Alcohol: A Friend

You promised me escape

Then made my problems worse

You said you were a good time

When all you did was hurt

You found me with a smile

Then left me at my worst

You dressed up like a friend

Then drug me through the dirt

You exposed the wounds

I pretended were not there

And poured them from my mouth

When I didn't want to share

You stirred up all the anger

All the sadness trapped inside

And burst them from their cages

Wreaking havoc on my life

You made me look a fool

When I said that I was fine

You stacked up all my failures

In a pretty little line

You forced my eyes to see

All the ways I was to blame

You made life hurt so much

That I couldn't turn away

I once condemned the world

For this shitty little life

You made it very clear

That the fault was purely mine

You showed me who I was

When I didn't want to know

And if it weren't for you

I may have never sought to grow

So I choose to thank you

For the pain you caused to me

Your influence was awful

But it was what set me free