Sober
Lorde * Track #2 On Melodrama (Japanese Edition)
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Album Melodrama (Japanese Edition)
Sober by Lorde
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“Sober” is about “being a little bit involved with someone and it’s magic when you are out — you’re just king and queen of the weekend, you own the party.”
On April 14, 2017 Ella premiered the track during an intimate show at the Pappy + Harriet’s saloon in Pioneertown, California during Coachella...
Sober Lyrics
[Intro]
Night, midnight, lose my mind
Night, midnight, lose my mind
Night, midnight, lose my mind
(When you get to my high, when you get to)
Night, midnight
[Verse 1]
Oh God, I'm clean out of air
In my lungs, it's all gone
Played it so nonchalant
It's time we danced with the truth
Move alone with the truth
Ooh (Hey)
We're sleeping through all the days
I'm acting like I don't see
Every ribbon you used to tie yourself to me
[Pre-Chorus]
But my hips have missed your hips
So let's get to know the kicks
Will you sway with me?
Go astray with me?
(Ah-ha)
[Chorus]
We're king and queen of the weekend
Ain't a pill that could touch our rush
(But what will we do when we're sober?)
Uh, when you dream with a fever
Bet you wish you could touch our rush
(But what will we do when we're sober?)
These are the games of the weekend
We pretend that we just don't care, but we care
(But what will we do when we're sober?)
Uh, when you dream with a fever
Bet you wish you could touch our rush
(But what will we do when we're sober?)
[Verse 2]
Oh, God, I'm closing my teeth
Around this liquour-wet lime
Midnight, lose my mind
I know you're feeling it too
Can we keep up with the ruse?
Ah ah (Hey)
B-bodies all through my house
I know this story by heart:
Jack and Jill get fucked up and possessive
When it get dark
[Pre-Chorus]
But my hips have missed your hips
So let's get to know the kicks
Will you sway with me?
Go astray with me?
(Ah-ha)
[Chorus]
We're king and queen of the weekend
Ain't a pill that could touch our rush
(But what will we do when we're sober?)
Uh, when you dream with a fever
Bet you wish you could touch our rush
(But what will we do when we're sober?)
These are the games of the weekend
We pretend that we just don't care, but we care
(But what will we do when we're sober?)
Uh, when you dream with a fever
Bet you wish you could touch our rush
(But what will we do when we're sober?)
[Bridge]
Midnight, we're fading
Till daylight, we're jaded
We know that it's over
In the morning, you'll be dancing with
All the heartache and the treason
The fantasies of leaving
But we know that, when it's over
In the morning, you'll be dancing with us
(Midnight, lose my mind, midnight, lose my mind)
Oh, dancing with us
(But what will we do when we're sober?)
Oh, you'll be dancing with us
(Can you feel it? Can you feel it?)
Dancing with us, us
(But what will we do when we're sober?)
Us
[Outro]
When you get to my high (Midnight, lose my mind)
When you get to my (Midnight, lose my mind)
Sober Q&A
Who wrote Sober's ?
Sober was written by Lorde & Jack Antonoff.
Who produced Sober's ?
Sober was produced by Malay & Jack Antonoff & Lorde.
What did Lorde say about "Sober"?
During an episode of the Song Exploder podcast, she breaks down the making of the song:
Song Exploder | Lorde
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Song Exploder
Lorde (aka Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor) is a Grammy-award winning singer, songwriter, and producer. Her second album, Melodrama, debuted at number one on the charts...
Is there any connection between "Sober" and "Don't Take the Money"?
Bleachers‘ “Don’t Take the Money” features Lorde on backing vocals to frontman Jack Antonoff, who worked on the production of “Sober” and much of Melodrama. There’s a bit of a parallel line between the two. On “Don’t Take the Money,” Jack/Lorde croon:
You steal the air out of my lungs, you make me...
What has Jack Antonoff said about the song?
Jack told Entertainment Weekly:
Her and I found this sound of a tiger roaring embedded in some old synthesizer. Lorde and I put that right before the bridge on “Sober.” It’s so random, but it’s not just a cool production trick. The song would be less without it.