"Bitter Fruit" lyrics - THE KILLS

THE KILLS
"Bitter Fruit"

Got your branches at the root
But all that blooms is bitter fruit
Cut your branches at the root
It only gave me bitter fruit

I was conceived in a red rage from a wild love
I am the seed of a dead age, gone viral
Those feelings I've tried to shake all my life long
But the demons I'm keeping are hard to face
When you hide them so long

I got you, got you at the root
I gotta save my soul from the bad in you
I got you, got you through & through
You only ever gave me bitter fruit

Oh and it grew like a shockwave
And I was blind, silent
The fruit that your love gave poisoned my mind

I got your branches at the root
I gotta save my soul from the things you do
I cut your branches through & through
But still I only taste that bitter fruit

Down to the bone
All my love is cut in a single blow
Gone, and I know
All my love is cut in the seed I sow
I could pray, but can't you see
The kind of things I pray for are cursing me
I could pray, but can't you see
The kind of things I pray for, the kind of things I need
Ha

I got your branches at the root
You only ever gave me bitter fruit
I cut your branches through & through
But still I only taste that bitter fruit
I could pray, but can't you see
The kind of things I pray for are cursing me
I could pray, but can't you see
The kind of things I pray for, the kind of things I need