[Intro]
Grandpa's records spinning, dust in the air
Found his secrets hidden, didn't mean to stare
Empty bottles speaking louder than words
Another generation falling like birds
[Verse 1]
Cabinet's locked but I know what's inside
Family dinner, everyone tries to hide
Got the same poison running through my veins
Self-medicating just to kill the pain
Found those vinyls in the attic last June
Each scratch tells a story, played out too soon
Working class heroes drowning at the bar
Wonder if they knew we'd end up this far
[Chorus]
Can't escape these ghosts that live in my blood
Pouring whiskey on my demons, watch them flood
Every bottle's just another link in the chain
Generation after generation, same old game
F*ck, I swear I won't end up like you
But every night I'm doing what you used to do
[Verse 2]
Summer nights watching shadows stumble home
Factory workers numbing themselves alone
Got that bottle courage coursing through me now
Breaking promises I never said out loud
Sofia calls but I don't pick up the phone
Rather sink into this darkness on my own
Every sip brings me closer to the truth
That I'm just walking in somebody else's boots
[Bridge]
These mill town blues ain't never gonna change
Industrial beats matching with my pain
Heritage of hurt that we can't outrun
Father to son, father to son
[Chorus]
Can't escape these ghosts that live in my blood
Pouring whiskey on my demons, watch them flood
Every bottle's just another link in the chain
Generation after generation, same old game
F*ck, I swear I won't end up like you
But every night I'm doing what you used to do
[Outro]
Records keep spinning, history repeats
Finding peace at the bottom of defeat
Grandpa's ghost is smiling from above
Watching me inherit this twisted love