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I Am an Alcoholic Lyrics
I liked going to school, I didn’t want to fool around with drugs
Cuz all of my friends were dropping out
I had to get stuff done, I wasn’t fun
I didn’t try pot ‘til I was 21, but now I’m overcompensating
I’d like to see what morning looks like
Don’t wanna drink pint after pint
I wanna wake up without feeling sick
But I can’t cuz I’m a drug-abusing alcoholic
At 28 I realized hydrocodone was great
For hangovers and late night hangs
I decided to spend my life having the best of times
It’s too bad most of them I’ll probably forget
And now I know what morning looks like
But only when I greet it from the previous night
My friends are telling me that I need to find a clinic
But I won’t cuz I’m a drug-addicted alcoholic
Cuz all of my friends were dropping out
I had to get stuff done, I wasn’t fun
I didn’t try pot ‘til I was 21, but now I’m overcompensating
Don’t wanna drink pint after pint
I wanna wake up without feeling sick
But I can’t cuz I’m a drug-abusing alcoholic
For hangovers and late night hangs
I decided to spend my life having the best of times
It’s too bad most of them I’ll probably forget
But only when I greet it from the previous night
My friends are telling me that I need to find a clinic
But I won’t cuz I’m a drug-addicted alcoholic
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So is Fat Mike basically saying that he hates being an alcoholic and drug addict? Seems unlikely to me after years of it just being part of the NOFX world. Just wondering if anyone knows what FM's motivation was for writing this... anyone?
I don't think so. I think it's a humerous celebration of being an alcoholic drug addict
I don't think so. I think it's a humerous celebration of being an alcoholic drug addict
Maybe it's not about him. Imagine him like an actor putting himself in the character of this man and then writing a song about himself.
You know there are lots of guys who started life really bland and then... tipped over to the other extreme.
I think not all songs are from an own perspective and it's great if the guys see other people's problems and rotten lives, not just the things they maybe had to face.
Great point. That's part of the NOFX genius... Fat Mike has been known to do this on a few other tracks, like Whoops I OD'd and Quart in Session (which is about Smelly). I kinda feel like an idiot for not even seeing that...
Great point. That's part of the NOFX genius... Fat Mike has been known to do this on a few other tracks, like Whoops I OD'd and Quart in Session (which is about Smelly). I kinda feel like an idiot for not even seeing that...
The real question is: who is it about then?
The real question is: who is it about then?
I'm thinking Melvin wrote this considering he was the only one in the band to graduate high school....
all the songs were written by fat mike, who also has a college degree. so im guessing he graduated highschool.
all the songs were written by fat mike, who also has a college degree. so im guessing he graduated highschool.
I think the title is a nod to their earlier song "I wanna be an alcoholic". This one being "I AM an alcoholic"
I believe it's...
"At 28, I realized hydrocodone was pretty great"
This song is about the irony of alcohol being a legal drug while being one of the most dangerous and hurtful of them and how a alcohol user most certainly is as much a drug user as anyone addicted to anything else.
Cheers!
I agree with the dude who said this song title is a nod at the older song "I Wanna be an Alcoholic", and I think the song is autobiographical. I believe Fat Mike is simply admitting he IS a drug using alcoholic, Fat Mike has never shyed away from the fact that he likes to drink and take prescription drugs and other recreational drugs (besides heroin). So I think he is just being honest when he says at 28 he discovered vicodin (hydrocodone), and that he is sick of waking up feeling like garbage. I can relate, of course by nighttime your ready to do it all over again though, lol!
I agree with the dude who said this song title is a nod at the older song "I Wanna be an Alcoholic", and I think the song is autobiographical. I believe Fat Mike is simply admitting he IS a drug using alcoholic, Fat Mike has never shyed away from the fact that he likes to drink and take prescription drugs and other recreational drugs (besides heroin). So I think he is just being honest when he says at 28 he discovered vicodin (hydrocodone), and that he is sick of waking up feeling like garbage. I can relate, of course by nighttime your ready to do it all over again though, lol!
I know I'm a bit late but you people are REALLLLLLLLLLLLY over thinking this. It's a confession, indifferent, just stating facts