Save Yourself

I call you just to check in
Won't ask how you are doing
It'll set you off
We spend some time just chatting
But there is something black
In the tone of your voice
Every day I live in fear
You won't last another year
And you'll be gone
Before we hear
What you would have had to say
In this life

You've always been a drinker
A self-reflective thinker
And you'll pass judgement on yourself
Harsher than some saint
Standing at a gate
Oh it's not too late
Too late to save yourself

You've been more self-forgiving
And maybe even living
Between the lines
But in the spirit of the rules
You've set yourself
This time
Now you've found somebody
To help you find the pieces
That you have lost
The bottle still is empty
But something has come back
In the tone of your voice

You've always been a rambler
And a transcendental scrambler
And you'll pass judgement on yourself
Harsher than some saint
Standing at a gate
Oh it's not too late
Too late to save yourself