Lyric

You handed me your sweetest lie

Wrapped it up in golden light

I swallowed every word you said

And smiled like everything was right

The warmth you gave had teeth inside

A slow and silent kind of bite

I didn't know until too late

That trust can rust overnight

Now all I taste is metal on my tongue

The aftertaste of everything you've done

Taste of rust, taste of rust

Everything you touched has turned to dust

I believed in what we had

But what we had was never us

Taste of rust, taste of rust

The sweetest things corrode and combust

You left me with the residue

A taste of rust, a taste of rust

The letters that you never sent

The promises you let decay

I find them in the quiet hours

Dissolving slowly day by day

The gold you wore was always thin

A coat of shine on something grey

And now I know the taste of it

The kind that doesn't wash away

Now all I taste is metal on my tongue

The echo of a song we should have sung

Taste of rust, taste of rust

Everything you touched has turned to dust

I believed in what we had

But what we had was never us

Taste of rust, taste of rust

The sweetest things corrode and combust

You left me with the residue

A taste of rust, a taste of rust

I don't hate you for the rust

I just hate that I still trust

Every shimmer, every shine

Every hand that touches mine

Maybe gold was never real

Maybe rust is all we feel

Maybe that's just what remains

When the sweetness hides the pain

Taste of rust, taste of rust

Everything you touched has turned to dust

I believed in what we had

But what we had was never us

Taste of rust, taste of rust

The sweetest things corrode and combust

You left me with the residue

A taste of rust, a taste of rust

The taste remains

The taste remains