Whiskey Straight

The moonlight is shining down
 Through the factories on the shipyard waters
 And in a winter midnight Sideways moon sets
 On the memory of what's gone missing
 The sidewalk stares up silent
 I'm just a shadow slowly disappearing
 A ghost of something real that used to exist
 A memory of what's gone missing
 Why do you keep running?
 The pace is hurried but you're never closer
 To what it was you thought you wanted
 It all keeps changing, now something else is missing
 Who knows where?
 I knew our time was running out
 So by the kitchen window back at your house
 I ended up wasted on whiskey straight
 And filled the ashtray up with your secrets
 You were an anchor with high cheekbones
 I was a soldier with broken fingers
 You ended up wasted on cheap champagne
 Celebrating everything that's missing
 Why do you keep running
 The pace is hurried but you're never closer
 To what it was you thought you wanted
 It all keeps changing and now something else is missing
 Familiar madness
 It all keeps changing and now something else is missing
 Hey, yeah