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  1. bitter pill

From the recording bitter pill

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Bitter Pill is a slow tempo acoustic guitar song that is based on the poem by the same name from Donovan Lord's 2019 poetry memoir, Heartaches. a song that reveals the pain of life with constant failures and setbacks that lead to heartache and melancholy.

Lyrics

I’VE TENDED THE SOIL
I’VE NURTURED THE TREE
BUT ALL THE LEAVES HAVE FALLEN

UNREQUITED LOVE
AND UNFULFILLED NEEDS
DOT THE LANDSCAPE OF MY MEMORIES

NO MATTER HOW
I TRY AND WIN
THE QUICKSAND ALWAYS PULLS ME IN

PRE-CHORUS

YEAH BABY YEAH
I’M GOING UPHILL
ALL MY LIFE
HAS BEEN A BITTERPILL

NO WHERE IS THERE SOLACE
NO ONE HEARS MY SCREAMS
LIFE HAS FORCED ME
DOWN UPON MY KNEES

CHORUS

I’M DYING
I’M CRYING
I’M LOSING MYSELF
THERE’S NO WAY
OUT OF THIS
ENDLESS HELL

I’M DYING
I’M LOSING
I’M NEVER GONNA WIN
EVERYTIME
I FALL I END UP WHERE
I BEGAN

(BREAK 4 MEASURES)

SO GOODBYE
GOOD RIDDANCE
TO A WORLD WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE

NO MATTER HOW
I TRY NOT LOSE
THE BAD GUYS ALWAYS
SEEM TO GET THEIR DUE


PRE CHORUS

YEAH BABY YEAH
I’M GOING UPHILL
ALL MY LIFE
HAS BEEN A BITTER PILL

NO WHERE IS THERE SOLACE
NO ONE HEARS MY SCREAMS
LIFE HAS FORCED ME
DOWN UPON MY KNEES

CHORUS

I’M DYING
I’M CRYING
I’M LOSING MYSELF
THERE’S NO WAY
OUT OF THIS
ENDLESS HELL

I’M DYING
I’M LOSING
I’M NEVER GONNA WIN
EVERYTIME
I FALL I END UP WHERE
I BEGAN

(BREAK)

YEAH BABY YEAH
YEAH BABY YEAH
YEAH BABY YEAH
YEAH BABY YEAH

I’M FALLIN’
I’M CRAWLIN’
I’M LOSIN’
I’M DYIN’

I’M FALLIN’
I’M LOSIN’
I’M cryin'
I’M DYIN