SOB
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats Lyrics

Oh oh
Oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh
Oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh

Now for seventeen years I've been throwing them back
Seventeen more will bury me
Can somebody please just tie me down
Or somebody give me a goddamn drink

Son of a bitch
Give me a drink
One more night
This can't be me
Son of a bitch
If I can't get clean
I'm gonna drink my life away

Mhm, mhm
Mhm, mhm, mhm, mhm
Mhm, mhm
Mhm, mhm, mhm, mhm

My heart was breaking, hands are shaking, bugs are crawling all over me
My heart was breaking, hands are shaking, bugs are crawling all over me
My heart was breaking, hands are shaking, bugs are crawling all over me
My heart was breaking, hands are shaking, bugs are crawling all over me

Son of a bitch
Give me a drink
One more night
This can't be me
Son of a bitch
If I can't get clean
I'm gonna drink my life away

Son of a bitch
Give me a drink
Son of a bitch
This can't be me
Son of a bitch
If I can't get clean
I'm gonna drink my life away

Oh oh
Oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh
Oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh
Oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh

Oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh

The lyrics of Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats's "S.O.B." tell the story of someone who is struggling with addiction and desperately needs help. The opening lines show the person needs someone to support them through their troubles, with the lines, "I'm gonna need someone to help me/I'm gonna need somebody's hand/I'm gonna need someone to hold me down/I'm gonna need someone to care." However, the rest of the song portrays the singer's desperation for a drink and how it has taken over their life, as they sing "Son of a bitch/Give me a drink/One more night/This can't be me/Son of a bitch/If I can't get clean/I'm gonna drink my life away."

The singer is at the end of their rope and seems to have given up on anyone helping them as they sing "I'm going to cover myself with/The ashes of you and nobody's gonna give a damn." The repetition of the lines "My heart was breaking, hands are shaking, bugs are crawling all over me" in the bridge of the song reinforces their desperation and the physical toll addiction has taken on them.

I'm gonna need someone to help me
I can't do this alone, I need someone to assist me.

I'm gonna need somebody's hand
I need a friend or loved one to hold my hand and guide me through this.

I'm gonna need someone to hold me down
I'm feeling out of control and need someone to ground me.

I'm gonna need someone to care
I need someone to show me love and concern for my well-being.

I'm gonna writhe and shake my body
I'm going to be overcome with emotion and my body will respond accordingly.

I'll start pulling out my hair
I'm going to be so overwhelmed that I'll resort to self-destructive behavior.

I'm going to cover myself with
I'll use the remnants of this failed relationship as a sort of armor.

The ashes of you and nobody's gonna give a damn
I'll be left with nothing but the remains of this relationship and nobody will care.

Son of a bitch
Exclamation of frustration.

Give me a drink
I need alcohol to numb my pain.

One more night
One final night of indulgence before I try to turn things around.

This can't be me
I can't believe I've become this version of myself.

If I can't get clean
If I can't overcome my addiction and destructive behavior.

I'm gonna drink my life away
I'll continue down this path until it destroys me.

Now for seventeen years I've been throwing them back
I've been struggling with addiction for a long time.

Seventeen more will bury me
If I don't get clean soon, my addiction will kill me.

Can somebody please just tie me down
I need someone to physically restrain me from drinking or acting out.

Or somebody give me a goddamn drink
If nobody will stop me, I'll continue to indulge in my addiction.

My heart was breaking, hands are shaking, bugs are crawling all over me
I'm experiencing extreme physical and emotional symptoms of withdrawal.

Oh oh
Refrain used to emphasize the severity of the situation.

Mhm, mhm
Vocalizations used to express distress.

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: Nathaniel Rateliff

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