*Sawed Off Shotgun lyrics*
Mother I don't wanna take my medicine
24 years in the gutter again, I'm losing it
I'm losing it

Everybody's acting like they're all alright
I can barely get myself to sleep at night, I'm sick of it
Yeah, I'm sick of it

Yeah, they sent the taxman
I lost my job, and
You got hooked on oxycodone
They shut the lights off
They took the car, and
I bought a sawed-off shotgun
Yeah, they sent the taxman
I lost my job, and
You got hooked on oxycodone
They shut the lights off
They took the car, and
I bought a sawed-off shotgun

I'd rather be crazy than to take these pills
I'm sick of being okay against my will
I'm losing it, I'm losing it

Ain't a thing in this world that I'm gonna miss
It's all fake smiles and leather jackets
We're full of it, yeah we're full of shit

I don't know who to trust

Yeah, they sent the taxman
I lost my job, and
You got hooked on oxycodone
They shut the lights off
They took the car, and
I bought a sawed-off shotgun
Yeah, they sent the taxman
I lost my job, and
You got hooked on oxycodone
They shut the lights off
They took the car, and
I bought a sawed-off shotgun

I'm losing it
I bought a sawed-off shotgun
I'm losing it
I bought a sawed-off shotgun

I don't know who to trust
They need people like us

Yeah, they sent the taxman
I lost my job, and
You got hooked on oxycodone
They shut the lights off
They took the car, and
I bought a sawed-off shotgun
Yeah, they sent the taxman
I lost my job, and
You got hooked on oxycodone
They shut the lights off
They took the car, and
I bought a sawed-off shotgun

*Sawed Off Shotgun Meaning*

This song is about what occurs in someone's life when they get hooked on pain pills, as evident by the line "you got hooked on oxycodone". It's displaying the mental, emotional, and financial breakdown that happens. Pain pills are highly addictive and your body builds a tolerance to them quickly and once your prescription from your doctor no longer lasts you through the month, you head to the streets to find a way to get through until your next appointment. This is a very expensive habit to have and unless you have a job making damn good money, your life falls apart so quickly. Every penny you earn ends up going toward a habit that you have to support because the pain and symptoms of withdrawal from the medication is so terrible. Once you reach the point that you begin to lose those things in life you need (job, electricity, your car, your family... A lot of times your freedom if you turn to crime to earn the money for the habit) that's when the depression gets the best of you and you begin to look for a way out, as through the line "I bought a sawed off shotgun". This is a very real epidemic in our nation and the band is literally shining a light on what the majority of those who gets hooked on pain pills goes through. Many turn to heroine because it's less expensive and in turn lose their life to overdose.