Lyric discussion by XooFoceManiacalooX 

Cover art for Awful Bliss lyrics by Guided by Voices

I think its about someone getting married. And the singer is jealous of the love that the person found, but won't open himself up to love. He describes it as "awful bliss" because its what he wants and thinks about all the time, but at the same time it kills him. He wouldn't dare love because it brings out too much pain with it