Lyrics

Bottle in a Message

(Verse: Male Vocal)
You left me a voicemail at 1 AM when you knew I'd be asleep
I think I tossed the note you stuck to the junk mail I don't keep
You said goodbye 1000 times without ever saying the word
I hate it but I guess it might be what I deserve

(Chorus: Female vocal)
You never should've gone to bed
I thought my tears would tell you
And the note was just a sorry token...
Cause you wrote about it all the time
But you never said I love you
That's partly why I'm done, not broken...

(Bridge: Male vocal)
There's something I've been meaning to tell you
I just can't get myself to say the words...
(Bridge: Female vocal)
So sad the secrets we've been keeping
Were never said or never heard

(Verse: Male Vocal)
You took the guitar I loved and left the ones that I didn't
You tossed my new love song like there was no love left in it
You took our dog and my old truck and left me in the wreckage
First wine then tears from that bottle... in a message...

(Chorus: Female vocal)
The guitar's in the closet
Did you ever think it there?
Love is shown... and not unspoken...
You gave me the dog on my birthday
And wrecked the truck last year
That's partly why I'm done, not broken...

(Last Words: Female vocal)
But mostly I don't want some silly play on words
Or a night or two in a cheap motel
It would have been nice... For once in our life
Sweet romance without... a message in a bottle...

Reprise: Vocal fades out with music

(Male vocal)
There's something I've been meaning to tell you
I just can't get myself to say the words...


© Steven Arkley 2022
Lyrics by Steven Arkley