Werewolves of London singer Warren Zevon has always been able to write about dark, real-life subject matter in a sardonic, relatable way. But when he got diagnosed with terminal cancer, even he was thrown for a loop as to how to tackle it. Shaken by the news, he fell off the wagon after 17 years of sobriety, and then promptly wrote My Shit’s Fucked Up: a blunt, matter-of-fact, cautionary tale in the form of a haunting Americana song about the futility of life. 'Rich folks suffer like the rest of us – it’ll happen to you,' he says pointedly, as if he’s looking directly at the listener and saying, “You’re gonna die.”