Bittersweet

Seven sins of wantonness, and everything that's good is gone Sell it for the glory from the peers Silicone priestess, scratch the back and twist the knife to bone Kick against the pricks and scrape the shins I'm the enemy in the enemies, now I swallowed the pill And drank to the fill And all these things I carry now In this bittersweet, in this bittersweet now Try to hold the world, they're sinkin', swimmin' in a paper cup Try to own the one beneath the skin Held up to the flames 'til singein' skin begins to draw and tuck Never told us, "Not a chance to win" What couldn't be wouldn't be now I swallowed the pill And drank to the fill And all these things I carry now In this bittersweet, in this bittersweet now Bittersweet, oh, this bittersweet now Oh, now hold your hands up to the sky And try so hard to rise above Everything is beaten down, yeah I swallowed the pill And drank to the fill And all these things I carry now In this bittersweet, in this bittersweet now I swallowed the pill And drank to the fill All these things I carry now In this bittersweet, in this bittersweet In this bittersweet now