Oi

No speeches

No crowns

Just drinks

Lads

We’re toasting effort tonight

Took five hundred just to get here, aye

Not a king, but you didn’t die

Raise ‘em up for the boy who tried

If he’s still standin’ drink tonight!

You coulda dropped more, yeah, I know, relax

Half your best work still hid in drafts

Missed your cues, tripped over doubt

Still crawled back when the lights went out

You burn hot, then you disappear

Then come back like “yeah, I’m here”

I’ve seen legends fold for less than this

You just shrug and order drinks again

Respect it!

Oi! don’t clap yet

He ain’t earned that

But pour anyway!

Took five hundred just to get here, aye

Still breathin’ so we lie

Tell ourselves this ain’t luck or fate

It’s bad ideas and stubborn faith!

Five hundred maniacs said “yeah, we’ll stay”

Through genre swings and feral days

If you’re still here after all that noise

You’re my kind of problem, my kind of boys

Saints, sinners, ghosts, and clowns

Everyone lost ‘til the drinks go ‘round

No halos here, no clean escape

Just loud damn laughs and chipped-up faith

Spin the wheel, nah, not tonight

You don’t get to spin for free, alright

Click-clack luck and devil’s grin

Relax, Red, this one’s on me, this time

I’ve watched you quit before the crown was close

Watched you doubt what matters most

This don’t fix you, don’t make you whole

Just means you didn’t fold

Alright

That’s enough growth talk. Drink!

Not a legend, not a ghost

Still here, so we toast!

You ain’t me, yet you showed some spine

That’s enough for now

The night is mine

Five hundred’s not a kingdom

Still, it’s a start

Don’t get comfortable