Lyric

Where grown-ups gather on the corner street

Neon lights flicker, the night repeats

“Freedom” they say, with a glass in hand

Hiding loneliness they don’t understand

A sip, a smile, a mask so thin

What’s behind the bitterness within?

“Too much to forget,” they say with pain

But is that truth, or just the strain?

That bitter and sweet drink

Chasing dreams through nights that never sink

Every swallow of a lie you take

Fades away the truth you can’t fake

On sleepless nights, the truth appears

What’s the thing you really fear?

“It’s not that good,” you say with sigh

Though deep inside, you know the lie

The toast rings out, the tears might fall

Hidden cries behind it all

“Forgetting’s why,” you try to believe

A lie you force yourself to weave

That bitter and sweet drink

Can’t quench the thirst inside, I think

Wrapped in a scent that’s just pretend

Your fragile heart you cannot mend

Alone we walk through nights so deep

Searching for truths we want to keep

More than forgetting what’s been lost

We ask the dawn what comes at cost

That bitter and sweet drink

Truth unknown, though you don’t blink

Pretending still you’re letting go

But the future’s color still will show

Will we know when we grow old?

Or keep wandering, lost and cold?

That bitter and sweet lie

As another night slips by