Matthew Ebel - Latté Days & Porter Nights lyrics

Isn't everything a dream? Why can't I wake up when Wonderland's more evil than it seemed? We are creatures of belief, yet we believe in what we see And we see clouds so is that shallow? I don't know, sounds good to me Every day is just another chance to shine like the neon lights That hang in coffee shops and bars Illuminate the long nights, and cold nights And here I am all huddled in this dive instead of shining for the world I know my saviour is alive Gather up my wits and try and make it up and to the door But with every step, the waiter sits me down and pours me more I remember life before I got involved and couldn't leave But I was smarter then Maybe I was just naive Well, I could never rip myself away From your sweet embrace I've been living on caffeine and on black beer Since I dared to kiss your face I've been blinded by the mystery of the bright northern lights And in the meantime I've been drowned by latté days and porter nights Break me out of this arrest For a few of you, I was the light that opened up your best But the brightest signs can flicker on and off and get replaced So you'll find me in this tavern Drinking beer and getting 'faced So maybe I've become the darkness I should hate No-one ever said it would be this hard Or be this great I guess the best parts are the mornings with hot java by the ounce It helps to know the harder that you fall, the higher you bounce Well, I could never rip myself away From your sweet embrace I've been living on caffeine and on black beer Since I dared to kiss your face I've been blinded by the mystery of the bright northern lights But in the meantime I've been drowned by latté days and porter nights Somebody send in the clowns 'Cause they distract you from this holy man who's had his ups and downs There are people who will look at me, shaking their heads But we've all been lost In the end, we all wind up dead So maybe those that see my stumbling from barrista to the bar Might, instead of losing hope, help me up into their car 'Cause who am I to say that caffeine and corona lead to sin? When I'm one foot outside the coffee shop My head and heart are in No man is an island Sometimes we rely upon our friends Someone has to blow us out when we've been burning at both ends See, I'm just living with my body trying to make it worth the sacrifice Well, I may be a Christian but I never said that I was Christ I never said that I was Christ! Well, I could never rip myself away From your sweet embrace I've been living on caffeine and on black beer Since I dared to kiss your face I've been blinded by the mystery of the bright northern lights And in the meantime I've been drowned by latté days and porter nights (Instrumental) All I want is retrospect 'Cause everything looks better fading far behind the pace you set Once upon a time, I knew what I was meant to be And nothing in this changing world could change my road to destiny But soon enough, they started building roadside bars that served all night And for the daytime, they built Starbucks to my left and to my right Well, even way back in the day a good man said: "There's trouble waiting for you, but that bright light shines up ahead!" While I'm hopping back and forth from libations to lattés I slowed down enough that I've lost track of all the pa**ing days Where there's a bar there's Baptists trying to save me from the drink While I'd like to write them off they've got my credence than you'd think See, there's a man outside who's pointing to my car that hasn't moved And as I start it up, I feel the somehow roads have been improved This may be the longest song I've ever sung But if keep singing, I'm not drinking While I'm up here I'm just having fun! Well, I could never rip myself away From your sweet embrace I've been living on caffeine and on black beer Since I dared to kiss your face I've been blinded by the mystery of the bright northern lights And in the meantime I've been drowned by latté days and porter nights You know, they've got me dead to rights (That's it! Go home! Get out of here)