I was drunk in Amsterdam You were a drug, I was a drag So f**ed up I couldn't stand, So I crawled the whole way back I saw her once, and swore I was in love Took a breath and said, "f** the good, we all die young." My youth was peeling off my skin, came home changed and wide awake Not the child or the saint, that I left back in the states And I was, Drunk in Amsterdam You were a drug, I was a drag So f**ed up I couldn't stand So I crawled the whole way back, The absinthe clouded up my mind Spittin' rings up at the sky The lull of lights and dizzy eyes Oh I couldn't break the tide A lit cigarette, and a drag to lead you in You were diggin' deep, and I was shedding all this skin I got caught up in tearing down The ghosts I left back home Yeah, we're different people now Yeah, we all learned to cope And I was, Drunk in Amsterdam You were a drug, I was a drag So f**ed up I couldn't stand So I crawled the whole way back, The absinthe clouded up my mind Spittin' rings up at the sky The lull of lights and dizzy eyes Oh I couldn't break the tide