Written, performed, produced, mixed and mastered by maybe:davey

Home Is Where The Hurt Is

Bitter Roots is a song about experiencing a healing, healthy kind of love after having been in what some refer to as “toxic” or unhealthy relationships. 
I wasn’t sure how to describe the feeling I was having when I first met my wife. It was like I was waiting for the snap; expecting a negative emotional twining that never came. It felt empty at first, as though something were missing. Then it hit me: what I was feeling was peace. Negative emotion didn’t need to be the electricity that tied us together. That feeling came from a kind of selfish dependency that I had to unlearn. Bitter Roots is a love song for my wife as much as it is a reflection on my own negative relationship experiences of the past. 

LYRICS: 

From way up here we can watch the Southwest taxi 
dream of runaway runways and all the places we could see
But I’ve been everywhere darling now i can leave them be 
We can stay grounded here as long as ive got you and you’ve got me 

They say love at first sight is only something from the movies
How else should I describe the way you have moved me 
I won’t throw caution to the wind but babe I’ve got a feeling 
To lay down the arms around my heart that you’re stealing 

Is this what love looks like? 
No phantom fears or looking for a fight 
Or chasing a negative high
To feel something; sleep better at night

Your peace flows in my mind
Cleansing roots that grew bitter with time
What is it we could find 
We don’t need to leave the ground to fly 

Is this what love looks like? 
No phantom fears or looking for a fight 
Or chasing a negative high
To feel something; sleep better at night

Your peace flows in my mind
Cleansing roots that grew bitter with time
What is it we could find 
We don’t need to leave the ground to fly

Bitter Roots

Mix engineer, producer, songwriter. Tampa, FL

maybe:davey

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