@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Yeah, I get it you're an outcast
Always under attack always coming in last
Bringing up the past, no one owes you anything
I think you need a shotgun blast, a kick in the ass
So paranoid
Watch your back
Hola, here we go
Another lose cannon, gone bi-polar
Slipped down, couldn't get much lower
Quicksand's got no sense of humor
I'm still laughing like hell
You think that by cryin' to me
Looking so sorry that I'm gonna believe
You've been infected by a social disease
Well, then take your medicine
I created the sound of madness
Wrote the book on pain
Somehow, I'm still here to explain
That the darkest hour never comes in the night
You can sleep with a gun
When you gonna wake up and fight
For yourself?
I'm so sick of this tombstone mentality
If there's an afterlife, then it'll set you free
But I'm not gonna part the seas
You're a self-fulfilling prophecy
You think that by cryin' to me
Looking so sorry that I'm gonna believe
You've been infected by a social disease
Well, then take your medicine
I created the sound of madness
Wrote the book on pain somehow I'm still here to explain
That the darkest hour never comes in the night
You can sleep with a gun
When you gonna wake up and fight
For yourself?
I created the sound of madness
Wrote the book on pain
Somehow, I'm still here to explain
That the darkest hour never comes in the night
You can sleep with a gun
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up and fight?
I created the sound of madness
Wrote the book on pain
Somehow, I'm still here to explain
That the darkest hour never comes in the night
You can sleep with a gun
When you gonna wake up and fight
For yourself?
When you gonna wake up and fight
For yourself?
When you gonna wake up and fight
For yourself?
When you gonna wake up and fight
For yourself?
Always under attack always coming in last
Bringing up the past, no one owes you anything
I think you need a shotgun blast, a kick in the ass
So paranoid
Watch your back
Hola, here we go
Another lose cannon, gone bi-polar
Slipped down, couldn't get much lower
Quicksand's got no sense of humor
I'm still laughing like hell
You think that by cryin' to me
Looking so sorry that I'm gonna believe
You've been infected by a social disease
Well, then take your medicine
I created the sound of madness
Wrote the book on pain
Somehow, I'm still here to explain
That the darkest hour never comes in the night
You can sleep with a gun
When you gonna wake up and fight
For yourself?
I'm so sick of this tombstone mentality
If there's an afterlife, then it'll set you free
But I'm not gonna part the seas
You're a self-fulfilling prophecy
You think that by cryin' to me
Looking so sorry that I'm gonna believe
You've been infected by a social disease
Well, then take your medicine
I created the sound of madness
Wrote the book on pain somehow I'm still here to explain
That the darkest hour never comes in the night
You can sleep with a gun
When you gonna wake up and fight
For yourself?
I created the sound of madness
Wrote the book on pain
Somehow, I'm still here to explain
That the darkest hour never comes in the night
You can sleep with a gun
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up and fight?
I created the sound of madness
Wrote the book on pain
Somehow, I'm still here to explain
That the darkest hour never comes in the night
You can sleep with a gun
When you gonna wake up and fight
For yourself?
When you gonna wake up and fight
For yourself?
When you gonna wake up and fight
For yourself?
When you gonna wake up and fight
For yourself?
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Sound Of Madness Lyrics as written by Brent Smith Dave Bassett
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This song really spoke to me. "I created the sound of madness, wrote the book on pain, somehow I'm still here to explain that the darkest hour never comes in the night. You can sleep with the gun but when are you gonna wake up and fight for yourself?" To me it says, "I've been there, I've done that and I've lived through it all. You hide behind the bottle but when are you going to sober up and face it." "Social disease" to me is talking about the disease of addiction. The song is basically talking about being sick of your BS excuses, get some help and get over it! That may not be what the song is actually about, but when I first heard this song it stopped me dead in my tracks. I have been dealing with my mom, dad and my bio father who are all alcholics and drug addicts and they refuse to see it or get help. They blame all their problems on everyone else and I am left to deal with the messes they make. I have actually given it a year's thought as to whether or not I will get the chorus tatt'd on my side. I have chosen to walk away from them all until and unless they get help for themelves. I have four beautiful children and I refuse to put them around these things or raise them the way I was raised. I want to get the tattoo to remind me of what they have done and what I will not be.
that is a damn good idea for a tattoo...have your parents ever cleaned up???
