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This is widely known as singer Bradley Nowell’s “suicide note.” It talks of his struggle with heroin, and how “One day (he’s) gonna lose the war.” Nowell died of a heroin overdose in 1996.
One of the saddest songs ever written in retrospect. It showed that not only did Brad realized how serious his...
[Verse]
Lyin' in my plastic bed
Thinkin' how things weren't so cool to me
My baby likes to shoot pool
I like lyin' naked in my bedroom
Tying on the dinosaur, tonight
It used to be so cool
[Chorus]
But now I've got the needle
And I can shake, but I can't breathe
I take it away, but I want more and more
One day, I'm gonna lose the war
[Verse]
Lyin' in my plastic bed
Thinkin' how things weren't so cool to me
My baby likes to shoot pool
Like lyin' naked in my bedroom
Tying on the dinosaur tonight
It used to be so cool
[Chorus]
Now I got the needle
And I can shake, but I can't breathe
I take it away, but I want more and more
One day, I'm gonna lose the war
Pool Shark was written by Bud Gaugh & Eric Wilson & Bradley Nowell & Sublime.
Pool Shark was produced by Sublime.
Sublime released Pool Shark on Tue Feb 08 1994.
In a 2015 interview with Songfacts.com, Sublime bassist Eric Wilson said of “Pool Shark”:
Really, he [Bradley Nowell] wrote that song about this girlfriend that he wrote most of his songs about. When we’d go on the road, he wasn’t the most loyal boyfriend. He screwed around on the road, and his gir...