Bittersweet
Atomica Lyrics


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bittersweet

The bittersweet and incomplete
The feeling i'm surrounded by you
The great mistakes that people make
I'll always feel a bit betrayed by you
Your anger simply compliments
The feeling i am hunted by you
I've seen your will to overwhelm
Be squandered by the fact you still blame me

The bittersweet and incomplete
The feeling i'm completed by you
The great mistakes that people make
I'll always feel a bit destroyed by you
The seconds pass and complicate
The walls that have been built around us
A taste of losing everything
And one thing i will always love more than you

I told myself i had the stregnth to overcome
I am one amoung a million and a part of everyone




I told myself the world is greater than us both
I can barely grasp the magnitude of what it means to hope.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Bittersweet" by Atomica express conflicted emotions and the complexity of human relationships. The song's chorus, "The bittersweet and incomplete, the feeling I'm surrounded by you" captures the mixed feelings one can have when they are in love with someone who they also feel betrayed and destroyed by. The song talks about how the mistakes people make can negatively impact trust and how anger can make negative feelings worse. The singer feels that they are overwhelmed by the other person's will and are hunted by them.


However, the lyrics also express a feeling of completion, of being made whole or at least more complete, by the other person. The second verse describes how time complicates the relationship and walls are built up around them. The singer also admits to loving something more than the other person but doesn't specify what it is. The final verse speaks of hope, of believing that the world is greater than them, and the world is worth hoping for.


Overall, the lyrics of "Bittersweet" express the complexity and contradictions of human emotion and relationships. The singer is torn between feelings of betrayal, anger, and love for the other person, and struggles with trust and the fear of being overwhelmed.


Line by Line Meaning

The bittersweet and incomplete
Despite what would seem a negative connotation, there's something sweet about what's unfinished or lacking right now.


The feeling i'm surrounded by you
I'm constantly consumed by the presence of the person I'm singing about.


The great mistakes that people make
We're all capable of blunders, but some can sting much longer than others.


I'll always feel a bit betrayed by you
Even if we make it past this, I don't know if I'll ever fully trust you again.


Your anger simply compliments
Your negativity fuels what's already a very trying situation.


The feeling i am hunted by you
You've created an environment where I always feel threatened or on edge.


I've seen your will to overwhelm
You're determined to take control of everything – including our relationship.


Be squandered by the fact you still blame me
All your ambition is moot because you can't let go of what you feel is my fault.


The feeling i'm completed by you
In spite of our issues, there's a sense of wholeness when we're together.


I'll always feel a bit destroyed by you
There are times when you make me feel like I'm crumpling from the inside out.


The seconds pass and complicate
Time is supposed to heal wounds, but it's only made things more convoluted between us.


The walls that have been built around us
There are so many barriers separating us now, both touchable and emotional.


A taste of losing everything
Just a glimpse of what it would mean to lose you makes me feel like I'm falling apart.


And one thing i will always love more than you
There's one thing that will outlast us, and that's my own self-preservation.


I told myself i had the stregnth to overcome
I convinced myself I could handle this on my own, but I'm really struggling.


I am one amoung a million and a part of everyone
I'm just one more person grappling with life, trying to make sense of it.


I told myself the world is greater than us both
There's more to life than just this toxic relationship we're stuck in.


I can barely grasp the magnitude of what it means to hope.
I'm so beaten down it's hard for me to even comprehend what optimism looks like.




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