But Mostly We Get Drunk

We wake up hung-over
Recollecting our activities
From the night before

We compare and contrast
Our notes on the evening
Make coffee and toast
And roast each other
For stupid shit
That one of us remembers
The other one doing

We compile memories of bad behavior
And apologize via text message
To everyone we offended

We get ready
And eat
And update Facebook
And go to work

But mostly we get drunk

We go back and forth
About what we're going to do tonight
Plans are made on breaks and lunches
Can you pick up alcohol for pre-gaming?
Can you do the dishes so we have clean glasses?
Who's going out with us?
Who do we still hang out with?
Who cares?
Let's just go
We'll have fun either way

We watch the day crawl by
While we wait to get drunk

We go out and start slow
Tell ourselves we'll be classier tonight
Not spend as much money
Not make as much noise
Not be those guys at the bar
That make other guys drink less
So as to avoid winding up like
The guys we say we won't be tonight

We make promises to keep old promises

But mostly we get drunk

We trip and fall into each other
And neither can hold the other up

We slap each other across the face by accident
Then on purpose

We get in each other's faces
And cry until our tears
Go from salty to sweet

We stumble onto city streets
And mix ourselves up
With homeless people
And lost souls

We dress nicer than we feel
But mostly we get drunk

We wake up in bed again
Not sure how we got there
Not sure how we got home

We say 'I love you'
But it comes out sounding wrong
It comes out sounding like something else

We fall asleep and say we're okay
Because there's someone staring back at us

With the same sad eyes
With the same pale skin
With the same cracked lips

Lips we can't kiss
Or else they'll start to bleed

So instead we just sleep

We say we're perfect for each other
We say we'll never leave
We say we're young
And this is what young people do
But one day we'll tell ourselves the truth

And the truth is that
With everything we do

We mostly just fall
And get up
And look forward
To falling again

Harder and faster next time
Staying down
For longer amounts of time

We always get up
Eventually

But mostly
We look forward
To the fall