The Lowest Bitter - Les Savy Fav

Are you looking for magic

On the back of a pack of matches?

It seems like we’re trying to prove

That everything we pursue, we lose

All you scorned lovers:

Are you burnt so bad

Your lips are covered

In black blood and scabs?

We seem to need some way

To vanish all these stains

Take the trigger from the lowest bitter

Take the bargain back again

Are you covered in scratches

From them hacking you with their hatchets?

Are you chasing a trail of crumbs

And you can’t recall where they came from?

They’ve come to

Steal your old self

And rent back what they stole

They fatten you up

And swallow you whole

And then they

Charge you for the pleasure

Of making you plain

When you’re finally getting something

It’s only the blame

If you let bitterness

Get in your home

Get in your chest

It gets into your bones

We’ve been bought

And we’ve been sold

They try but they can’t keep hold

We burn, but we don’t turn to coal

We’re hills all filled with gas and gold

Take the trigger from the lowest bitter

Take the bargain back again

Take it back!