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Bitter Pill

by Us And The Otters

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Original roller-coaster rocker from Otter Space complaining about bad behavior featuring Hammond B3, bouncy bass and lazy guitars
*All proceeds from the sale of this track on BandCamp will be donated to flatironcrossroads.com, a non-profit music venue located in Gloucester, VA*

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Life is your bitter pill, no prescription you can fill
No lead to follow, hold your nose and swallow
You've gone wrong

What should you do? A bit more than you can chew and
No way to hide it, better cut some teeth to bite it
You've gone wrong

I won't be your crutch – I can't even watch
A precious dish reduced to mush
Vicious as a fish, and luscious as a lush
You on your bed of bottles and tissues it's damned hard to miss you much
Always two fingers out of touch

Light up, take a puff… still young enough to stuff your lungs with the gases
Until it all collapses
You've gone wrong

You've been all you can be as you sterilize your key to unlock the mysteries
Something in your history's gone wrong

Where went those old days lost in a grey haze in forgotten fashion
We were so wrought with passion
Now time's just passing watching the passion rot

Have to have your happenings with all the trappings and
Snap! You got yourself caught
Shooting without a shot

Numb and naked, you can barely fake it
How can you take it so rough?
A diamond in the buff

Wake up to face the facts
It's too hard to relax on your sentimental journey strapped down to a gurney.
You've gone wrong

Got to make it through the day
Find a well-cut sword to slay your psychotic deities
You better have your Wheaties
You've gone wrong

Think you can take off? Think you can fly high?
Smell the freedom where the sewer meets the sky in every gram of happiness you buy
But you're far too indebted, and you too dead to get it
And you're over your credit on luck
Like a scared doe, without a buck

Oh, bitter pill – oh, bitter pill
Take it as you will

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released January 31, 2021
©2020 Michael Ahart (aka Us And The Otters). Music, lyrics, vocals, performance & production by Michael Ahart. Produced at Otter Space Studio in Wicomico Church, VA USA

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Us And The Otters Wicomico Church, Virginia

I have enjoyed music all my life. I started learning to play music at 4 years old.

I started writing complete songs in my teens and have never stopped. I write impulsively, so my songs are often quirky – but that might be what makes them different.

I live with my wife and cats in the beautiful Northern Neck of Virginia, USA. I love music. ... more

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