"The Drama" is a song by Kesha. The song was confirmed by the singer in a livestream on March 8, 2023, where she played a short snippet of it. It is on her fifth studio album, Gag Order as the seventh track. The song was registered on BMI with an alternative title, "I Wanna Be Sedated". Drew Pearson, who Kesha has worked with for her two previous albums, Rick Rubin, and Kurt Vile were among the people credited on the making of the song.
Background[]
The lyrics was revealed through a “Lyrics” tab on Kesha’s website after the tracklist for the album was officially announced by her on May 4, 2023.[1]
Composition[]
The song adopts a dark tone with a rippling bass as Kesha sings about trying to fall asleep but being unable to because of her paranoia, so she tries distracting herself "from this empty feeling." The song then flips to a more upbeat tone.[2]
The song contains a sample of "I Wanna Be Sedated" by the Ramones.[3] Kesha's cats Mr. Peeps, Carl, Charlie, and Queso are also credited for vocal effects.
Lyrics[]
I crawl in bed, close my eyes, but I never can sleep
There's a violence in the silence
And it's coming for me
Oh, the paranoia, it's creeping closer
Swimming in my head like a Great White
All I need anything to distract me from this empty feeling
Build me up to feel the fall
And fall in love to break my heart
I'm bored and I'm broken
I'm self destroying
At least it's something to do
Oh, the drama of it all
Oh, the drama of it all
I desperately wanna think people are good
But if you'd seen the things I'd seen
I don't know if you would
Friday night in, I'll get too high and
Keep checking my pulse, am I dead yet?
All I need anything to distract me from this empty feeling
Build me up to feel the fall
And fall in love to break my heart
I'm bored and I'm broken
I'm self destroying
At least it's something to do
Oh, the drama of it all
Oh, the drama of it all
It's all just for the fun of it
Are we having fun yet?
Build me up to feel the fall
And fall in love to break my heart
I'm bored and I'm broken
I'm self destroying
At least it's something to do
Oh, the drama of it all
Oh, the drama of it all
In the next life, I wanna come back as a house cat, as a house cat
In the next life, I wanna come back as a house cat, as a house cat
In the next life, I wanna come back as a house cat, as a house cat
I wanna be sedated
In the next life, I wanna come back as a house cat, as a house cat
In the next life, I wanna come back as a house cat, as a house cat
I wanna be sedated
Get me to the airport and put me on a plane
I'll be extra cute if I'm fat, as a house cat, as a house cat
I'ma sit and play in the sun, I'll be a fucking cute son of a gun
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