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Bitter Me

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Meet The Writer: Varsha Iyer

My song was inspired by the Ariana Grande/Billie Eilish type beat I chose. Though both artists are in the pop genre, the type beat itself actually has a sort of musical feel to it, so I think I unconsciously reflected that in the lyrics. The conceptual theme is of the feeling of jealousy; I wrote about this because it's something I hate feeling, but feel often anyway. The type beat has this sort of sluggish inevitability to its sound, and I feel like that works with this recurrent jealousy idea. I considered getting into specifics of certain situations, but I thought it would diminish the all-encompassing nature of the lyrics I'd already written, so I kept to the feeling of the emotion. There was also another section of the lyrics, but I removed it because I thought it didn't fit into the musical style of the rest of the lines. That section was closer to pop lyrics than the rest, funnily enough.

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LYRICS

Billie Eilish X Ariana Grande Type Beat
00:00 / 03:19

Green eggs and ham in a basket for me

Always seem to carry all this baggage, it seems

That I'm filled to the brim, to the seams

Of an emotion that just might be jealousy

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Walking a tightrope of appreciation

And jealous fixation, I've got both, you see

Got smiles for eyes to see, but it simmers underneath

A quiet-burned hatred for those better than me

 

And am I so wrong? I keep it inside

No, I'd never hurt you or anyone else

My words for myself, they'll just rot in my brain

Until I can find peace of mind...

I've got plenty of these

Little things that build up to a bitter me

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