Nikyee has claimed that she wrote this song about her view on alcohol and drug abuse, not being able to change the pain behind addiction, and how it not only changes the individual’s life, but the people that surround them.
[Verse 1]
Feel it race, going numb
Got me beating like a drum
What I say when I spill
Maybe I should never talk
Na na na na na, ay
Na na na na na, ay
Stories end, people change
But I'm ripping like a page
I don't dream, I'm afraid
Seeing nightmares in the day
Na na na na na, ay
Na na na na na, ay
[Pre-Chorus]
Say goodnight
I'm still lying awake by your side
And even though I know I shouldn't
I'm feeding the monsters I'm afraid to fight
[Chorus]
Leave every bottle as empty as my promises
Just like the last time, I swore I'd get sober for this
Told you I fought ‘em, they tempt me
I'm begging to live
Hands on your shoulder, I told ya I'd get sober for this
Get sober for this
I told ya I'd get sober for this
Get sober for this
[Verse 2]
Wanna drink, wanna smoke
Wanna feel it in my throat
Then I sink, then I choke and I realize that I don't
Na na na na na, ay
Na na na na na, ay
Unafraid, feel it rise
Baby you can bet I'm high
Then the pain, let it ride
I been aching the whole time
Na na na na na, ay
Na na na na na, ay
[Pre-Chorus] + [Chorus]
Say goodnight
I'm still lying awake by your side
And even though I know I shouldn't
I'm feeding the monsters I'm afraid to fight
Leave every bottle as empty as my promises
Just like the last time, I swore I'd get sober for this
Told you I fought ‘em, they tempt me
I'm begging to live
Hands on your shoulder, I told ya I'd get sober for this
Get sober for this
I told ya I'd get sober for this
I told ya
[Pre-Chorus] + [Chorus]
Say goodnight
I'm still lying awake by your side
And even though I know I shouldn't
I'm feeding the monsters I'm afraid to fight
Leave every bottle as empty as my promises
Just like the last time, I swore I'd get sober for this
Told you I fought ‘em, they tempt me
I'm begging to live
Hands on your shoulder, I told ya I'd get sober for this
[Outro]
Told you I fought ‘em, they tempt me
I'm begging to live
Hands on your shoulder, I told ya I'd get sober for this
I told ya
Sober was written by Emily Warren & Michael Keenan & Niykee Heaton.
Sober was produced by Michael Keenan.
Niykee Heaton released Sober on Tue Sep 23 2014.