"But it's you who I long for when I cannot sleep
It's enough it could drive me to drink"
i believe the "you're the drink in my hand" analogy means that she's like a drink in his hand, pretty much how it says it. the EP is basically about them being on the road and touring, so it makes sense to me that it'd be how she (most likely his wife) is like a drink in his hand, so he doesn't need a real one.
i think kaytahmcneil has it right.
"But it's you who I long for when I cannot sleep It's enough it could drive me to drink"
i believe the "you're the drink in my hand" analogy means that she's like a drink in his hand, pretty much how it says it. the EP is basically about them being on the road and touring, so it makes sense to me that it'd be how she (most likely his wife) is like a drink in his hand, so he doesn't need a real one.