This song is the second to last track on Blind Pilot’s debut album, 3 Rounds and a Sound.
It precedes the title track.
The instrumentation in this song is lighter than in the rest of the album, it focuses heavily on the vocals.
The song describes the end of the world.
If ever you should die I know I'll shave my head
Its not a morbid thought, I mean it out of love
Come back daddy
Come back to the bitter end
Come back daddy
Hounds-tooth coats and vitamins
If ever the sea claims the cities on the coast
Before the last bridge blows I know I will propose
Come back baby
Armed with paddles in your hands
Come back baby
Come back to the bitter end
The soil on the spade will be my love and hurt
The cellphone satellites will hurl to the earth
To the earth
But in the moon
There is half of our shadow on
From in the womb
There are strange sounds on the water front
And it takes a monk
To lose it all
Come back baby
Come back to the bitter end
Come back everything that caught up in the plans
Come back baby
Come back to the bitter end
Come back everything that put salt in the sand
The Bitter End was written by Israel Nebeker.
The Bitter End was produced by Blind Pilot.
Blind Pilot released The Bitter End on Tue Jul 15 2008.