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Song of the Week #19 · from Songs Of The Week (2007)

Bittersweet

The Redding Brothers

The story behind the song

Okay, we just got in from Micah’s wedding, but luckily we had time earlier in the week to get this finished, and here I am posting it tonight. This one is called “Bittersweet”:

Lyrics

Look at the shadows overhead Look at your intuition broken by a silver thread Look at the sad between the lights Look at the sun - here comes the sky! CHORUS: I see the bittersweet in the dead of night Oh why don't you get outside my mind Oh and leave me there Oh why don't you break this timid line Between my feeble eyes and all the light I wanted to break, I wanted to take, everything away from my feeble mind I wanted to say, I wanted to lay, on the corner looking at the outside Watch the cars pass by, on the other side, looking alive and feeling tired A blizzard of lights, the train's on time, riding hot and running wild! CHORUS Take a piece of me, hope it's what you need, mix it up with little bit of decency For the morning sun, find that all is done, in the middle of the day before the night comes Spinning out of my time, to the other side, raising my rent and trying to fly Make ends tight, I feel the light, piercing through my broken eyes CHORUS Don't leave me here alone Don't leave me here broken up and tired CHORUS

Bittersweet · from Songs Of The Week (2007) · track 18 · Song of the Week #19

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