Wake up, and get dressed
Check your pulse and tie me in
I can't think cause you're starring at me
I'll snap that look right off your face

Glad I'm off this, suck one down with me
It keeps me believing, yeah

I don't wanna fight
I don't wanna be
This is my disease
It will be there in the morning
Will be there when I wake
The sad reality

Well back up, and strap in
This could be one hell of a ride, and I
Can guarantee my friend
You will make it out this time

Glad I'm off this, suck one down with me
It keeps me believing, yeah

I don't wanna fight
I don't wanna be
This is my disease
It will be there in the morning
It off's me as I sleep
This feeling's killing me (yeah)

This is my disease
This is my disease
This is my disease
This is my disease

I don't wanna fight
I don't wanna be
This is my disease
It will be there in the morning
Will be there when I wake
The sad reality

Well, I don't wanna fight
I don't wanna be
This is my disease
It will be there in the morning
It off's me as I sleep
This feeling is killing me, oh yeah


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My Disease Lyrics as written by Gene Buerger Brent Michael Clawson

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    General Comment

    Damn first comment can't believe no-one has commented on this song! Yeh awesome song probably their best one but i dunno wot it means lol

    JimBobon January 31, 2007   Link
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    General Comment

    To me it's like this song is about a feeling of emptiness. Wake up, getting dressed; these are basic things. In a simple human life. But it's like he's not enjoying it. It's like a disease, reality is like a disease to him.

    racheltjeon January 31, 2007   Link
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    General Comment

    Uh yeah and it's about addiction, filling the void you mentioned with booze, smokes, coke, anything you can "suck down". Killer GD song.

    captainsquallyon April 06, 2008   Link
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    My Interpretation

    I'm inclined to think this song is generally about addiction too, though talking specifically about cocaine (though it could admittedly be about any drug that comes in powder form). This is obvious from

    "Line 'em up and suck one down with me"

    a clear references to chopping up and snorting lines of coke or whatever.

    It refers also I think to the general madness that addiction can slowly induce, such as paranoia and increased agression:

    "I can't think with you staring at me, I'll smack that look right off your face"

    It seems also that the protagonist of the song admits that his addiction is a way of escaping normal life:

    "I don't wanna think, I don't wanna breathe"

    tridgemeisteron July 26, 2010   Link

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