Taste the pain lyrics

Flat on my back

In a lonely sprawl

I stare at the ceiling

Because I cannot fall

Asleep tonight

No, not at all

Head lights flash

Across my bedroom wall

Crying eyes open

Because I cannot fall

In love with you

No, not at all

Walk away and taste the pain

Come again some other day

Aren't you glad you weren't afraid

Funny how the price gets paid

Walk away and taste the pain

Come again some other day

Aren't you glad you weren't afraid

Funny how the price gets paid

Busted in two

Like a brittle stick

I cannot drink

Because my throat constricts

Love-sick from you

That will never do

Open my mouth

I couldn't make a sound

I could not scream

You know I could not shout

It out to you

Nothing to do

Walk away and taste the pain

Come again some other day

Aren't you glad you weren't afraid

Funny how the price gets paid

Walk away and taste the pain

Come again some other day

Aren't you glad you weren't afraid

Funny how the price gets paid

This may come as a shocking surprise

I have to take a walk

I have to kiss it goodbye

Goodbye, my love

Goodbye, my love

I am not alive

Walk away and taste the pain

Come again some other day

Aren't you glad you weren't afraid

Funny how the price gets paid

Walk away and taste the pain

Come again some other day

Aren't you glad you weren't afraid

Funny how the price gets paid

[Outro]

Oh oh how the price gets paid

Well I got to pay, I got to pay the price

I think I'll walk away

'Cause I couldn't survey, I couldn't pay

I couldn't price

• Artist:Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Album:Mother's Milk (1989)