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The Bitter End Lyrics
When the bitter end arrives
Will we be at war, or sadly, madly in love?
Will we beg for one more night?
Or will we have our bags packed and waiting at the door?
When the bitter end arrives
Will it be a finish line or a starting gate?
Brass and pearl, or maggots and dirt?
Bittersweet, or our just desserts?
When you didn't answer your phone
I knew there was something wrong
You'd been a wreck all week
When it's unbearable
The more unavailable the world can often seem
When the bitter end arrives
Will we be exhausted, or will we toss and turn?
Will we claw out our eyes?
Or will we simply close them and let the sleep seep in?
When your bitter end arrived
You could've at least chicken-scratched some clichéd note:
"On the razor's edge"
"At the end of your rope"
"The bitter pills you just had to swallow"
When you didn't answer your phone
Suddenly the last time we spoke was the last time we spoke
What would I have said if I knew
Just how desperate the situation was?
But I know that I knew - such overstated clues
You stopped eating, kept drinking
Stopped showing up for work
When you're alone, did you utter dying words?
Why'd the bitter end have to come for you?
So sad, so soon
When your bitter end came around
Did you wonder how your sentence would sound?
An exclamation or a question mark!?
Will we be at war, or sadly, madly in love?
Will we beg for one more night?
Or will we have our bags packed and waiting at the door?
Will it be a finish line or a starting gate?
Brass and pearl, or maggots and dirt?
Bittersweet, or our just desserts?
I knew there was something wrong
You'd been a wreck all week
When it's unbearable
The more unavailable the world can often seem
Will we be exhausted, or will we toss and turn?
Will we claw out our eyes?
Or will we simply close them and let the sleep seep in?
You could've at least chicken-scratched some clichéd note:
"On the razor's edge"
"At the end of your rope"
"The bitter pills you just had to swallow"
Suddenly the last time we spoke was the last time we spoke
What would I have said if I knew
Just how desperate the situation was?
You stopped eating, kept drinking
Stopped showing up for work
When you're alone, did you utter dying words?
So sad, so soon
When your bitter end came around
Did you wonder how your sentence would sound?
An exclamation or a question mark!?
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Anyone want to upload these to a a yousendit or the like, I would very much appreciate that.
I got the single now, Pretty sure this sonfg is about suicide, and proably would have fit well into Happy Hollow. a correction "Wonder how your sentence would SOUND.."
These lyrics are amazing, as usual for Tim. So much if it is clever, and so damn heartbreaking.
I love this part; "When you didn't answer your phone, suddenly the last time we spoke was the last time we spoke." Very, very clever.
Tim owns.
Oh, and just a minor correction he says, "When you're alone, DID you utter dying words?"
just amazing...
Its not about suicide you dumbass. Its about the Apocalypse. Its on an EP for a CD that is so religiously charged that the intro song calls the 14 songs of the album "14 Hymns for the Heathen". The bitter end is the end of the world. "brass and pearl or maggots and dirt" = heaven or hell...yadda yadda. And two corrections "PROBABLY" and "SONG"
GoodSects, there's no need to be that rude. And to correct you, it's NOT about the Apocalypse. It's about the afterlife, whether there's something after death or not. And the last half of the song is Tim dealing with the suicide of a friend.