Bottle beside me, chair still empty
Christmas lights dey flash for my street
But inside me everywhere still dim
We used to count days, count blessings
Now I dey count shots just to sleep
We swear say we go blow together
Late nights, no sleep, big dreams, no fear
You say bro, one day mama go smile
Now I dey pour drinks 'cause you no dey here

I dress pain with laughter
Tell the world say I'm okay
But every night when noise die down
Na bottle dey hear wetin I no fit say

We said we'd be rich by December
Buy mama house, change her life forever
Now December come without you
Only thing rich is this pain I carry

Alcohol don be my best friend
He no judge me, he no ask why
Every time I sip my sorrow
I dey feel you small inside

We talk money till sunrise
Promise say struggle no go last
Now I dey toast to empty chairs
And laugh for things we never had

Your name still dey my notes
Next to goals we never reach
I drunk-text heaven every night
Still no reply, just receipt

Mama ask me why I distant
Why my eyes always red
How I go tell her say the dream
Die the same night you left?

Church bell dey ring for my area
But my faith dey tipsy too
I dey pray with shaking hands
Half sober, half missing you

We said we'd be rich by December
Now December just dey remind me of loss
Mama proud, yeah, I try
But the journey cost more than it cost

Alcohol don be my best friend
He dey stay when everybody go
If pain be language I understand
Na liquor dey speak am fluent

If success mean losing you
Then I no sure say I want am
'Cause every win feel empty
When the person we planned am with no dey stand

I still save your contact
Like miracle fit ring my phone
Merry Christmas, we made it
But na voicemail dey answer tone

We said we'd be rich by December
Now December just bury our plans
Snow fall for my heart like ash
No fire, just broken man

Alcohol don be my best friend
Till I forget how to feel
This Christmas I'm not celebrating
I'm just learning how to heal

Silent night, broken soul
Two dreamers turned to one ghost
If heaven get calendar
Tell you we made it, I just wish you saw it