Medication

*Landed on the wrong page with a similar name? See: Medication (disambiguation)*.

## Medication

### Writers

Dominic Harrison
Dave Katz
Patrick Nissley

### Producers

Sluggo
Patrick Russel
Matt Schwartz
Martin Terefe

"**Medication**", released 3 July 2018, is the fourth song on YUNGBLUD's debut album *21st Century Liability*, as well as the album's fourth single.

## Lyrics

[Intro]

We're prescribing you with medication

Fuck

[Verse 1]

Doctor says that I'm so lonely

A mistake on the painting of my family

But that big smudge is what I love

Give me a grenade, and I'll tape it to my face

Getting drunk at quarter to one

'Cause my dad is a geezer and he keys up my mum

You put it in my mouth, I’m gonna bite down

If that ain't normal then the pope is a right clown

[Pre-Chorus]

Lost in a white light, white heat (White heat)

Fire shots in our arms on your street (Your street)

Lost in a white light, white heat (White heat)

I'm blank, why you shouting at me?

[Chorus]

I just wanna take my, I just wanna take my

(My, my, my) My medication

I just wanna find my, I just wanna find my

(My, my, my) My motivation

I just wanna take my, I just wanna take my

(My, my, my) My medication

'Cause I just wanna find my, I just wanna find my

(My, my, my) My motivation

[Verse 2]

Doctor says "don't fight that feeling"

But my head is stuck to the ceiling

I can't get it off, you super-glued it on

It's like my bad scene stuck in a wet dream

My heart is a bomb, it just ticks along

With a bang, bang, bang on a beat up tin drum

I'm an experiment of young irrelevance

I'm insecure so I got a tattoo of an elephant

[Pre-Chorus]

Lost in a white light, white heat (White heat)

Fire shots in our arms on your street (Your street)

Lost in a white light, white heat (White heat)

I'm blank, why you shouting at me?

[Chorus]

I just wanna take my, I just wanna take my

(My, my, my) My medication

I just wanna find my, I just wanna find my

(My, my, my) My motivation

I just wanna take my, I just wanna take my

(My, my, my) My medication

'Cause I just wanna find my, I just wanna find my

(My, my, my) My motivation

[Bridge]

You cannot pretend there’s no dirt on your shirt

'Cause that’s not how it works, no, that’s not how it works

You try to perceive that you're so squeaky clean

But that’s not how it works, that’s not how it works

You cannot pretend there’s no dirt on your shirt

'Cause that’s not how it works, no, that’s not how it works

You try to perceive that you're so squeaky clean

But that’s not how it works, that’s not how it works

[Chorus]

I just wanna take my, I just wanna take my

(My, my, my) My medication

I just wanna find my, I just wanna find my

(My, my, my) My motivation

I just wanna take my, I just wanna take my

(My, my, my) My medication

'Cause I just wanna find my, I just wanna find my

(My, my, my) My motivation

## Verified Annotations

On Genius YUNGBLUD annotated this song, verifying the meaning behind the lyrics. Up until the Chorus, Harrison annotated separate lines of the structure of the song so lines are listed instead.

* Doctor says that I'm so lonely / A mistake on the painting of my family → *"To me it was people in positions of power that misunderstood me. I think people are scared of confrontation – especially from someone younger than them."*

* But that big smudge is what I love / Give me a grenade, and I'll tape it to my face → *"I learned to embrace who i am. I want to be fearless and say what i think and I’m going to be loud about it."*

* Getting drunk at quarter to one / 'Cause my dad is a geezer and he keys up my mum → *"Everyone around me seems to be medicated, even the people I look up too the most. I just loved the image of my dad feeding my mum drugs."*

* You put it in my mouth, I’m gonna bite down / If that ain't normal then the pope is a right clown → *"This is a metaphor of people in power taking advantage of the young and I won’t stand by and watch."*

* Lost in a white light, white heat (White heat) / Fire shots in our arms on your street (Your street) → *"Its a throw to a velvet underground song ‘white light/white heat’ about heroin."*

* Lost in a white light, white heat (White heat) / I'm blank, why you shouting at me? → *"I don’t have all the answers, your 35 man tell me what the fucks going on."*

Chorus → *"Society makes us feel that taking drugs is the right thing to do to cover up your “abnormal issues” and obtain a chemical happiness."*

Second Verse (1) → *"Im told that taking these pills are going to “make me better” but i feel totally upside down, not myself and i cant do anything about it."*

Second Verse (2) → *"The more I’m out of control, the more anxious i become, so i do self destructive things to make myself feel better."*

## Trivia

* On 24 November 2023, a live version of this song performed at Wembley was released on the fifth anniversary edition of the debut album, *21st Century Liability*.

## Buy/Stream

* YouTube (Audio)
* YouTube (Music Video)
* SoundCloud
* Apple Music
* Deezer
* Tidal
* Google Play
* Spotify

## References

1. ↑ Genius — "YUNGBLUD - Medication Lyrics (Doctor says that I'm so lonely / A mistake on the painting of my family)". Published Retrieved 25 June 2021.
2. ↑ Genius — "YUNGBLUD - Medication Lyrics (But that big smudge is what I love / Give me a grenade, and I'll tape it to my face)". Published Retrieved 25 June 2021.
3. ↑ Genius — "YUNGBLUD - Medication Lyrics (Getting drunk at quarter to one / 'Cause my dad is a geezer and he keys up my mum)". Published Retrieved 25 June 2021.
4. ↑ Genius — "YUNGBLUD - Medication Lyrics (You put it in my mouth, I’m gonna bite down / If that ain't normal then the pope is a right clown)". Published Retrieved 25 June 2021.
5. ↑ Genius — "YUNGBLUD - Medication Lyrics (Lost in a white light, white heat (White heat) / Fire shots in our arms on your street (Your street))". Published Retrieved 25 June 2021.
6. ↑ Genius — "YUNGBLUD - Medication Lyrics (Lost in a white light, white heat (White heat) / I'm blank, why you shouting at me?)". Published Retrieved 25 June 2021.
7. ↑ Genius — "YUNGBLUD - Medication Lyrics (Chorus)". Published Retrieved 25 June 2021.
8. ↑ Genius — "YUNGBLUD - Medication Lyrics (First Half of Second Verse)". Published Retrieved 25 June 2021.
9. ↑ Genius — "YUNGBLUD - Medication Lyrics (Second Half of Second Verse)". Published Retrieved 25 June 2021.