Blurb - "Bittersweet"

This song wasn't actually written specifically for Matches. It was originally composed as a stand-alone piece. However, when we fixed the plot, and added in the character of Mama Jean, and the plot points with the urchins, I realized this song fits perfectly for the gang to sing to Jane before she's taken in by them. The point of the song is the allure of one's own dark side, and how when you give in to that dark side, it's hard to go back, but you don't want to anyway. It's almost a Jekyll and Hyde sort of thing.

Character(s): Mama Jean and the Urchins

Favorite Line(s): "When you're the monster in the closet, where else can you hide?"  "You claw your way back to humanity..."

Hardest Line to Write: "You climb to the top of the mountain just to find it's more to fall..."

Why: it's just an awkward line, and it was hard to make it fit in a reasonable number of syllables. And I couldn't just brush it off and adjust to it, because it's the chorus and I have to be able to live with it. But, I got it, and that's all that matters...