addiction
A topic under Hedonism & Escape
Substance dependency or compulsive return to a destructive pattern.
93 calibrated songs carry this topic. They average -40, which is 35 points below the library as a whole, and they run from -89 to +88.
- Contamination1.1% carry a contamination flag, against 5.4% across the library.
- Where they land1 Ascended4 Elevated22 Decent38 Degraded28 Corrupted
When it leads, and when it rides along
28 of these songs are mostly about addiction, and those average -30. Where addiction is present but not the point, the average is -45. The topic reads higher by 15 points when it leads.
The span
Songs on this topic
- +45Fast CarLuke CombsWorking-poor escape ballad
- +38Captain JackBilly Joel
- +30Broken Window SerenadeWhiskey MyersWitness's lament for a meth-lost woman
- +28Dark NightsChad LewinePain numbed, then a hand through the dark
- +22Kiss from a RoseSealAddiction-like rose-and-grey love
- +20Choose LitChad LewineLit chosen over light, then a turn to light
- +18NocturnalHeroekSleepless self-interrogation journal entry
- +18Under the BridgeRed Hot Chili PeppersLonely city and old self-destruction
- +16Jesus On The RocksRiver CainDrinker's plea to trade bourbon for faith
- +14American CarsNoah KahanPlea to a sibling to come fix the family
- +14It's Been AwhileStaindAddiction self-reckoning inventory
- +11The Edge of PerfectionAnthraxSelf-aware reckoning with addiction's harm
- +7PictureKid Rock ft. Sheryl CrowEstranged-lovers come-home duet
- -3FAT LIPChad LewineBottomed out, asking if healing still lives
- -3I Can Change HimJensen McRaeSelf-aware relapse into an unchanged man
- -8Addicted to LoveRobert PalmerLove-as-addiction catalog
- -8Deny Deny DenyNoah KahanMutual-silence pact with inherited damage
- -8MargaritavilleJimmy BuffettBeach-idleness reckoning
- -10Just Like YouJensen McRaeLove named an addiction, relapsed into anyway
- -12HereMumford & Sons & Chris StapletonConfessional inventory of shame and craving
- -14Hotel CaliforniaEaglesLuxury-as-trap allegory
- -15StayThe Kid Laroi & Justin BieberDesperate dependency plea after failure
- -18Boots By The Wrong BedBlake WhitenClear-eyed confession of a whiskey rut
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