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"Heredity (Let's Drink Until We Die)" by shadowsinthelight

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They won’t miss me at the meeting
As I quest for deeper meaning
I can see clearer in the fog
Further from myself, closer to God

I have a few dollars
And a pocket full of pills
I have a few hours
And a life to kill

Let us drink to ourselves
Let us toast to someone else
Raise your glasses to the sky
Now is the time for getting high
Let’s drink until we die
Let’s drink until we die

They say I am needing help
That I am damaging myself
I cannot escape me
So I turn into someone else

Now’s the time for getting high
Let’s drink until we die

My ex does not understand
My bruised kid will, when he is a man
A family gene tradition
Intoxication is our mission

Raise your glasses high
Let’s drink until we die

Face down, I have prefect world dreams
Vodka springs, red wine streams
Crystal falls of champagne
Sweet Kentucky bourbon rains

Raise your glasses to the sky
Let’s drink until we die

I think,
What drunk could ask for more
As I crawl across the barroom floor
To pray in a once white walled room
That my death will come soon

Raise your glasses high
Let’s drink until we die

Where the hell are my keys
Fuck you and your taxis
Help me up
I know I can drive
Hey Joe,
How ‘bout one for the road

Let us drink to ourselves
Let us toast to someone else
Raise your glasses to the sky
Now is the time for getting high
Let’s drink until we die
Let’s drink, let’s drink
Let’s drink until we die

Hello my name is so and so
I am an alcoholic, don’t you know
It’s been three months since my fall
Haven’t had a drop of alcohol
But my mind is not at ease
I still have this disease
Should I thank God
I am alive
Or that
I will still want that next drink
Until the day I die
Until the day I die . . .

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On Thursday June 5th, 2008, DarkPoet (225) writes:
A real toe tapper for sure.


On Monday July 14th, 2008, Velvet_Raventon (696) writes:
Weren't you going to make a song out of this? ;)


On Monday July 14th, 2008, Velvet_Raventon (696) writes:
Isn't it funny that I remembered you commented on this, and remembered the exact comment? :)


On Monday August 20th, 2007, Reefer_rave (222) writes:
I have this favorited and just realized I never left anything... this just moves along perfect... it's amazingly on key


On Thursday June 28th, 2007, An Expired Member (50) writes:
Wow, thats unbelievable. A masterpiece, I think. That should be in the big book, man. Just wow.


On Monday November 28th, 2005, Darkest_Addiction (54) writes:
sounds like me ....this is depressing but all to real


On Wednesday April 13th, 2005, AniDayz (1267) writes:
intoxicating[no punn intended]. this is severely sad and raw and real...decsribing such an addiction to the fucking capital T. this write reads like a reflection in the mirror.


On Sunday January 9th, 2005, rondant (76) writes:
wow...are we related??? very good on this/////Ronda


On Monday September 27th, 2004, MelvinOliverDrauma (552) writes:
good flow very depressing


On Sunday September 19th, 2004, Jedi_MindFuck (318) writes:
excellent flow. well worded; neither missing a beat nor a truism...but i don't have a problem ;) ///Jedi\\\


On Friday June 11th, 2004, WikidGrrl (36) writes:
amazing!...addictions never heal DiE~aNa


On Tuesday May 18th, 2004, Storm (184) writes:
A bit of black humor, 'twas great. Addiction is like that... you're never free from it whatever you do. This poem or song is just... wicked! In a cool sense. wow...


On Monday December 15th, 2003, SilentStalker (1320) writes:
...this is amazing...so truly accurate and full of emotion...it does hit close to home for me as well...surprisingly I've pulled myself away from the bottle...been under six drinks a week for over a year now...nice one here... -Darun


On Friday December 5th, 2003, unusual_blood (94) writes:
This peice is insane. It's amazing. Greatly written. It'd be a good song, but it's a better poem. My cup is raised toasting this poem, Let us drink untill we die, let us drink untill we die ...


On Friday November 14th, 2003, Twilight (2101) writes:
ive heard alot about this poem and i am gla di finally read it through. it is nicely done. and it holds more meaning then alot of the shit i see written here. good work shadows...


On Monday October 20th, 2003, gothemite (398) writes:
ahhh i love it.. i agree it should be a song.. good job


On Thursday September 4th, 2003, Urban Shipwreck (985) writes:
Maybe if this one day becomes a song they will play it at my funeral when my liver finally disappears. But, then again, a fifth a day keeps the headache away. Great write. ~Urban Shipwreck~


On Wednesday August 20th, 2003, AlluringDescent_darkbride (764) writes:
Wow. I've seen it...felt the emotion...and you portray it exactly.


