Atomic Blonde’s confessional and insightful “You Became God” contrasts the singer’s vulnerable and ethereal yet present vocals with piano work and electronic melodies produced so as to sound like music from a time of life long ago. The lyrics go into how one can become lost in a relationship particularly on in which one is encouraged in perhaps one’s own inclinations to put the other person on a pedestal. The opening line “Obsessed with how unhealthy this is” hints at an awareness of how the relationship was dysfunctional from the beginning. But that can seem romantic when you figure you can work through these things. But throughout the song there is a narrative of an awakening to manipulation and how a narcissist can seem charming at first and make you feel like you’re valued until what you have to offer is deemed not enough and in the end there is nothing there but the mind games and emotional trauma as manipulation and neglect. The final lines, repeated, “Oooo, you sang the song of angels/And I, I fell for the devil” speak directly to this dynamic that leaves many people emotionally scarred for years but that recognition cast in those emotional and mythical terms erodes the appeal of such bonds hopefully going forward and beyond the kind of relationship that inspired the song. Listen to “You Became God” on Spotify and follow Atomic Blonde at the links below.
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