We both know

Though it's suppressed & unexpressed
it still appears like an unwelcome guest
it will not rest
it's on a quest
it kicks & snarls like it's resisting arrest

it may fade or diminish
but we both know it will never truly finish

it won't relent, it stays intent
on dragging us into it's descent
it is hell bent
on it's torment
it's stranglehold it seeks to cement

decayed within from words unspoken
but we both know that this circle can't be broken

and those moments of alcoholic bravery
when we let it venture out to flirt with you & me
just when it thinks that it might wrestle free
down comes the shroud of sobriety

So it persists & it insists
it bares it's teeth & clenches it's fists
we can't dismiss
that it exists
it takes the blade & it smiles as it twists

the sweetest pain, the gentle violence
but we both know it can never be silenced
we both know
we both know
we both know
yeah, we both know