so he drank em up and thought if all else fails i ll still have my health but i m not sure that he ll care for the time that he wastes trying to keep something in you re drowning in your sorrows while your life flies by you re blaming all your failures on anyone that failed you you re writing songs you don t know how to end and oh say can you see you re living a lie fulfilling your destiny you re writing songs you don t know how to end drop to your knees boy and pray for common sense when you blame somebody else for what you couldn t do or your punishment from time to time black eyes pop up but don t pay them no mind you re drowning in your sorrows while your life flies by you re blaming all your failures on anyone that failed you you re writing songs you don t know how to end and oh say can you see you re living a lie fulfilling your destiny you re writing songs now i had a friend that i knew for a spell with piss in his veins on weekends he drank himself half to hell and he had a chance to change his pace but like a politician admitting his problems his priority is desperately trying to save face so he waits himself into a grave and oh say can you see you re living a lie fulfilling your destiny you re writing songs and oh say can you see you re living a lie fulfilling your destiny you re writing songs you don t know how to end