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Bitter Sweet Symphony

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Bitter Sweet Symphony Lyrics

'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, that's life
Tryna make ends meet, you're a slave to money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet, yeah

No change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
But I'm a million different people
From one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no

'Cause it's a bittеrsweet symphony, that's life
Tryna make ends meet, you'rе a slave to money then you die

No change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
But I'm a million different people
From one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no
Well, I've never prayed but tonight I'm on my knees, yeah
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now
But the airwaves are clean and there's nobody singin' to me now

No change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold

'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, that's life

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Genius Annotation

“Bitter Sweet Symphony” is a cover of The Verve’s 1997 smash hit. The track follows in the tradition of the group’s cover album, Explains It All wherein the band covered a number of other songs from the same era.

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What did Four Year Strong say about "Bitter Sweet Symphony"?
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Dan O’Conner tells Kerrang:

“We’ve always loved the song ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony,’ it holds a lot of nostalgia for me. Makes me think of being 12 thinking I was cool, which I was not. Everything about the song is great, the melody, the hook, the beat, and the string part. They all live rent free in my brain. Being able to create something that feels like FYS and having great foundations to start with was very fun.”

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September 7, 2021
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