“Bitterness”

Music by The Living Fields
Lyrics by Jon Higgs

With all the layers peeled away to expose the core of a man
Who will you find there staring back at you from hell
Observe your own self voyeurism
Remembering how it was before

It can be motivation
A driving force to prove something
Gloss over the misery and fill the gaps between

Meant to find my soul but found only the end
Dry conscious thought with no willpower to defend

Yet a small wonder can rescue one from the point of no return
Where you stood with the most acute pain of loss
What stings worst is ruined time
The theft of memories lasts forever

Underneath the last barrier is bitterness
A level below empty, before nothingness
Went to the verge of furthest possibility
And came back with less than what I left with (empty handed)

A smile is no longer a key to release, now locked out of reach

The human pack, blooded by defeat, losing its way, now openly condemned

Understand at last
What it might mean ... (to believe)