Bitter Virtue - James

Living’s so close to loving

I is the problem

O the solution

Join in circles

Not easily broken

Only when open

My I is paper thin

Loving

You call it sinning

You stoned the women

It’s tradition in tribe

Judging

From where I’m sitting

You’re greenly jealous

And as lonely as an I

A bitter virtue

I’d rather live in sin

There’s pleasure in your suffering

(Y'all say so)

A bitter virtue

I’d rather live in sin

How can you sit on everything

Y’all say so

Suppress your love

Suppress desire

Compress a life

Till life expires

Hold your breath

In pinched denial

Complexity

Live in awe

Love your life

It’s yours to live

Regret forgive

Make more mistakes

Regret forgive

Accept everything

A bitter virtue

I’d rather live in sin

There’s pleasure in your suffering

(Y'all say so)

A bitter virtue

I’d rather live in sin

How can you sit on everything

Y’all say so

Serpents

Not all in Eden

Not all have poison

Tree of knowledge bitten

Heaven

No place for artists

Fucked up and human

We’re not getting in

A bitter virtue

I’d rather live in sin

There’s pleasure in your suffering

(Y'all say so)

A bitter virtue

I’d rather live in sin

How can you sit on everything

Y’all say so