| Nathaniel Rateliff – S.O.B. Lyrics | 1 month ago |
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This song is about Rateliff's struggle with alcoholism. The verse is when he's not drinking, and everything feels gloomy when he's sober - hence the chant that sounds like a prison song (the music video is literally a prison). The chorus is when he relapses and starts drinking again ("Give me a drink, One more night") and the music sounds like a party. He thinks about the gloomy sober person he was - "this can't be me". Then the reality sets in and he decides to stop drinking again ("SOB If I can't get clean I'm gonna drink my life away"). The bridge is a medically accurate description of delirium tremens, the shaking and heart rate disturbance that comes from alcohol withdrawal. Then he relapses back to the chorus. Wishing the best to anyone out there fighting a similar battle. |
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