Because Of The Shame* Songtext / Lyric

We used to get high together

Instead of getting high alone

Can't remember the last time I saw you

Can't remember the last time we talked



You left home for a fresh start

Working as a waitress down in Bradenton

With my name tattooed into your skin



Because of the shame I associate with vulnerability

I am numbing myself completely, can you hear me right now?

I watched your mother bury you today with tears in her eyes

It wasn't her words that shook me but the resemblance you shared



Don't it seem so detached and unreal?

Don't it seem so far away?

Like the past never happened

Like nothing's ever changed






With your casket open in front of me

Your eyes closed and your lips silent

My name tattooed into your skin



Because of the shame I associate with vulnerability

I am numbing myself completely, can you hear me right now?

I watched your mother bury you today with tears in her eyes

It wasn't her words that shook me but the resemblance you shared



Didn't listen to the preacher, couldn't look your husband in the eye

I'm not sure what I meant to you then so I'm not sure what I owe you now

But if something I said hurt you, I swear it was not my intention

With your name tattooed into my skin, with your name tattooed into my skin



Because of the shame I associate with vulnerability

I am numbing myself completely, can you hear me right now?

I watched your mother bury you today with tears in her eyes

It wasn't her words that shook me but the resemblance you shared

It wasn't her words that shook me but the resemblance you shared



Can you hear me right now?

Can you hear me right now?