Di antara kegelapan dan kehancuran, "Social Disease" karya Elton John mengungkap pergulatan mentah seorang individu yang terbelenggu oleh kecanduan. Seiring dengan melodi yang menghantui, liriknya melukiskan gambaran yang menghantui tentang kehidupan yang dipenuhi rasa sakit, kebingungan, dan keputusasaan. Sang protagonis, tersiksa oleh gangguan yang tak henti-hentinya, menemukan pelarian sementara dalam minuman keras dan kesenangan kosong, menjerumuskannya ke dalam spiral ke bawah yang mengancam akan mengonsumsinya seluruhnya.
Social Disease Lyrics
Elton John
My bulldog is barking in the backyard
Enough to raise a dead man from his grave
And I can't concentrate on what I'm doing
Disturbance going to crucify my days
And the days they get longer and longer
And the nighttime is a time of little use
For I just get ugly and older
I get juiced on Mateus and just hang loose
And I get bombed for breakfast in the morning
I get bombed for dinner time and tea
I dress in rags, smell a lot, and have a real good time
I'm a genuine example of a social disease
My landlady lives in a caravan
Well that is when she isn't in my arms
And it seems I pay the rent in human kindness
But my liquor also helps to grease her palms
And the ladies are all getting wrinkles
And they're falling apart at the seams
Well I just get high on tequila
And see visions of vineyards in my dreams
Enough to raise a dead man from his grave
And I can't concentrate on what I'm doing
Disturbance going to crucify my days
And the days they get longer and longer
And the nighttime is a time of little use
For I just get ugly and older
I get juiced on Mateus and just hang loose
And I get bombed for breakfast in the morning
I get bombed for dinner time and tea
I dress in rags, smell a lot, and have a real good time
I'm a genuine example of a social disease
My landlady lives in a caravan
Well that is when she isn't in my arms
And it seems I pay the rent in human kindness
But my liquor also helps to grease her palms
And the ladies are all getting wrinkles
And they're falling apart at the seams
Well I just get high on tequila
And see visions of vineyards in my dreams
