Standard (EADGBE)

Unfit to live in - just about fit to burst...

Like the banks of a swollen river,

As bitterness does its worst...

Working on your feelings - eating you all up.

But you have to shed that shit to move on,

And let love carry you on up!

(It's just) Bitterness rising - taking you off.

Bitterness rising - you gotta shake those feelings off!

Unfair to give in - and never change its course.

If you have the choice before you,

You gotta take it with a force!

Or the past will take you - keep you from the truth.

As bitterness rises - from the ashes of your youth!

(It's just) Bitterness rising - taking you off.

Bitterness rising - you gotta shake those feelings off!

Bitterness rising - taking you off.

Bitterness rising - you gotta shake those feelings off!

Moments in time - finding the space,

To be what'cha wanna be.

The things you never got - life you never had.

The dreams that you once dreamed.

(For the "Shoo do do do" part)

Finding the space - waiting the time.

To be what'cha wanna be -

Just be!

Or the past will take you - keep you from the truth.

As bitterness rises - from the ashes of your youth!

(It's just) Bitterness rising - taking you off.

Bitterness rising - you gotta shake those feelings off!

Bitterness rising - taking you off.

Bitterness rising - you gotta shake those feelings off!

(Repeat till the end)