Bitter

from Ohio and West by Real Life Buildings

	/

Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

the line between being bitter and being critical is a shaky one
drawn in pencil by a non-dominant hand
and it loops back on itself (often more like a venn-diagram)
and i’ve been known to wander across without even seeing the line at all

it feels more and more like there's nothing here for us anymore
sometimes i worry i forgot how to have fun
but when viability is key maybe my race is run

so rather everything here is no longer for us
though i guess in the end i’m just another voice in the chorus
saying:

“i want something else”

but maybe this is the most that i should be asking for
maybe these are the chords that will keep me busy
i don’t need anything more than the vi - V - IV

but if I can argue a complaint with reason and point to sufficient evidence do i get a pass on bitterness?

it could be meaningless
or maybe meaning is derived in this way-
maybe we can decide
and that in and of itself is something to celebrate

i can’t ever tell if its trite or if its perfection
if we’ve reached the perfect form then there’s no need to stray from these chords
the words are arbitrary as long as they can be repeated
- yeah feeling good can be easy
if you let yourself
if you let yourself feel good

credits

from Ohio and West, released March 29, 2019

license

about

Real Life Buildings New York, New York

we are a band and there are some people in the band and we like to play music.
reallifebuildings@gmail.com

contact / help

Contact Real Life Buildings

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Real Life Buildings, you may also like:

Verse
by Really From

supported by 5 fans who also own “Bitter”

This is album is like nothing I've ever heard. I love how the dissonance turns into cohesion and then proceeds to flow between the two. The jazziness of it, the tenderness of it, the lightheartedness of the sound in places...it really astounds me. I wish I could listen to it for the first time again. coitosk
go to album
i became birds
by Home Is Where

supported by 5 fans who also own “Bitter”

IM GONNA SCREAM I LOVE THIS ALBUM cassandra
go to album
O.K.
by Gabby's World

supported by 5 fans who also own “Bitter”

heartbroken bc it looks like the vinyl for this one isn't available anymore, I'm obsessed with The Thunder Answered Back and I'd absolutely lose it if I could play it analog Marielle Madden
go to album
As You Please
by Citizen

Another perfect release from contemporary emo powerhouse Run for Cover records. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 13, 2017
go to album
Yerself Is Fire
by Fire Man

Misanthropic hardcore punk from NYC that galvanizes jagged guitars and dense production towards satisfying mayhem. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 18, 2023
go to album
Happiness
by Beauty School

Taking cues from Midwestern emo and early ’10 pop punk, this Leeds, UK outfit are full of heart— not to mention hooks. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 21, 2022
go to album
Elsewhere
by Pinegrove

supported by 5 fans who also own “Bitter”

I despise pinenuts but got damn who doesn't love these tracks? You'd have to be brain dead. Annoying shit rat kids stop going to their shows and talking over the openers. You're all losers. Love pg thanks for all the memories you guys patchworkbuffalo
go to album