Time in a Whiskey Bottle

Описание: Time in a Whiskey Bottle

Lyrics © 2026 Mark Ward. All rights reserved.
(Verse 1)
If I could pour every minute we had
Into a fifth of that Tennessee black,
Seal it tight with a crooked smile,
Keep it warm for a little while—
I’d tuck it high on a dusty shelf,
Next to regrets I blame on myself.
Label it “Before She Left,”
And only drink what I can’t forget.
(Pre-Chorus)
’Cause time don’t stop, it just rolls on,
Like a sad old country song.
(Chorus)
If I could keep time in a whiskey bottle,
Let it burn slow, let it hit full throttle,
Take one shot of yesterday—
Before it all slipped away.
I’d raise it up to love we lost,
To every line we double-crossed.
If I could hold what we once were,
I’d keep time in a whiskey bottle… with her.
(Verse 2)
There’s fingerprints on the kitchen glass,
Faded now like the years that passed.
Your laugh still hangs in the hallway air,
Like smoke that settles everywhere.
Clock on the wall just keeps on tickin’,
Don’t care that my heart’s still breakin’.
Every second’s a thief in boots,
Kickin’ holes in sacred truth.
(Pre-Chorus)
And I can’t buy back what’s gone,
No matter how strong I pour it on.
(Chorus)
If I could keep time in a whiskey bottle,
Let it burn slow, let it hit full throttle,
Take one shot of yesterday—
Before it all slipped away.
I’d toast the nights we swore would last,
Before forever became the past.
If I could hold what we once were,
I’d keep time in a whiskey bottle… with her.
(Bridge – low, gritty, almost spoken)
But whiskey don’t freeze a memory.
It just makes it louder.
Makes her eyes a little clearer.
Makes the silence heavier.
You don’t bottle time…
You just drown in it.
(Final Chorus – heavier instrumentation)
So I keep reachin’ for that bottle,
Let it burn slow, let it hit full throttle.
Take one shot of yesterday—
Even though it won’t stay.
I toast the love that slipped away,
To the man I was back in those days.
Can’t hold her, can’t rewind the throttle—
Just time in a whiskey bottle.
(Outro)
Yeah…
It don’t bring her back.
But it brings her close.
For a little while.