Sour Times Lyrics

Lyric discussion by city212girl 

Cover art for Sour Times lyrics by Portishead

This song is definitely about infidelity, but also about someone who has given up on love altogether. "End the vows no need to lie enjoy" means that shes going to enter new relationships not having any commitment so there is no expectations to not lie. "Take a ride, take a shot now."I think this is referring to her giving up and telling a new guy to take a ride and take a shot at her, because nothing can hurt her anymore... But even though the first guy hurt her, she cant stop loving him. Which is why she keeps repeating the hook "Nobody loves me." The last verse especially refers to infidelity. She talks about "scattered seeds" which represent the first man's infidelity. And "innoncence" being lost. It's a sad song that is maschistic but extremely beautiful at the same time.