@tclouston I too would like to know if things have gotten better.
to me this song is about a friend or someone who keeps blaming on bad things that happens to them, on other people, "social disease" and that the singer is saying with the chorus, hey look at the stuff that ive done and im still here. but thats me
brent smith is the lead singer i just figured i would let you know i idolize the band they are in my mind musical geniuses
brent smith is a good singer, musical geniuses ehhh. they are one of my top 5 favorite bands. so its ok. ive seen them twice so. yeah. good song good band..
This is the song on the album that really caught my attention! It is probably still my favorite song on the album and I see why they titled the album after it! Anyway the reason it really caught my attention is from my work as a nurse on a psychiatric ward. This is what I think... I believe they are referring to an actual social disease (depression is one, but so is bi-polar disorder which is usually much more severe). Many "social diseases" are seriously stigmatized and have links to the ways you grow up (socially isolated, rejected, paranoid, etc.). Sometimes it only takes one thing for a flare up or onset of the disease to occur, "another lose cannon gone bi-polar." Sometimes these individuals feel like nobody understands and have no hope, therefore no sense of humor. Medications help with these disorders, but it requires the individuals determination and will to stay on the medications and other interventions to really recover.
Stop sleeping with a gun, which sounds like the on the verge lifestyle these people live always flirting with suicide, wake up and fight for yourself, is the determination it takes to recover. It seems like the song is saying, I've been there, I've had that disease, but I worked at it and I'm here to tell you about it. It's saying get a swift kick in the ass and get up and help yourself! This may be to literal of an interpretation, but it sounds to me like someone in this group has experienced bi-polar disorder or depression, so it would make some sense to them.
This song was kind of confusing to me. I really like the way you put it! I also agree with you now. I was kind of looking at it too open-mindedly. I sort of saw it as a attack on the outcasts, and the ones always last in line. What you say I think works greatly with ADHD, at least for me. I have struggled so hard with it. But like you said, but I worked at it and I am here to tell you about it. But ADHD, will affect you in so many ways. I have a hard time socially, with directions, with learning, with listening. People aren't patient, they can be very mean. It wasn't too long ago when I was very paranoid about people and other things. Let me tell you and anyone else who reads this, my life has parts that just really really suck. But there is ALWAYS HOPE!!! My problems helped me to become a better and stronger person too. "Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about, be kind. ALWAYS!!!" I believe you can do anything you put your mind to! I will always have ADHD, but that is my problem, but it is my job to help people, and support them so they can feel loved, wanted, and respected! Teach them how to kind deal with it, even though sometimes you will have it for your life.
First I'm gonna say that who ever in Shinedown that actually writes their songs is really very good... This song is great. I would say that it isn't specifically about Emos but they fit into the part very well. Everyone has a friend or knows someone out there that fits the description of this song... they have to complain about everything, the world is against them, nothing is ever right, they are never satisfied, the grass is greener... blah blah blah... Its also about how you know people like this and you need to try and not be that way yourself. I just really like how its written, it antagonizes the hell out of the "victim" its very playful but in a way that says "what your the only one with problems, I have had shit happen to me too so get over yourself". (No offense to anyone of faith here) "Get off the Cross someone needs the wood".
Oh, I'll also add this to my idea.
Social disease... Emos? Matches perfectly. Brent thinks their false pity is a joke, really.
UH NO?! WHUT IN GOD'S NAME DOES THAT HAVE TA DO WIT ANYTHING?! -.-
Ok..I'm going to try to break this down the best i can....at the first of it he is definatly taking a shot at emo's ''Yeah I get it you're an outcast Always under attack Always coming in last Bringing up the past "...that is him being sarcastic talking about emo's and how they act...
then he expresses how he feels about it "No one owes you anything I think you need a shotgun blast A kick in the ass So paranoid Watch your back!" ..this is him saying how he feels that they need to wake up to reality...
In the chorus...."I created the sound of madness Wrote the book on pain Somehow I'm still here to explain That the darkest hour never comes in the night" this is him saying "been there done that" and he's still here so theres no use to complain about it....
In the last part of the chorus "That the darkest hour never comes in the night You can sleep with a gun But when you gonna wake up and fight For yourself" this is him talking about how that there looking for a reason to feel down in darkness and he's saying that instead of looking for a reason to be down when are they going to wake up and actualy do something instead of complaining about it....
he takes one more shot at an emo's personality in this section "You think that by crying to me Looking so sorry that I'm gonna believe You've been affected by a social disease Well then take your medicine " In this he is saying that just because they go around crying and complaining all the time he is still not going to feel sorry for the emo's and that they need to just suck it up like every body else "take their medicine"....
