Intro : A5 G5 F5 C5 E5 A5 G5 Here I sit at the fire F5 C5 E5 Liquor's bitter flames warm my languid soul A5 G5 Here I drink alone and remember F5 C5 E5 A graven life, the stain of her memory A5 G5 In this cup, love's poison F5 C5 E5 For love is the poison of life A5 G5 Tip the cup, feed the fire, And forget about useless hope. . . A5 G5 Lost in the desolation of love F5 C5 E5 The passions we reap and sow A5 G5 Lost in the desolation of life F5 C5 E5 This path that we walk. . . A5 G5 Here's to love, the sickness The great martyr of the soul A5 G5 Here's to life, the vice F5 C5 E5 The great herald of misery A5 G5 In this cup, spiritus frumenti F5 C5 E5 For this is the nectar of the spirit A5 G5 Quench the thirst, drown the sorrow F5 C5 E5 And forget about cold yesterdays. . . A5 G5 Lost in the desolation of love F5 C5 E5 The passions we reap and sow A5 G5 Lost in the desolation of life F5 C5 E5 This path that we walk. . . A5 G5 Lost in the desolation of love F5 C5 E5 The passions we reap and sow A5 G5 Lost in the desolation of life F5 C5 E5 This path that we walk. . .