Bitter Pill

BITTER PILL by Kenny Knowles [Intro – sparse / haunting] (low guitar hum / distant heartbeat kick) Oh no… Here you come again… Sweet poison… With a kiss like sin… ⸻ [Verse 1] Girl, your love was like a needle in my vein Hit like heaven, left a world of pain Had me flyin’ high on a borrowed flame Then you lit the fuse and walked away I hit the whiskey, tried to wash you out But your ghost still burns when the lights go down Now every midnight tastes like hell until I choke back another bitter pill ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] You got your claws in deep And your poison tastes so sweet I know damn well what you can do Still I come crawling back to you ⸻ [Chorus] You’re that bitter pill — hard to swallow Sweet disaster wrapped in sorrow Cut me open, left me hollow Still I beg, steal, bleed to follow You’re the fire underneath my skin The kind of wrong I’d choose again I drown my soul, but I can’t kill The hunger for your bitter pill ⸻ [Verse 2] Every scar still whispers your name Every high just feeds the flame You left a wreck where a man once stood Turned my heart dark where my hope once stood I know your kiss is death in disguise But damn if I still crave that high Some demons wear a smile that kills And taste exactly like a bitter pill ⸻ [Bridge – quiet → explosive] I should run I should heal I should let your memory die But addiction wears your face And resurrection is your lie You pull me under Every time With velvet hands and cyanide And I’d crawl through hell on shattered knees For one more taste… one more night… ⸻ [Final Chorus – huge] You’re that bitter pill — hard to swallow Sweet disaster wrapped in sorrow Cut me open, left me hollow Still I beg, steal, bleed to follow You’re the fire underneath my skin The kind of wrong I’d choose again I drown my soul, but I can’t kill… The hunger… For your bitter pill… ⸻ [Outro – stripped / haunting] (slow slide guitar / heartbeat fades) Girl, your love… Was a needle in my vein… And I’d still take the pain… Again…