Heirloom Pain Lyrics – NIKI

Read the full Heirloom Pain lyrics by NIKI along with the music video, song credits, release information and other details about the song. If you enjoy Niki’s music, you can also explore Paths and Strong Girl, two other songs by Niki.

[Verse 1]
Build a pillow barricade so the ghosts can’t get to me
Twenty-something 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

[Pre-Chorus]
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

[Chorus]
And I’ll wake up tired and vaguely sore
Stir a pot when I’m feeling bored
Full-sending a lot, only halfway sure
Walking around with heirloom pain
Dad’s temper and Mom’s mistakes
I’m always afraid to fall flat on my face
But doing it anyway

[Post-Chorus]
Doing it anyway

[Verse 2]
Walls up to the skies, many men have marched around
To no avail, there’s Achilles and there’s his God-forsaken heel

[Pre-Chorus]
I do the dishes and tend the garden
Soften up where I used to harden
And take a moonlit walk

[Chorus]
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
Yet doing it anyway

[Post-Chorus]
Doing it anyway, oh

[Outro]
People fall in love and fu*k up
And have kids who fall in love and fu*k up
Who have kids that fall in love
And have you
People fall in love and fu*k up
We all fall in love and fu*k up
You will fall in love and fu*k up too