Those 3 plus years I was so proud of
And I threw em all away for 2 Styrofoam cups
The irony everyone will think that he lied to me
Made my sobriety so public theres no fuckin privacy
If I dont talk about it then I carry a date
08-10-08 but now its been changed in every
When they put me in some box as a saint
I never was its the false prophet that never came
And well they think that everything that I written has all been fake
Oh well Ill just take my slip to the grave
Uh what the fuck are my parents gonna say
The success story that got his life together and changed
And you know what pain looks like
When you tell your dad you relapsed then look him directly into his face
The seat on your shoulders the seemingly heavy weight
Ive been seeing tears like this on my girl
In a while the trust that I once builts been betrayed
But Id rather live telling the truth than be judged for my mistakes
The falsely held up given props loved and praised
I guess I gotta get this on the page
Feeling sick and helpless lost the compass where self is
I know what I gotta do and I cant help it
One day at a time is what they tell us
Now I gotta find a way to tell them
God help em
One day at a time is what they tell us
Now I gotta find a way to tell them
We fell so hard
Now we gotta get back what we lost lost
I thought youd go
But you were with me all along along
And every kid that came up to me
And said I was the music they listened to when they first got clean
Now look at me a couple days sober
Im fighting demons
Back of that meeting on the east side
Shaking tweakin' hope that they dont see it
Hope that no one is looking
That no one recognizes that failure under that hoodie
Was posted in the back with my hands crossed shooken
If they call on me Im passing if they talk to me Im booking out that door
But before I can make it somebody stops me and says are you Macklemore
Maybe this isnt the place or time
I just wanted to say that if it wasnt for other side I wouldnt have made it
I just look down at the ground and say thank you
She tells me she has 9 months and that shes so grateful
Tears in her eyes looking like shes gonna cry fuck
I barely got 48 hours treated like Im some wise monk
I wanna tell her I relapsed but I cant
I just shake her hand and tell her congrats
Get back to my car and I think Im tripping yea
Cause God wrote Otherside that pen was in my hand
Im just a flawed man man I fucked up up
Like so many others I just never thought I would
I never thought I would didnt pick up the book
Doin it by myself didnt turn out that good
If I can be an example of getting sober
Then I can be an example of starting over
If I can be an example of getting sober
Then I can be an example of starting over
We fell so hard
Now we gotta get back what we lost lost
I thought you'd go
But you were with me all along along
We fell so hard
Now we gotta get back what we lost lost
