He didn't look like alcohol to me
But his hands were shaking
like a willow leaf
Reaching out for one more drink
He didn't look like a loser to me
But he was lost behind his tears
Something bad had to drive him in here
He don't fit in with this crowd
Somewhere sometime
he was proud
There's a storm stretched out
a million miles across his heart
And a war he's fought in the dark
Whatever it is,
something bigger than him
Drove him too far down to crawl
But it didn't look like alcohol
Thought I heard him say
somebody's name
But I pretended like I didn't hear
I just wished that I could disappear
He was crackin' like a desert
of burnin' shame
Playin' with someone
that I couldn't see
Might as well have been on his knees
Like a bomb tickin' ready to blow
He got up in a hurry to go
There's a storm stretched out
a million miles across his heart
And a war he's fighting in the dark
Whatever it is,
something bigger than him
Drove him too far down to crawl
But it didn't look like alcohol
The girl behind the bar says
She guesses he forgot her
I said, don't worry, I'll get his tab
And give me two of whatever he had
And she said, water
Oh, whatever it is,
something bigger than him
Drove him too far down to crawl
But it didn't look like alcohol
Didn't look like al cohol to me