I listened to DC101 and Shinedown was doing an acoustic show. He said he had friend that he loved will all his heart, and he'd do everything to help him out, but the friend constantly kept messing up. There was one thing that he said that stuck with me, "Sometimes you just got let them go...If they're going to destroy themselves, they'll destroy themselves." Thats what i got from it.
Also, it's supposed to say "Oh my," not "Hola." And there's than one "for yourself" through out the song
OK this is a really awesome song. It could have one true meaning but heres what i think so far. The character is like a father or mother figure, and they are yelling at their child because they think that he's making the wrong decision. Unlike the parent, he knows what he wants to do and is trying to show them that this is the right path. They think that he needs a "kick in the ass" that knocks some sense into him. This parent is obviously very mean, and thinks that its humorous that their child is in this stage of childhood where he thinks he's right and he knows everything, and he's ready for the world. They tell him that in life "Quicksand" its not gonna play with you its just gonna take you in and absorb you. And they're just sitting there watching them sink. They're saying "I told you so". They try to help but he's gone and pissed his life away ,and its too late to save him now.
In the song the chorus could be the child telling his parents his view, but I'm not sure. His view would probably be that he's gonna leave soon but he's not sure why he hasn't already left yet. He's tired of preaching to his parents and has pretty much give up on them. Telling them that they have to quit relying on other people to fight their battles for them.He thinks that they don't know what they're talking about. He's saying he knows what the risk is, and he's prepared. He's gonna go through with it. The parent think that he is gonna grow out of it, but he's not. He's gonna continue and make it his profession.
Basically he's a kid telling mommy that he's gonna be a songwriter when he grows up. The mom thinks its a stage, but it isn't. He's bound and determined that hes gonna do it. The mom has no support for his childish decision.
No no no!! Haven't you seen the interview they had with Brent Smith the singer? He said that after making the Us and Them album, Brent told Barry (the drumer) that he had to leave for awhile. It was a time in his life where he was falling out of love with music. He got a hotel room and had 6 or 7 pieces of notebook paper and just started writing his feelings. He ran out of room and took a pen he had and wrote on the hotel walls. With his cellphone, he took pictures of what he liked best and later it became...<br /> <br /> The Sound of Madness.<br /> <br /> It ain't about a child getting yelled at by its parents! Such an idiot!!
This is more a reply to laneybug,<br /> erm... yeah, fair enough with the whole interview thing, good for you for paying attetion and everything... however not everyone spends every second of their day searching for interviews with band members so we can get a real glimpse at a song's meaning. Maybe it's not what was intended as the meaning but if it's given to it by another then it is meaning none the less, whether originally intended or not.<br /> <br /> As for the 'Such an idiot!!' statement, it was slightly uncalled for. Just a tad.
Just a thought... From a lyrical standpoint, when reviewing the thematic elements in Brent Smith's "Sound of Madness" and comparing them to those in Iron Maiden's "Virus" they turn out, at least from what I've come to believe, to be identical. However, the viewpoints displayed by each artist in their dealing with an identical subject prove to contrast greatly. This realization has piqued my curiosity, and as a result I am going to deduce and explain exactly what makes the messages promoted in both of these songs so radically different.
-F.Y.I. This subject heading may appear to be quite random at first glance, but it has been an issue that has led me to deep thought many times lately, and I think it definitely deserves an in-depth exploration. Once you read further on, should you choose to do so, I believe my interests in this topic that some of you may currently assume fruitless will indeed prove valid. This seems to be a good forum for the type of fiery discussion that I like to encourage, and I sincerely hope that the arguments I offer further down in this post will help generate intense thought and debate among readers. Honestly, if only a handful of thoughtful readers take the time just to read my post I will be quite content. I definitely value the input of intelligent people, whether we are in agreement or not, so if you do happen to have a differing opinion than mine feel free to mount a rebuttal. Also, If the ever so rare instance of total consensus occurs I know that I would receive a great amount of benefit from hearing whatever you might have to add. After all, two truths are better than one.
Moving on... I seriously doubt Brent chose to intentionally dis Iron Maiden with his chosen lyrics, but the fact remains that both "Sound of Madness" and "Virus" explore the same subject matter while at the same time displaying almost completely opposite viewpoints regarding these topics. I am now almost positive the fact that certain identical terms appear in both songs is purely coincidental. One of the aforementioned terms is the "social disease" reference made in each song which you will notice as I list some lyrical content here very shortly. Regardless, this is a negligible and moot point of interest for me. My main interests lie in the contrasting messages of these songs, which I will explore much more conclusively later.
