Niki - Heirloom Pain Lyrics

Build a pillow barricade so the ghosts can't get to me
Twenty-somethin' instincts, feel like a deadbeat dad
Never there when it counts and puts you right in therapy
Life is a gamble, baby, and you'll have to live with that

Oh, but I'll be fine 'cause I always end up
Just fine then I'll call a friend up
That's just how it is

And I'll wake up tired and vaguely sore
Stir a pot when I'm feeling bored
Full-sending a lot, only half is sure
Walking around with heirloom pain
Dad's temper and mom's mistakes
And always afraid to fall flat on my face
You're doing it anyway

Doing it anyway

Walls up to the skies
Many men have marched around to no avail
There's Achilles and there's his God-forsaken heel

I do the dishes and tend the garden
Soften up where I used to harden
And take a moonlit walk

(One, two, three, four)

And I'll wake up tired and vaguely sore
Stir a pot when I'm feeling bored
Full-sending a lot, only half is sure, oh
Walking around with heirloom pain
Grandma left but her heartache stayed
Now I'm always afraid to take up space
I'm doing it anyway

I'm doing it anyway, oh

People fall in love and f*ck up
And have kids who fall in love and f*ck up
Who have kids that fall in love
And have you
People fall in love and f*ck up
We all fall in love and f*ck up
You will fall in love and f*ck up too