On Wednesday August 20th, 2003, Liz (406) writes:
If it weren't so horribly real, I'd want it to be made into a drinking song.


On Tuesday August 19th, 2003, _Andrew_ (298) writes:
this piece brings a tear to my eye, im just reminded of my father and his drnking and driving, my mom drinking to depression, and now they both get drunk every night, but at least they're together... *~*aNDReW*~*


On Tuesday July 29th, 2003, MindRape (872) writes:
You know...I've never commented on this piece until now because I watched it happen in my family. It was a very personal thing to have to go through...


On Tuesday July 29th, 2003, MindRape (872) writes:
But now I feel much more comfortable in telling you that this piece just gives me the creeps. It always will I think. When I think of all the things I grew up around and went through involving this particular "Heredity" I just cringe.....


On Tuesday July 29th, 2003, MindRape (872) writes:
But on the other hand I must admit this is a work of art and very well stated. It just ...well its just too close for comfort to me.


On Friday July 25th, 2003, An Expired Member (20) writes:
**stands and applauds** wonderful, i love it


On Tuesday June 24th, 2003, An Expired Member (2) writes:
Bravo, bravo, this is so great!


On Monday June 9th, 2003, braindeadpoet (127) writes:
When did you meet my family??? I can relate almost too much...great write!!!


On Thursday June 5th, 2003, Bakkhus Unbound (1103) writes:
"Intoxication is our mission" As Dionysus would have us do, so true. Kepp drinking, till you leave Lost Vegas w/ Cage.


On Thursday May 29th, 2003, Naked_Faerie (170) writes:
This is seriously one of the best poems I've read in a long time...the rhyme scheme, the words, the description, the story....oh it was all so wonderful and perfectly crafted into poetry!! Consider this added to my favorites...=)


On Tuesday June 24th, 2003, odetobarbie (18) writes:
You don't have to be a drunk to feel the emotion and talent pouring out of this poem. Very well written and passionate, regardless of one's genetic tendency.cheerio


On Friday April 18th, 2003, An Expired Member (37) writes:
Clap! Clap! Clap! i absolutely and utterly loved it...i raise my glass to you! -melorra


On Thursday May 8th, 2003, alone (199) writes:
AMAZING!


On Monday April 7th, 2003, Armand (73) writes:
WOW!!! this is Auld Lang Syne for the new generation. i raise my glass to you, Shadows, declaring you the Robert Burns of the 21st century. a truly excellent piece.


On Saturday April 5th, 2003, Dommi_of_Baphomet (112) writes:
such a fun ride just reading it.. i got into the toasting mood to drown out all sorrows. te last line was most incredible, i raise my glass to you. <3Dommi


On Monday March 31st, 2003, nell (328) writes:
loved it great work i especially like the last line, this is one i have to show my friends


On Tuesday March 25th, 2003, Jonas (877) writes:
absolutely bad ass... i've seen this in the fav's section of many and finally checked it out... matt's right, this is a song, an excellent one (by mine and pop's standards) very apocolyptic, the end of all things... and who wants to remember that?


On Sunday March 23rd, 2003, Bast (895) writes:
I love it!


On Friday April 18th, 2003, An Expired Member (3) writes:
Awesome poem. I wish I wrote that good


On Monday March 17th, 2003, DarkPoet (225) writes:
I want to make a song out of this. Most excellent.


On Wednesday March 12th, 2003, Velvet_Raventon (696) writes:
I could picture myself writing this in a few years... Thank you for sharing something as wonderful. It made me think. Velvet.


On Thursday February 27th, 2003, liquid_emotion (417) writes:
This one hits close to home


On Monday June 16th, 2003, boughtwithblood (296) writes:
write music to it and you'll be all set..


On Friday December 26th, 2003, locke (28) writes:
as liquid emotion said, this one does hit close to home. i'm no alcoholic, but i do find myself craving the bliss of intoxcation more and more often, an i thought the way you wrote this was enchanting in its sorrow. i found the end esp poignant "Should I


On Friday December 26th, 2003, locke (28) writes:
...thank God I am alive Or that I will still want that next drink Until the day I die Until the day I die . . . " amazingly well done.



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