[Verse One]
So this is love, so this is pain
I'm too tired to be brave
As hard as you fall, that's how you break
Over and over until it's too late
The battle was over
The blood never dried
The gate was left open, and so were my eyes

[Chorus]
Bitter!
Yeah, that's me these days
I bite, and I kick, and I hiss, and I scratch
Like a lion in a cage
Bitter!
And the feeling's so strange
I like him, I love him, I hate him
For making the mess that he made
I'm giving up what I used to love
'Cause I can't stand the taste

[Verse Two]
Heart full of rain, but I'm still on fire
I'm so sick of desire
The more that I try, the less I forget
The shape of his body asleep in my bed
The bells they were rung out
I said my goodbyes
And now I'm just run down
I won't cry 'cause I'm

[Chorus]
Bitter!
Yeah, that's me these days
I bite, and I kick, and I hiss, and I scratch
Like a lion in a cage
Bitter!
And the feeling's so strange
I like him, I love him, I hate him
For making the mess that he made
I'm giving up what I used to love
'Cause I can't stand the taste

[Bridge]
Where do we go?
Nobody knows, got nothing to show
For wasting my time
No wonder I'm bitter
Yeah, that's me these days
I bite, I kick, I hiss, and I scratch
Like a lion in a cage
Bitter, and the feeling's so strange
I like him, I love him, I hate him
For making the mess that he made

[Chorus]
Bitter!
Yeah, that's me these days
I bite, and I kick, and I hiss, and I scratch
Like a lion in a cage
Bitter!
And the feeling's so strange
I like him, I love him, I hate him
For making the mess that he made
I'm giving up what I used to love
'Cause I can't stand the taste