Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I am drinking again

I am drinking again,
im on my 7th cold glass of gin
life is a tribute to you, and so is dying
and drinking in this way
to die is what im trying

i also try to keep my love
in case an angel loves me
and lifts me up with angel hoofs
to someplace high above me

i am drinking again,
im on my 9th warm glass of gin
people argue with me
but i have never been stronger
nor held so strong a feeling
inside of me longer
with no one at all knowing
oh but i know
just what i need to live this life

and all of us here
raise our eyes and our spirits
our hands and our voices
that your ears may hear it

i am drinking again,
and i toast you
you never will know
what it is that i do