Composition
According to the sheet music published by Alfred Publishing on the website Musicnotes.com, "Call Me When You're Sober" is a rock, alternative metal, post-grunge, and gothic metal song written in the key of E minor. It is set in common time and performed in a moderately fast tempo of 96 beats per minute. Lee's vocal range in the song spans from the musical note of G3 to Eb5. Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times said that "Call Me When You're Sober" uses different genres such as piano balladry, nu-metal, symphonic rock and electronic pop. It starts as a "piano ballad, swerves into hard rock, then builds to a grandiose pop-orchestral refrain, and later on a glorious, glimmering bridge." During an interview with MTV News, Lee revealed the inspiration behind the song saying, "It's very obvious who it's about. I know that people would read between the lines and think it's about my ex-boyfriend Shaun Morgan, but I wanted to be completely clear. I needed so bad to say exactly what I was feeling for so long. Music is therapy for me. It's my outlet for every negative thing I've ever been through. It lets me turn something bad into something beautiful."
With no effort to hide her still-raw emotions, Lee accuses her lover, "Don't cry to me/ If you loved me/ You would be here with me/ Don't lie to me/ Just get your things/ I've made up your mind." "Call Me When You're Sober" uses the lyrics "You never call me when you're sober/ You only want it cause it's over," which is directed towards her ex-boyfriend. According to a writer from the website Contactmusic.com, she wrote the song to "vent her frustration" and a writer of The Daily Princetonian concluded that it was aimed towards her ex-boyfriend. The Guardian's Caroline Sullivan concluded that the song was written for Evanescence's former guitarist, Ben Moody. In the song, Lee further explains why the relationship won't work "or hoping that he'll crash and burn and finally learn a lesson." She further sings the lines "Don't cry to me … If you loved me, you would be here with me / … How could I have burned paradise? How could I … you were never mine" during the bridge of the song.
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