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... 

"Bittersweet"

Bittersweet

Mama Jean:

Every dandelion has its roar

And every tiger lily wants a little something more

The bats in your attic have been gone for quite a while,

But the skeletons in your attic share a familiar smile,

Cause when you're the monster in the closet

Where else can you hide?

When you feel that beast is burning, yearning,

Way down deep inside

You climb to the top of the mountain

Just to find it's more to fall

And you think you should retreat

But you know you can't be beat

And it's bittersweet...

You know you're not a killer at the core

Oh, but all those animal instincts are hard to ignore

 So you claw your way back to humanity

Trying to hold on to your sanity

Wishing you were wiser,

But your eyes as not so sure

Cause when you're the monster in the closet

Where else can you hide?

When you feel that beast is burning, yearning,

Way down deep inside

You climb to the top of the mountain

Just to find it's more to fall

And you think you should retreat

But you know you can't be beat

And it's bittersweet...

You've spent every waking moment

Every hour of the day

Trying to chain up something underneath the skin

Oh, but all that you can do

Is pray that maybe you'll get through

Cuz when the lights go out you know it will begin...

Cause when you're the monster in the closet

Where else can you hide?

When you feel that beast is coming out

No matter how you've tried

To climb to the top of the mountain

And force yourself to fly...

And you know you should retreat...

Oh, but you never have been beat...

And it's bittersweet...