To start things off I will present some lyrics that I believe to be integral in order for me to set up a proper case.
One of Brent's lyrics taken from his song "Sound of Madness":
"...You think that by crying for me Looking so sorry that I'm gonna believe You've been affected by a social disease Well then take your medicine..."
Some sample lyrics taken from the song "Virus" (circa 1996) by Iron Maiden:
"There's an evil virus that's threatening mankind Not state of the art, a serious state of the mind The muggers, the back stabbers, the two face elite A menace to society, a social disease
Rape of the mind is a social disorder The cynics, the apathy one-upmanship order
Watching beginnings of social decay Gloating or searing at life's disarray Eating away at your own self esteem Pouncing on every word that you might be saying...
...Without a conscience they destroy And that's a thing that they enjoy They're a sickness that's in all our minds
They want to sink the ship and leave The way they laugh at you and me You know it happens all the time
All in your mind All in your head Try to relate it
All in your mind All in your head Try to escape it..."
First, allow me to explain the reasons I chose to bring up the song "Virus" at all. "Virus" was written by four members of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden and it was released in 1996. I have known this song well for years now, and it is one of my favorites. When I heard the lyrics of "Sound of Madness" this song immediately came to mind. "Virus" is a song about depression, paranoia, and "social disease[s]" in general. There are other subtexts in play in this song, but these are the main ones. "Sound of Madness" is also a song about depression, paranoia, and "social disease[s]" in general. The difference being that Shinedown's (Brent's) view of these concepts is skewed to the point that it makes me laugh heartily. "Sound of Madness" is a song that may seem fairly simple and straightforward at first, but I can almost guarantee that once you find out just how outrageous the contradictions and hypocrisies that exist in this "simple", "straightforward" song you will be laughing too... and probably throwing up some as well. Now I love Iron Maiden, but let me make it clear that my goal is not to persuade anyone to love (or even like) Iron Maiden. I am also not attempting to somehow prove to you that Iron Maiden is a better band than Shinedown. I could argue that point until I'm blue in the face, and as with any art form in my opinion it will always come down to a matter of personal taste. Therefore, any debate over that issue is futile. I just want to show you some of the pathetic truths in Brent Smith's character that have surfaced recently through his lyrics. If you think Brent is not a hypocrite after I've said what I need to say (or if you just like hypocrites) then that's fine with me. To each his own, but if you're a logical thinker I really don't think that you'll be able to ignore in good conscience the blatant contradictions that I will show you via Brent's lyrics in "Sound of Madness" and one other short statement he has made that I will type verbatim. "Virus" will serve as an example of a song done in good taste about the aforementioned subjects.
It is clear, at least it is to me, that "Virus" presents an empathetic outlook toward people who feel a certain degree of inferiority and alienation from society, whereas Brent proclaims that those suffering basically 'just get over it'; This is a fact that most of you have hopefully already discerned, so I will elaborate further...
Let me just say that I am not depressed, "emo", or whatever nor have I ever been for any notable length of time. Like I said, I am not an "emo", but I do know quite a bit about certain mental disorders because A. I can read, and B. I've taken four college level psychology classes, so I'm thoroughly confident in my knowledge of that subject. I also know that I'm not going into the psychology field for work, so I have absolutely nothing to gain by lying to you (promoting my business, etc.), but if for some reason you don't believe some of the more "technical" stuff I might say then you obviously have the internet so feel free to just look any of this stuff up.
Anyway, Iron Maiden takes the initiative in their calling of attention to certain happenings in our society that cause people to become anti-social, paranoid, etc. They offer up insightful and constructive commentary on these certain "evils" that so often plague the minds of the disenchanted. "Virus" is not a song that encourages ruminating on personal problems like so many "emo" or (sadly) current mainstream rock songs seem to do. It also doesn't make off-the-cuff and totally unsupported claims that a "shotgun blast" or a "kick in the ass" is the best treatment for someone with a psychological disorder. The guys in Iron Maiden are intelligent enough to know that in the vast majority of cases people with mental illness, namely depression and bi-polar disorder in this case, do not simply get out of bed one day and are fully healed, nor do they recover if they try to go it alone. The fact is most people require clinical treatment (either medication therapy, behavioral modification therapy, or a combination of the two) in order to get better. It is a song about the mental pain, but it is not a song that promotes self-pity or self-loathing. In fact it aims to accomplish quite the contrary. - Again I quote:
"...All in your mind All in your head Try to relate it
All in your mind All in your head Try to escape it"
"Virus" successfully describes and pinpoints the causes of many fears that commonly afflict a person struggling in his or her fight against mental illness. It accomplishes this from a perspective of anger and disgust that is not directed at the sufferer (as is the obvious view presented in "Sound of Madness"). The song instead directs its wrath toward the people who might serve as catalysts for such irrational fears in struggling individuals:
"...The cynics, the apathy one-upmanship order...
