With bitterness and joy lyrics

It has now spread itself all over inside me

all the way to the brain and down to my knees

My time comes closer with each day it lets me see

- with each night the pain keeps me from sleep

Life has given me much - maybe taken more

but those good times were always worth waiting for

When it's time for goodbyes I will leave grieving and yet so relieved

with bitterness and joy

Pleasure and pain; Heaven and Hell - my memories

What a long and strange trip this has been for me

What a short and strange life this has been

It has given me much - maybe taken more

but those good times were always worth waiting for

When it's time to take leave of this world

I will leave with bitterness and joy

What a long and strange trip this has been for me

What a short and strange life this has been

It has given me much - maybe taken more

but those good times were always worth waiting for

When it's time for goodbyes I will leave grieving and yet so relieved

with bitterness and joy

Life has given me much - maybe taken more

but those good times were always worth waiting for

When it's time to take leave of this world

I will leave with bitterness and joy