S.O.B.

• By: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
• Album: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
help /hɛlp/ A2	verb - to assist or aid someone
need /niːd/ A2	verb - to require something
hold /hoʊld/ A2	verb - to grasp or support
care /kɛər/ B1	verb - to feel concern or interest
writhe /raɪð/ C1	verb - to twist or squirm in pain or discomfort
shake /ʃeɪk/ A2	verb - to move or cause to move with quick, short movements
body /ˈbɒd.i/ A1	noun - the physical structure of a person or animal
hair /hɛər/ A1	noun - the thread-like strands growing from the head or body of humans or animals
ash(es) /æʃ/ B2	noun - the residual matter of fire after combustion
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise
drink /drɪŋk/ A1	noun - a liquid to be drunk
life /laɪf/ A2	noun - the existence of an individual human or animal
throw /θroʊ/ B2	verb - to propel something with force through the air by a movement of the arm and hand

Grammar:

• I'm gonna need someone to help me

  ➔ Future intention with 'gonna'

  ➔ The phrase "I'm gonna" indicates a plan or intention to do something in the future.

• I'm gonna drink my life away

  ➔ Gerund as a noun

  ➔ In this line, "drinking" is used as a noun to describe the action of drinking.

• Can somebody please just tie me down?

  ➔ Polite request with 'can'

  ➔ The use of "can" here makes the request sound more polite and less demanding.

• My heart was breaking, hands are shaking

  ➔ Past continuous and present continuous

  ➔ The first part uses past continuous to describe an ongoing action in the past, while the second part uses present continuous for current actions.

• 17 more will bury me

  ➔ Future simple tense

  ➔ The phrase indicates a prediction or certainty about the future using the simple future tense.

• I'm gonna cover myself with the ashes of you

  ➔ Reflexive pronoun usage

  ➔ The reflexive pronoun "myself" indicates that the subject is performing the action on itself.

• Son of a bitch, if I can't get clean

  ➔ Conditional clause

  ➔ The phrase introduces a condition that must be met for the following statement to be true.