"The "Never Getting Laid" lyrics explain Carpenter's frustration with her ex's unpredictable nature. "I just wish you didn't have a mind that could flip like a switch, that could wander and drift to a neighboring b*tch," she sings. Even after parting ways, she's disturbed by the prospect of her former partner being with someone new. As she evokes the image of him hanging with his guy friends, she appeals to his bro-like self."
"That "all your days are sunny from your windowpane," she sings. "Wish you a lifetime full of happiness and a forever of never getting laid." Carpenter seemingly channels Judy Garland (her musical inspiration) at the end of the song to really drive the message home. "At the end of the rainbow, I hope you find a good whole lot of nothing," she sings before leaving her ex with a final reminder that "abstinence is just a state of mind.""
Sabrina Carpenter's "Never Getting Laid," track seven from Man's Best Friend (released Aug. 29), pairs dreamy, '70s-esque production with unsparing breakup lyrics. The song details frustration with an ex's fickleness, recalling moments when he professed need while later drifting to someone else. Carpenter alternates sardonic platitudes and blunt resentments, imagining his life sunny yet sexually barren: wishing him "a lifetime full of happiness and a forever of never getting laid." She taunts his bro persona and suggests self-sufficiency, then layers a Judy Garland–inspired flourish that leaves him with "a good whole lot of nothing" and "abstinence is just a state of mind."
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