While the obvious connections with suicide or alcoholism could be drawn easily, more subtly this song could be about someone who views the world through a negative lens constantly and how as much as the writer tries to show the beauty in the world, this person refuses to see it. It's one or another between the rope and the bottle. There is no good option for this person. They can't see it. Skiba sings it in a kind of exasperated way like He's tired of hearing this negative view constantly and just allowing that person to continue feeling the way they feel knowing he can't do anything about it. You can hear it when he says maybe you're a vampire.
Here I go now
I'm on the prowl
For plugged in, psyched out
Fuel injected action
I'm gonna hit the lights now
You gotta hear me growl
Burnin' rubber
Total satisfaction
I'm a live wire, yeah okay
Go ahead punk make my day
Look I don't beat clocks
It's a riot on the rocks
Gotta get some kicks now
Gas I devour
Rockin' and rollin' over
I'm the main attraction
I'm a live wire, yeah okay
Go ahead punk make my day
Look I don't beat clocks
It's a riot on the rocks
I'm a live wire, yeah okay
Go ahead punk make my day
Look I don't beat clocks
It's a riot on the rocks
Alright, okay
Right now, oh yeah
I'm on the prowl
For plugged in, psyched out
Fuel injected action
I'm gonna hit the lights now
You gotta hear me growl
Burnin' rubber
Total satisfaction
I'm a live wire, yeah okay
Go ahead punk make my day
Look I don't beat clocks
It's a riot on the rocks
Gotta get some kicks now
Gas I devour
Rockin' and rollin' over
I'm the main attraction
I'm a live wire, yeah okay
Go ahead punk make my day
Look I don't beat clocks
It's a riot on the rocks
I'm a live wire, yeah okay
Go ahead punk make my day
Look I don't beat clocks
It's a riot on the rocks
Alright, okay
Right now, oh yeah
Lyrics submitted by hallonyoghurt
Riot on the Rocks Lyrics as written by Kenny Dick Hakansson Andreas Svensson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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