Pain Is Cold Water Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I'm the tall glass of water you lost in your kitchen

I'm casually cruel like a senior prediction

"Most likely to leave at the sign of a fork in the road"

You looked just like your father as the news was delivered

Cut a hole in my heart that bled into my liver

I miss being alone when it didn't mean being alone

[Verse 2]

And if love was contagious, I might be immune to it

Pain's like cold water, your brain just gets used to it

I try to keep swimming and keep Dad's good word in my mouth

But, they're fighting like dogs in the town across thе river

Over a brand-new crosswalk that won't mattеr come winter

Oh lord, sometimes folks just need something to be angry about

What you angry about?

[Chorus]

I ain't bitter 'bout much these days

In some ways, I'm damn lucky to be here

Where the miners stayed in them good old days

Yes, real men used to sleep here

All those roadside graves where my friends still lay in

I walk by just to weep here

They say killing time ain't a homicide

But a prayer for a leap year

[Post-Chorus]

Oh

[Instrumental Break: Acoustic Guitar]

[Verse 3]

I'm the roach in your drawer, I lived here long before you

I'm the rumble of war, it gets hard to ignore you

Well, love, sometimes folks just need something they can scream at

Scream at

I'm the hills in the distance, you see me, can't be me

You need me in half, Lord, I need you completely

Oh, sometimes folks just need something to scream at

[Chorus]

I ain't bitter 'bout much these days

In some ways, I'm damn lucky to be here

Where the miners stayed in the good old days

Yes, real men used to sleep here

[By/And,] those roadside graves where my friends still lay in

I walk by just to weep here

They say killing time ain't a homicide

But a prayer for a leap year

[Post-Chorus]

They say killing time ain't a homicide

But a prayer for a leap year

Ooh[Instrumental Break: Acoustic Guitar]

[Outro]

I'm a college kid with my windows down

I'm an astronaut, you're the moon

I stare at you, I sing to you

I'm in Watertown, I'm on alien ground

I'm a college kid with my windows down

I'm an astronaut, you're the moon

I sing to you, I scream at you

I'll stare at you, I'll sting at you

Album - The Great Divide (2026) By Gabe Simon & Noah Kahan