...They want to sink the ship and leave The way they laugh at you and me..."
I now believe that Brent Smith has become one such offender described in the previous lines. It is painfully obvious that Brent want's to "sink the ship and leave", calling out people for being emo, yet in absolutely no way does he offer a rational solution to the very problem that he is bringing attention to. He suggests that a "shotgun blast" or a "kick in the ass" might do the trick, which is a thickheaded and bullying thing to suggest doing to someone weaker and more vulnerable than yourself, even though he is speaking figuratively. Since when has a proverbial "kick in the ass" helped anyone overcome a major depressive disorder or bi-polar disorder? This type of attitude more than likely will drive a person further down the spiral. People with depression suffer from low self-esteem, and the more a depressed person is insulted (i.e. told that they are annoying and depressing to be around) the more that person will suffer and as a result the chances that they will get better will go down. This is because most people who are depressed tell themselves that they are worthless, annoying, depressing, or any other negative thing you can think of. These thoughts do not need to be entertained much less confirmed. If a person is depressed it is almost as if they have another person with them wherever they go all the time who's only job is to point out both the real and nonexistent flaws in the depressed person. This person is almost impossible to kill without getting professional help, but I guess Dr. Brent knows best. It's also common knowledge that "depressed" people can be "depressing" to be around. This is especially true if they have a "woe is me" type attitude, and most do. Many internalize all of these feelings, but those that externalize their emotions can be very annoying to be around. Nobody likes a complainer, but one would think that someone like Brent, who has admittedly been through depression, could understand where these people are coming from. What Brent seems unable or unwilling to grasp is the concept of empathy. He even seems to have so much disdain for the mentally ill that he makes a veiled attempt to coerce "emos" into suicide.
Example:
"...I'm so sick of this tombstone mentality If there's an afterlife, then it'll set you free..."
Here Brent is just like "Screw it. I'm fed up with your depressing garbage. You're annoying the hell out of me and haven't amounted to anything so go ahead and kill yourself." At least this is what I make out of the lyric, but admittedly this is one of the few I'm on the fence about. He also has a great deal of nerve speaking out so shamelessly against people who are suicidally depressed, etc. considering the fact that he used to be one (more on that below). He also goes on to say the following:
" ...I created the sound of madness Wrote the book on pain Somehow I'm still here to explain..."
This is quite possibly one of the most arrogant statements I've ever heard in my entire life. The above lines are both arrogant and "emo" at the same time and they serve to definitively contradict the rest of the song's stance on "emo"-bashing. I get it. He's saying he's been through some rough stuff, but it's not quite as simple as that. He "created the sound of madness". This is as if Brent's saying that his irrational behavior and thinking was crazier than anyone else's irrational behavior and thinking in the history of the world. He invented madness. If you're thinking about complaining about being screwy then sorry pal, but Brent's got you beat. It doesn't matter who you are. He was the craziest person ever and he got over it, so you have no excuses. According to him he's the top dog when it comes to insane, so screw you Charlie Manson! He then says that he "wrote the book on pain". So this dude's mental anguish was so incredibly great that he might as well have invented the concept. That's totally not "emo". "Somehow I'm still here to explain"; Ok, so Brent's depression and insanity were on a level so intense that no other human can even comprehend it... Understood. So you think you know pain, huh? Well, Brent has established that he "wrote the book on pain", so he is claiming (or at least entertaining the concept) that he has suffered more than your depressed loser behind ever has or ever will, and get this... He made it through! So if the guy who has suffered more mental pain than anyone in human history can make it through life without blowing his brains out then so can you, wimp! Brent says you have no excuses so stop your whining. The fact that the three lines above are "emo" on an epic scale yet so brazenly self-indulgent and arrogant solidifies Brent's status as a hypocrite in one single song. Brent says I should be disgusted at "emos" but instead I'm left feeling only disgust for him. So, actually I guess there is one "emo" I'm disgusted with after all.
