The Sickness Song Meanings

VOICES-

WRITTEN ABOUT THE ID. THE INTERNAL VOICE IN OUR HEADS, OUR SUBCONCIOUS. THE COMPARISON OF OUR OWN BATTLES WITH IT AS COMPARED TO THE MIND OF A SERIAL KILLER, WHO IS ALSO DRIVEN BY VOICES, ONLY TO MUCH MORE EXTREME ENDS.


THE GAME-

SPEAKING ABOUT THE MANIPULATIVE NATURE OF MOST PEOPLE. THAT YOU SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS WHEN PLAYING WITH ANOTHER PERSON'S EMOTIONS, OR SOMEONE MAY MAKE YOU ACCOUNTABLE AT SOME POINT IN TIME.


STUPIFY-

AGAINST RACIAL PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION. WRITTEN ABOUT A PAST RELATIONSHIP WHERE I WAS FORCED TO PART WITH MY LOVE BECAUSE WE WERE OF DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES.


DOWN WITH THE SICKNESS-

SPEAKS ABOUT THE ETERNAL STRUGGLE OF THE INDIVIDUAL AGAINST THE MOTHER CULTURE OF SOCIETY THAT IS CONSTANTLY TRYING TO BEAT THE CHILD STRUGGLING FOR INDEPENDANCE AND INDIVIDUALITY INTO SUBMISSION.


VIOLENCE FETISH-

SPEAKS ABOUT THE HUMAN NECESSITY FOR SOME VIOLENT SORT OF RELEASE. ENCOURAGES THAT IT BE DONE AT THE SHOW.


FEAR-

IT IS A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE TORTURED AND THEIR TORTURERS. THE "FORTUNATE ONE'S" MAKING YOU FEEL LIKE LESS THAN WHAT YOU ARE.


WANT-

SPEAKING ABOUT A PERSON'S UNWILLINGNESS TO GIVE IN TO THEIR DESIRES, NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY SUFFER.


NUMB-

SPEAKING ABOUT THE VOID LEFT AFTER YOUR HEART HAS BEEN BROKEN.


DROPPIN' PLATES-

SPEAKS ABOUT OUR UPHILL BATTLE TO BE A METAL BAND IN A CITY, AND A WORLD THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY WANT ONE.


M.O.L. -

ENCOURAGES EXISTENTIALISM.


SHOUT 2000-

PRIMAL SCREAM THERAPY