Sober Again
Breaking Free from the Cool: Unveiling the Meaning of Blood or Whiskey's 'Sober Again'
Lyrics
The usual morons were fighting outside that place
The typical foolish individuals were engaged in a fight outside a certain location.
Inside the posing was rife
Inside, there was a prevalence of people posing or pretending.
I wasn't ready like you to accept them
The speaker wasn't prepared, like someone else (the listener), to consider those individuals as equals for the rest of their life.
As peers for the rest of my life
Expressing a reluctance to accept the fighting peers as lifelong equals.
Poised for a picture that no one was taking
People were posed for a photo that no one was actually taking.
You'd hang on their worlds as a rule
Others would conform to their expectations as a habit.
I'd never bought that but still was afraid
The speaker never believed in conforming but was still fearful of being on the wrong side of what is considered cool.
To get caught on the wrong side of cool
Despite not buying into conformity, there was still a fear of being perceived as uncool.
Time to go sober again
It's time for the speaker to become sober again, possibly implying a need to face reality or break away from certain influences.
Same old faces and nothing is new
Returning to familiar faces and a lack of novelty.
Leaving today I'd no right to go say
The speaker, without the right to do so, is leaving today and expressing disapproval of what is happening to the listener.
That I hate what they're doing to you
Expressing hatred for what others are doing to the listener.
The only one you'd ever wanted to be was yourself
The listener wanted to be themselves, but societal pressure demanded more.
But they had to have more
Others demanded more from the listener than just being themselves.
They told you to change what you thought to combine
Instructions were given to change one's thoughts to align with the image most people projected.
With the image that most of them wore
Conforming to the image that the majority wore.
You said if I stayed I might win their approval
The speaker was told that if they stayed, they might gain approval from others, which meant a lot to the listener.
And that would mean so much to you
Expressing the significance of gaining approval from others.
I'd say I'll be back but for now all I know
The speaker is uncertain about returning and only knows that they need something different to do for now.
Is I need something different to do
Expressing a need for a change or different experiences.
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