Name: Bitter Pill
Duration: P00H03M52S
Description: The crux of this song is in the last line. By Marty.

Bitter Pill

from Sky Caves In by Asleep in the Park (now The On Fires)

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The crux of this song is in the last line. By Marty.

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Can't see the point in being straight
Don't wait a long while for my hands to shake
A bruising struggle for your soul in every little way
I'm sweeping out the boy I used to be

Alone & screaming for release
When all around us faces come & go
Tip the bottle to my mouth & wash our cares away
So just for now we go on being someone else

The show goes on till something finally gives
Signs are there that some time soon they will

It's a sordid love affair
A fool with no will to escape
Away to mend your heart & break your heart all over again
Cos I've been separated from you time & time again my lord

The show goes on till something finally gives
Signs are there that some time soon they will
Used to catch the words not let them die & turn you away
And losing you would be a bitter pill

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from Sky Caves In, released April 1, 2004

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