Bittersweet
by Muhammad Seven & The Spring
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It’s hard to be a flawed person - and we’re all so flawed. Part of what’s hard is the way we often can’t stop doing things that are bad for us, even after we’ve become clear that they’re bad for us. On the one hand you have to be kind to yourself and on the other, it’s important to break these vicious cycles. That’s what “Bittersweet” is about.
Listen for the roots rock and grunge influences (I finally squeezed a little of my high school Nirvana years into one of my songs), this one’s got a full band on it. Searing slide licks from Patrick Mussari, gorgeous harmony vocals from Kelly Jo Reed, driving pocket drums from Colin Lester Fleming, Theo Brierly and his singular bass parts and keys from the one and only Sam Kassirer.
Listen for the roots rock and grunge influences (I finally squeezed a little of my high school Nirvana years into one of my songs), this one’s got a full band on it. Searing slide licks from Patrick Mussari, gorgeous harmony vocals from Kelly Jo Reed, driving pocket drums from Colin Lester Fleming, Theo Brierly and his singular bass parts and keys from the one and only Sam Kassirer.
lyrics
All my damned addictions have been hummin’
Lord, It’s a song I know
They can’t sing a lick
But it’s the the only music on my radio
I‘ve been holding on
I think a wiser man
Would work on letting go
Oh the well’s run dry
God damn this heat
And the back yard’s full of bittersweet
Oooooh, ooooh...
Bittersweet
All my damned addictions have been hummin’
hummin
lord, It’s a song I sing
I left the tender hand that you reached out to me just
Waiting in the wings
Try so hard to hide my honest feelings
Baby, I can’t feel a thing
‘Fore the snow comes down
And the pipes all freeze
we better tear out the bittersweet
Oooooh, ooooh...
Bittersweet
Layin’ there beside me
Oh I’m
Begging you guide me
Do you know?
I know how
To make things die
But I can’t seem
To make this garden grow
All my damned addictions have been hummin’
hummin’
No matter what I do
I turn up to ten
But then they play so loud
It leaves me black and blue
All my bruises hidden on the inside
Like renegade tattoos
Oh the well’s run dry
God damn this heat
And the back yard’s full of bittersweet
Oooooh, ooooh...
Bittersweet
All my damned addictions have been hummin’
Oh it’s a song I know...
Lord, It’s a song I know
They can’t sing a lick
But it’s the the only music on my radio
I‘ve been holding on
I think a wiser man
Would work on letting go
Oh the well’s run dry
God damn this heat
And the back yard’s full of bittersweet
Oooooh, ooooh...
Bittersweet
All my damned addictions have been hummin’
hummin
lord, It’s a song I sing
I left the tender hand that you reached out to me just
Waiting in the wings
Try so hard to hide my honest feelings
Baby, I can’t feel a thing
‘Fore the snow comes down
And the pipes all freeze
we better tear out the bittersweet
Oooooh, ooooh...
Bittersweet
Layin’ there beside me
Oh I’m
Begging you guide me
Do you know?
I know how
To make things die
But I can’t seem
To make this garden grow
All my damned addictions have been hummin’
hummin’
No matter what I do
I turn up to ten
But then they play so loud
It leaves me black and blue
All my bruises hidden on the inside
Like renegade tattoos
Oh the well’s run dry
God damn this heat
And the back yard’s full of bittersweet
Oooooh, ooooh...
Bittersweet
All my damned addictions have been hummin’
Oh it’s a song I know...
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released September 29, 2023
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Muhammad Seven & The Spring New York, New York
M7 is a blue collar Americana songwriter hailing from Boston, MA and currently living in the Finger Lakes region of New York. The son of an Iranian immigrant father and French-Canadian mother, he and his music were born in the fallout of the '79 Islamic Revolution and the Regan/Bush era, and draw influences from '60s protest music, '70s rock and roll, '80s pop, '90s hip hop and 20th century folk. ... more
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