Ozzy Ozbourne Reveals Backstory to “Patient Number 9”

Last month, fans were given the opportunity to hear a new track from Ozzy Osbourne’s upcoming album, entitled “Patient Number 9.” The new track has none other than Jeff Beck on the guitar, which gave the people a heads-up on how great of an album this would be, which is due in September this year.

The “Prince of Darkness” explained the story behind the lyrics of “Patient Number 9,” in an interview on his SiriusXM show, Ozzy’s Boneyard.

“It’s not a typical, obvious thing. It’s about being a patient in a mental hospital,” Osbourne laughs. It’s one of the songs that he and his wife and longtime manager, Sharon Osbourne, had written that is about him and her, as he revealed in an interview last year. Moreover, the album, as mentioned by Osbourne in the interview below, also features a handful of magnificent musicians including Eric Clapton and Tony Iommi.

“Patient Number 9” is a song about a patient in a mental hospital who longs to leave and return to their own home, perhaps because they are being detained against their will.

Sing along with the lyrics presented below.

“Is there a way out of here?”
“Hey, I love you, but you [?]”
“I wanna go home”
“Hey, hahaha”
“Hahaha”
“Excuse me, could you tell how to get out of here?”
“Hahaha”
“I want to go home”
“Hahaha”
“Mommy, mommy”

Every hallway’s painted white as the light
That will guide you to your help
Making friends with strangers inside my mind
‘Cause they seem to know me well

Hiding the pills inside your mouth
Swallow ’em down, then spit them out
I hear the laughter scream and shout
“No tomorrow”

When they call your name, better run and hidе
Tell you you’re insane, you bеlieve their lies
I’m not gettin’ out, no, I’m not gettin’ out alive (Ooh)
I’m not gettin’ out ’cause I’m patient number nine (Ooh)

When the sun goes down, the animals cry
That’s a sound you won’t forget
It’s the mirror’s face you don’t recognise
It’ll get you in the end

Hiding the pills inside your mouth
Swallow ’em down, then spit them out
I hear the laughter scream and shout
“Someone help me”

When they call your name, better run and hide
Tell you you’re insane, you believe their lies
I’m not gettin’ out, no, I’m not gettin’ out alive (Ooh)
I’m not gettin’ out ’cause I’m patient number nine (Ooh)

[Guitar Solo]

When the walls of a padded cell become reality
How many tears till I ground myself ’cause no one cries for me?
If there’s a God, why’d he let the Devil do his work on me? Oh yeah
If there’s a God, what am I doing here?

When they call your name, better run and hide
Tell you you’re insane, you believe their lies
I’m not gettin’ out, no, I’m not gettin’ out alive (Ooh)
I’m not gettin’ out ’cause I’m patient number nine (Ooh)

[Guitar Solo]