[Lyric] Flavor of Pain (Sun Boats)

I spoke of us, in past tense
When you were standing right in front of me
Blamed it on my thoughts that my words had rearranged
Then used my words to tell you that my thoughts were to blame
Was sorry that I loved you, not that things had changed

And you struck me like lightning
With a flash and a bang
And I waited to get hit, my heart beat the same way
My heart beat the same way

I was frozen in place, when my telephone rang
Though undeserving the thoughts I serviced
Were the first that came
My relief hadn’t felt as guilty as when it wasn’t your name
You got things to say and I give you lines where they can hang

Swallowed up by the ocean
In the white rippling waves
And we sink to the bottom, call it an embrace
Call it an embrace
My flavor of pain’s been seasoned with all the reasons I could never change
My flavor of pain’s been brewing long before you and me were even a thing
And although I served it in so many ways it served us both just the same
No matter how bad it tastes

Still need a drink

So we ran for the horizon, in hopes to escape
The fact that when we both got home I still had my own place
Like a homicide we drew our chalk lines just to leave a trace
Holding the truth between us lying face to face

Keeping pulse on the bloodlines
We can never erase
Spent our lives filling shoes, our love digging graves
Our love digging graves

My flavor of pain was altered when my mother took my fathers name
My flavor of pain’s been brewing long before you and me were even a thing
And though I tried to stride at my own pace we can’t survive the human race

Still need a drink
Still need a drink
Still need a drink

My flavor of pain was seasoned with all the reasons I could never change
My flavor of pain’s been brewing long before you and me were even a thing
And though I served it in so many ways it still served us both the same
No matter how long it takes
Still need a drink