What Did You Do

[Verse] I found an old bottle, dusty and worn, 'Neath the kitchen sink where memories are born, Labeled "Fun Stuff," caught my trembling hand, Dialed up my old man, tried to understand. [Verse 2] He answered with a chuckle, said, "Hey, son, what's new?" I said, "Dad, it's the past that's staring me through, Found your secret potion, the one you used to hide, I'm asking now, Pops, won't you lay it out wide?" [Chorus] What did you do, when the world closed in tight? Did you sip from that bottle, just to feel right? Did it drown out your worries, make the shadows fade? Tell me, old man, what decisions you made? [Verse 3] He sighed long and heavy, like a gallon of regret, Said, "Son, those were days I'd rather forget, That bottle held relief in a moment of pain, But it was a crutch that only added to the strain." [Verse 4] "Sometimes life hands you burdens you can't quite hold, And you reach for anything to escape from the cold, But that 'fun stuff' bottle never was the plan, Just a reminder, son, that I'm only a man." [Chorus] What did you do, when the world closed in tight? Did you sip from that bottle, just to feel right? Did it drown out your worries, make the shadows fade? Tell me, old man, what decisions you made?