As he mentions here, Caleb was feeling blue on medication and alcohol after a surgery, when he wrote the lyrics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XHwLn9kPqc
[Verse 1]
I've been roamin' around, always lookin' down at all I see
Painted faces fill the places I can't reach
You know that I could use somebody
You know that I could use somebody
Someone like you and all you know and how you speak
Countless lovers under cover of the street
You know that I could use somebody
You know that I could use somebody
[Chorus]
Someone like you
[Verse 2]
Off in the night, while you live it up, I'm off to sleep
Wagin' wars to shape the poet and the beat
I hope it's gonna make you notice
I hope it's gonna make you notice
[Chorus]
Someone like me
Someone like me
Someone like me
Somebody
[Bridge]
Don't let it out
Don't let it out
Don't let it out
Don't let it out
Don't let it out
Don't let it out
Don't let it out
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Someone like you
Somebody
Someone like you
Somebody
Someone like you
Somebody
[Outro]
I've been roamin' around, always lookin' down at all I see
Use Somebody was written by Matthew Followill & Jared Followill & Nathan Followill & Caleb Followill.
Use Somebody was produced by Angelo Petraglia & Jacquire King.
Kings of Leon released Use Somebody on Fri Sep 19 2008.
Caleb told Uncut Magazine the story of the song:
The meat of song was written on tour. When I came up with ‘I could use somebody,’ I didn’t know if I was talking about a person or home or God. I felt immediately that it was a big song, and it scared me away. Then, when we were writing the record, M...