(Intro)
You know they’s out there.
The significant other who just won’t disappear,
‘Cause they kinda weird, tryin’ to stay fused to your side.
Y’know, I used to think I was a clingy one.
Thought there was a kinda propensity, a tendency
For me to be the one who was always hangin’ around.
But lemme tell you how it went when the tables turned upside-down.

(Verse 1)
Oh, Gods! How’d this come around?!
Don’t know why in this darkest hour,
I thought, “I’m found,”
But now I’m trapped! And I can’t fight or fly!
My mind calls “No.”
But my heart calls, “Yo,
Knock down the firewall, melt the ice
‘Round your Fortress Heart,” and I must be reminded
That she is a Bittersweet Vice.

(Chorus)
Oh yeah! Oh no!
A vice so bittersweet.
She wears me down and sweeps me right off my feet.
Oh yeah, I know
I love and loathe her.
I feel her slave and yet I, I feel so free.
Maybe I just can’t see
if she’s the one for me?

(Verse 2)
Every hour of every day,
She calls me up, then comes my way.
Is she contemplatin’ movin’ in?
Don’t know if I want or not to let her stay.
I am whipped! I’m exhausted!
Everyone agrees with me,
“Drop her right now, before you’ve lost it!”
She tells me that she loves me but it don’t fit no T.
And I don’t know why I’m keepin’ this Bittersweet Vice around with me.

(Chorus)
Oh yeah! Oh no!
A vice so bittersweet.
She wears me down, then sweeps me right off my feet.
Oh, I can’t wait
To make up my mind.
Stay up at night and hear my weary gears grind,
Gotta go gently, ain’t payin’ no price.
But I’ma get me out...of that Bittersweet Vice!

(Bass Solo)

(Bridge)
We need a break. It’s not workin’ out.
Don’t follow any further. Find another route.
A clingin’ stalkin’ shorty’s worse
That two-timers I’d once thought devout!

(Verse 3)
Oh yeah! Oh no!
The most bittersweet vice I ever knew.
I know I erred when I took up with you.
You still don’t get it? I’m ending this all!
How clear was that? Must I build a wall?
You’re better off without me. Take that advice!
I excommunicate you, Bittersweet Vice!
Bittersweet Vice! (3x)
She’s gone from me!
Yeah, yeah, I’m free!!!