Black and blue, heart in two
Her perfume creeps into my room tonight
Troubled eyes, make up hides
A tear that found its way into her life and now

She's sweeping up the broken dreams
Acting out the final scene
Savoring the bittersweet taste of love

Keep aloof with the proof
That's bottled up inside you on the shelf
Sugar pill, icy chill
You only ache from beating up yourself and now

I'm bailing out the sympathy
Hoping you'll consider me
I'm drowning in the bittersweet pool of love

Seems the more I reach
The further I'm falling from her tree
Tell you love is sweet but watch when you take a bite
You may spoil your appetite

Woke today to the rain
That trickled down between my window pain
Nothing new but for you
Another man to take the other's place and now

I'm counting down the calories
You only want me in between
Choking on the bittersweet taste of love, yeah
Of love, yeah, of love, yeah, she's sweeping up the broken dreams
Of love, yeah, I'm acting out the final scene
Of love, yeah, we're savoring the bittersweet taste of love