Sour Soupសម្លម្ជូរ

Way too sour. Burns going down. Still want another bowl.

He went through her phone. She brought up 2019. He forgot their anniversary, then showed up with gas station roses. They broke up for good... again. Two days later he's knocking, and she's already at her mom's, cooking សម្លម្ជូរ, because she knew he'd come back.

Then Mom tastes the soup: "ជូរពេកហើយ" (way too sour). Everyone at the table knows she isn't talking about the soup.

A soup that ain't sour don't taste like home.

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LYRICS | ទំនុកច្រៀង

[Intro] អ្នកណាឲ្យឯងមកវិញ? You did. Two A.M. សំឡេង Studio

[Verse 1 - Him] You went through my phone again, scrolling like a cop Screenshot every like, girl, when you gon' stop ឯងខឹងរឿងតូចៗ, then you bring up twenty-nineteen Same fight, different day, you know what I mean Told you I was done, packed a bag, slammed the door Two days later, I'm knocking like before

[Pre-Chorus - Her] ស្នេហាយើងជូរដូចសម្លម្ជូរ Burns on the way down, but I still want more

[Chorus] Too sour, but I want another bowl ដួសឲ្យមួយចានទៀត, I can't let go ជូរណាស់... តែអត់ចង់ឈប់ You're the worst thing for me, and I love you so

[Verse 2 - Her] Dishes in the sink, been there since Tuesday Late again, phone dead, what you gon' say បងភ្លេចថ្ងៃខួបយើងទៀតហើយ Then you show up with gas station roses, okay Blocked you on everything, told my girls we're through Now I'm cooking សម្លម្ជូរ at my mom's, 'cause I knew what you'd do

[Pre-Chorus - Him] ស្នេហាយើងជូរដូចសម្លម្ជូរ Burns on the way down, but I still want more

[Chorus] Too sour, but I want another bowl ដួសឲ្យមួយចានទៀត, I can't let go ជូរណាស់... តែអត់ចង់ឈប់ You're the worst thing for me, and I love you so

[Bridge] (Mom) អឺ... ជូរពេកហើយ (Him) She ain't talking 'bout the soup (Her) I know (Her) Maybe we're too much, maybe we're all wrong (Him) អំពិលច្រើនពេក, we been sour way too long (Her) But a soup that ain't sour don't taste like home (Him) And a love with no fire just leaves you cold

[Final Chorus] Too sour, but I want another bowl (another bowl) ដួសឲ្យមួយចានទៀត, I can't let go ជូរណាស់... តែអត់ចង់ឈប់ You're the worst thing for me, but you taste like home

[Outro] (Her) អ្នកណាឲ្យឯងមកវិញ? (Him) ដួសឲ្យមួយចានទៀតមក (Mom) ញ៉ាំទៅ ហើយកុំឈ្លោះគ្នាទៀត!