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Ruel
Free Time
Painkiller

TRACK

Painkiller

Release date: 12th September 2019

From Free TimeTrack 33:34

Lyrics

Painkiller

You're my painkiller, when my brain gets bitter
You keep me close
You keep me close

I got front-row seats for the parkside livin'
Feel like the one, but I'm one in a billion
Teenage cynical (teenage cynical) and I don't really know

What's the point of livin' if my heart gets broken?
Driving on the road, waiting for head-on collision
Springtime funeral, I miss you but I'd rather be alone
To keep me from

Heartbreaks, headaches
The doctor says I'm diagnosed with
Shit days, mistakes
But I'll be fine
But I'll be fine

'Cause you're my painkiller, when my brain gets bitter
You keep me close, when I've been miserable
And it takes forever to let my brain get better
You keep me close
You keep me close

Window seats as the plane starts leavin'
Miss those streets where my knees were bleedin'
Homesick veteran, I left my bed again
Oh, looking for

Heartbreaks, headaches
The doctor says I'm diagnosed with
Shit days, mistakes
But I'll be fine
But I'll be fine

'Cause you're my painkiller, when my brain gets bitter
You keep me close, when I've been miserable
And it takes forever to let my brain get better
You keep me close
You keep me close

Please, never leave me
'Cause I'm barely holdin' on
You give me a reason, oh, to keep on breathin'

'Cause you're my painkiller, when my brain gets bitter
You keep me close, when I've been miserable
And it takes forever to let my brain get better
You keep me close, oh
You keep me close

I know you hear me, close
Yeah, close, close

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

Track details

From Free Time

3:342019

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Album

13th September 2019

Track number

3

Release year

2019

1Don't Cry
3:07
2Real Thing
3:12
3Painkiller
3:34
4Hard Sometimes
4:29

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Ruel — Don’t Say That
Ruel — I Can Die Now (from Kicking My Feet) [2:51]
Ruel — dst (outro) (from Kicking My Feet) [0:52]
Ruel — Not What’s Going On (from Kicking My Feet) [2:55]
Ruel — When You Walk In The Room (from Kicking My Feet) [1:59]
Ruel — No News Is Good News (from Kicking My Feet) [3:46]
Ruel — Destroyer (from Kicking My Feet) [3:08]
Ruel — Only Ever (from Kicking My Feet) [2:32]
Ruel — Kicking My Feet (from Kicking My Feet) [3:18]
Ruel — The Suburbs (from Kicking My Feet) [3:09]
Ruel — Wild Guess (from Kicking My Feet) [2:47]
Ruel — Even Angels Won’t (from Kicking My Feet) [3:17]
Ruel — I Can Die Now [2:51]
Ruel — Melodramatic Fanatic
Ruel — Dandelion
Ruel — Made It Awkward
Ruel — santa doesn’t know you like i do
Ruel — Cats on the Ceiling
Ruel — Kiss Me (from Adaptations - EP) [2:53]
Ruel — Hollywood (from Adaptations - EP) [3:16]
Ruel — Call out My Name (from Adaptations - EP) [3:46]
Ruel — Hide & Seek (from Adaptations - EP) [3:42]
Ruel — Malibu (from Adaptations - EP) [4:05]
Ruel — Kiss Me [2:53]
Ruel — We’re a Pair of Diamonds
Ruel — What A Life
Ruel — Apple Music Home Session: Ruel
Ruel — GROWING UP IS _____ (from 4TH WALL) [3:54]
Ruel — IF AND/OR WHEN (from 4TH WALL) [2:53]
Ruel — LET THE GRASS GROW (from 4TH WALL) [2:56]
Ruel — GO ON WITHOUT ME (from 4TH WALL) [2:43]
Ruel — WISH I HAD YOU (from 4TH WALL) [3:17]
Ruel — SITTING IN TRAFFIC (from 4TH WALL) [4:15]
Ruel — LIE (from 4TH WALL) [2:54]
Ruel — SET YOURSELF ON FIRE (from 4TH WALL) [2:52]
Ruel — END SCENE (from 4TH WALL) [4:50]
Ruel — MUST BE NICE (from 4TH WALL) [2:56]
Ruel — YOU AGAINST YOURSELF (from 4TH WALL) [2:26]
Ruel — I DON'T WANNA BE LIKE YOU (from 4TH WALL) [2:44]
Ruel — SOMEONE ELSE'S PROBLEM (from 4TH WALL) [2:40]
Ruel — JAPANESE WHISKEY (from 4TH WALL) [3:28]
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Ruel — courage (from Bright Lights, Red Eyes) [3:30]
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Ruel — distance (from Bright Lights, Red Eyes) [2:59]
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