Bittersweet

Having released their first album in more than 20 years, Slowdive does not disappoint with this melancholic love track Sugar for the Pill. The low, ambient waves and classical shoegaze qualities lend this song a distinct flavor like no other. The quality of the music is said to be:

"The song’s greatest surprise is a smooth, catchy ‘80s soft-rock chorus—a considerable risk for a band that rarely indulged in straightforward pop. But icy needles of guitar and Rachel Goswell’s ghostly backing vocal balance out any hint of effusiveness."

Pitchfork

The chorus, perhaps the most distinct part of the song, shows to us that even in the modern age, life's old adages on love and war still stand, mostly for the part:

And I rolled awaySaid we never wanted muchJust a rollercoast'Our love has never known the waySugar for the pillYou know it's just the way things areCannot buy the sunThis jealousy will break the whole

Genius

The titular line is found in nowhere else but the chorus, suggesting that the vast majority of the action takes place here. An old love adage I read somewhere indicates that it sweet love is balanced out by the bitterness of breaking up. As the following line suggests, it really is just the way things are.