Sweet Bitter Sin

# Sweet Bitter Sin Dark Folk Gospel ©· 2026 ## Lyrics [Intro] Forgive me Father, for the velvet is warm The wood of this box is the only thing keeping me upright Palms hit the floor like a slow steady rain [Verse 1] I carry the weight of her name like a stone in my mouth Ten silver coins for a night in the garden of salt The altar cloth stained with the juice of a crushed black cherry I'm good at being bad when the candles burn low [Verse 2] The incense is choking the ghost of the man I once was My knees are all bruised from the prayers I forgot how to say I smell like the cedar and sweat of a desperate man The bell tolls a note that I've swallowed a thousand times [Pre-Chorus] The hunger is louder than any commandment you carved The shadow is pulling the light from my shivering bones [Chorus] I'm drowning in the nectar of a Sweet Bitter Sin Sweet Bitter Sin, Sweet Bitter Sin My soul is the cage, the lock is the key I'm loving the thorn while I bleed on the floor [Bridge] I didn't come here to wash the red from my hands I came to remember the way her skin felt like silk It's not the devil's fault; I held the match myself [Outro] Sweet Bitter Sin Sweet Bitter Just a bitter sin Vinyl crackle fades ## Tags sweet bitter sin,dark folk gospel,baritone vocals,raspy resonant,sad song,emotional lyrics,melancholy,indie dark folk,haunting,ghostly choir,gothic,confessional,funeral march,altar,velvet warm,candles burn low,cedar sweat,desperate man,silver coins,thorn and silk,bleeding floor,drowning nectar,devils fault,soul cage,lock key,haunting melody,sad indie,crying song,late night music,deep lyrics