Sober
Emotionally Draining Realities: 'Sober' Reflections
Lyrics
You know the bottom of the bottle
You're familiar with the emptiness or the low point experienced after consuming alcohol.
Like your Marlboro reds
Similar to being acquainted with the sensation of smoking Marlboro red cigarettes.
You're burning up like the Apollo
You're burning up or feeling intense, akin to the Apollo spacecraft during re-entry, suggesting a high level of passion or heat.
On cigarettes
Comparing the intensity of burning to the effect of smoking cigarettes.
What a picture perfect model
You represent a flawless or idealized version of someone from East Los Angeles.
Of east LA
Having paid for drinks at a bar using your sorrows or emotional burdens at discounted rates.
Paid the bar in all your sorrows
There's no mutual exchange or balance in the relationship or interaction.
At discount rates
It's not influenced by political factors or motives.
It's not reciprocal
The singer is not angry or upset about the situation.
It's not political
The singer acknowledges that they won't have a deep understanding or connection with you when you're not under the influence of alcohol.
I'm not mad about it
The singer is not interested in getting to know you after the situation or relationship ends.
I'll never know you when you're sober
Because you're emotionally exhausting, and the singer doesn't foresee any resolution or closure.
Don't care to know you when it's over
The singer reiterates that they won't understand or connect with you when you're sober.
Cause you're emotionally draining and I'll never see the end or closure
Emphasizes again the emotional drain caused by your presence and the lack of closure in the relationship.
I'll never know you when you're sober
Reiteration of the singer's inability to comprehend or relate to you when you're not under the influence of alcohol.
I'll never know you when you're sober
Repeating the inability to understand you in a sober state.
Let's call it divine intervention
Refers to the situation as a form of divine intervention, perhaps suggesting a higher power at play in determining the singer's turn or chance.
Cause I'm calling next
Asserting their place or right to be next in line, possibly in a metaphorical sense related to a relationship.
Call it seasonal depression
Suggests that the person is at their best or most appealing during a period of seasonal depression.
When you're at your best
Reiterates the lack of reciprocity or balance in the relationship.
It's not reciprocal
Reiterating that the situation isn't influenced by political motives or agendas.
It's not political
The singer isn't upset about the situation.
I'm not mad about it
Repeats the sentiment that the singer won't understand or connect with you when you're sober.
I'll never know you when you're sober
Reiterating the lack of interest in getting to know you after the relationship ends.
Don't care to know you when it's over
Restates the emotional drain caused by your presence and the absence of closure.
Cause you're emotionally draining and I'll never see the end or closure
Reiterates the singer's inability to comprehend or relate to you when you're not under the influence of alcohol.
I'll never know you when you're sober
Repeating the inability to understand you in a sober state.
I'll never know you when you're sober
Reiteration of the lack of balance or reciprocity in the relationship.
It's not reciprocal
Reiterates that the situation isn't influenced by political motives or agendas.
It's not political
The singer isn't upset about the situation.
I'm not mad about it
Repeats the sentiment that the singer won't understand or connect with you when you're sober.
I'll never know you when you're sober
Reiterating the lack of interest in getting to know you after the relationship ends.
Don't care to know you when it's over
Restates the emotional drain caused by your presence and the absence of closure.
Cause you're emotionally draining and I'll never see the end or closure
Reiterates the singer's inability to comprehend or relate to you when you're not under the influence of alcohol.
I'll never know you when you're sober
Repeating the inability to understand you in a sober state.
I'll never know you when you're sober
Reiterating the singer's statement that they won't understand or connect with you when you're sober.
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