The clarity of that approach is its own strength, because it lets the feeling come through without turning every moment into a dramatic demand. Even when it aims for immediacy, the track avoids feeling disposable because its atmosphere remains distinct after the final note. Its emotional center stays firmly in view throughout.