Bitter Fruit

Written by：Alison Mosshart/Jamie Hince

Cut your branches at the root

That long have grown that bitter fruit

Cut your branches at the root

That only gave me bitter fruit

I was conceived in a red cage from a wild love

Oh

I am the seed of a dead age gone viral

Oh

Those feelings I've tried to shake all my life long

Oh

But the demons I'm keeping are hard to face

When you hide them so long

I gotta cut you at the root

I gotta save my soul from the bad in you

I gotta cut you through and through

You only ever gave me bitter fruit

Oh and it grew like a shockwave

And I was blindsided oh oh

The fruit that your love gave

Poisoned my mind up oh oh

I cut your branches at the root

I gotta save my soul from the things you do

I cut your branches through and through

But still I only taste that bitter fruit

Down to the bone

All my love was cut in a single blow

Gone and I know

All my love was cut in the seed I sowed

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

I cut your branches at the root

That only ever gave me bitter fruit

I cut your branches through and 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

Cut your branches at the root

That long have grown that bitter fruit

Cut your branches at the root

That only gave me bitter fruit

Cut your branches at the root

That long have grown that bitter fruit

Cut your branches at the root

That only gave me bitter fruit