Bitter Pill To Swallow Lyrics

Eighteenth June, the only day you didn't hit snooze,

Woke up with a smile and left me in blues

I knew something was up when the dinner table

Smelled of cigarettes while you were crafting fables

Think I bet twenty dollars two days back

When he said "don't worry it ain't going to wack"

That's when I knew he knew, even he's reading you

And your friend told me too, now I'm burning your shoes

Burning the jacket that you gave me

Burning the disc we burned but keeping the black Mercedes

I kept some suitcases on the front porch

Fruit-flavoured lipstick and a blowtorch

And as a parting gift pick up pieces of my heart

A picture of Jesus and your fifth grade art

Take all the adjectives you screamed at me, take all of your letters

We'll talk at the bus stop, see you never

Why do you keep showing up everywhere I go

Is it a coincidence or do you follow

For you it's yet another bitter pill to swallow 

But for me it's a choking hazard you and I know

Photo frames at the back of my mind are breaking

Voodoo'd mood cuz suddenly my head is aching

Now I atrophy while the cold is grabbing me

Lost track of my sanity, these thoughts are almost family

It was supposed to be me and you till the end of time

But you stopped the pendulum didn't know introversion was a crime

Guess you're going through your life's journey with someone else

Guess it won't be me taking you through heavens and hells

And the penance I dealt means I need medical help

Just like severing hands, that's how the severance felt

Glass shattered in the living room into a million parts

I go to pick them up - but it's my heart

Dramatically fall to the floor and cut my knees

And my shoulder twitches as I feel a breeze

Something's warm and welcoming, safe yet unsettling

I have to give in although I know it's meddling

Why do you keep showing up everywhere I go

Is it a coincidence or do you follow

For you it's yet another bitter pill to swallow 

But for me it's a choking hazard you and I know

ramblings :)