In "Virus" Iron Maiden offers words of encouragement and hope (in as metal a way as possible of course) not only to the sufferer of mental illness, but to any "average Joe" who feels jaded and looked down upon every once in a while. After all, these are feelings that most every human being experiences periodically in life. The only people who should not take away a positive message from "Virus" are those who preach disdain for those suffering mentally. And as with any disease when it comes to depression and related conditions you must always diagnose the "Virus" before you can cure it, right? As Iron Maiden points out it is often times people like Brent Smith that are the "Virus", and I don't think they make a vaccine for him.
Basically, from what I've gathered, people who bring up problems all the time and then offer no rational solutions for solving them (Brent) are nothing but complainers, and complainers are very annoying and probably just need a "shotgun blast" or a "kick in the ass" to get them to shut up and get over their issues, right?
On a final note, whoever said that Brent was hypocritical when he wrote ".45" and then "Sound of Madness" was absolutely correct in my book. We've already established that Brent Smith is a walking contradiction. But hey! This is just icing on the cake!
Here is what Brent has said in regard to ".45":
"... Because I’ve been in that situation where I didn’t know if I wanted to continue going on and I didn’t know how to necessarily make myself comfortable with who I was, trying to find a way of learning more about myself. And you come from a dark place sometimes, and that’s really the reality of the song. It’s about overcoming and about moving forward..."
After reading this it is certain to me that Brent did not get over his afflictions in one day. His process of "overcoming and... moving forward" clearly took time and a great deal of work on his part, so for him to suggest that people simply 'get over their issues' serves only to demoralize and degrade the very type of person that he admittedly used to be.
This whole Brent issue has been irking me for a while, so it's been good to get that off my chest if nothing else. In closing I'll leave you with a few telling lines from "Virus":
"They want to sink the ship and leave The way they laugh at you and me You know it happens all the time...
...The rats in the cellar you know who you are... Or do you?
Watching beginnings of social decay..."
I have to disagree with you. I think sound of madness isn't about people who really have a social disease. I think its more about the people who act depressed all the time when really there is nothing majorly wrong with their lives. (see: Most "emo" kids) I think this song is more about the people who get yelled at by parents for doing something they shouldn't or some other minor thing like that, and decide they want to kill themselves because they have such a horrible life. Then they go to school the next day and whine to all their friends how they have such a shitty life. Most "emo" kids(note i keep saying kids because I personally think being "emo" is just being whiny until you grow up and realize you have it pretty good compared to a lot of other people) I know are spoiled kids and have no real reason to complain about anything. A kick in the ass for these people would be a nice cure in my opinion. Because getting over being a whiny kid /is/ something you can do yourself, and to be quite honest been there done that. Wouldn't say I was ever emo but damn was I a whiny little bastard.
My Dude......words couldnt even explane how much i agree with you and ohow u broke everything all down ive been conflicting with my self about its meaning because it speaks so much to me at the same time its a bunch of bull the onlything it dose is fule my rage over just about everything u mentioned b4 the controdiction starts ive been waiting for someone to post the true logic of the meaning of the "SoundOfMadness", and let me just say u did an exclient job at it.this song contradics its self as if the writer was bi polar.the only thing i think "brent has dicovered is his and every other conseeded,greedy humanbeings Logic to life is """It Is What It Is""" ..i make it what it is.<br /> i need to just go ahead and write the book on pain my self and when i am all done throwing it at brents face when he mentions "watch your back!" in the end my only request is that u burn it when your done so i can rewrite the new testament and call it "Test Of Time Why eveything Happens for a reasone"<br /> <br />
@LeadEnema The ignorance of the lyrics and the possitive response it gets is just astonishing, <br /> "Looking so sorry that I'm gonna believe<br /> You've been infected by a social disease"<br /> So he is almost saying that mental illness doesn't exist. Well, lucky you if you are healthy, but, even if you are not going to believe that, there are more than one point of view and there are as many worlds as there are people. Unfortunately noone chooses to which world he is going to be born, just as noone chooses to be born without legs. The more I live the more I'm getting more convinced that mental illness isn't all that different from the physical one. And author claiming that he has been there - if he did, he wouldn't write such a bullshit, even if he would be over that illness at this point. Those lyrics are bland and seem to have no any other aim than stigmatize mental people just to tell them how much they suck, which usualy they know already with their low esteem.