Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
3, 2, 1.
You want it full frontal, overstimulation.
So say a benediction,
For a new addiction,
In voyeuristic overdrive.
(Here comes the countdown)
3 - This is the new flesh,
2 - This is the open door,
1 - We’ve got everything you wanted.
You want it all right now!
(ULTRAnumb)
Right now!
(3, 2, 1)
Violated,
So degraded,
The show has just begun.
Dominated,
By all you hated,
This will make you ULTRAnumb.
3, 2, 1.
Reality’s a plague, We’re the medication.
A new manipulation,
Oversaturation,
Take advantage of what you deny.
(Here comes the countdown)
3 - So step right up and see,
2 - The possibilities,
1 - We are everything you wanted.
You want it all right now!
(ULTRAnumb)
Right now!
(3, 2, 1)
Violated,
So degraded,
The show has just begun.
Dominated,
By all you hated,
This will make you ULTRAnumb.
One confession is such perfection,
Your sweet repression can’t hide who you really are.
Say you love it!
Say you hate it!
Doesn’t matter ‘cause you’re all the same!
Say you want it!
Say you need it!
Come and get it ‘cause we love the shame!
Say you love it!
Say you hate it!
Just another one to suck the fame!
Don’t pretend that you’re better than this,
Malevolence goes both ways!
(3, 2, 1)
Violated,
So degraded,
The show has just begun.
Dominated,
By all you hated,
This will make you ULTRAnumb.
(3, 2, 1)
Violated,
So degraded,
The show has just begun.
Dominated,
By all you hated,
This will make you ULTRAnumb.
You want it full frontal, overstimulation.
So say a benediction,
For a new addiction,
In voyeuristic overdrive.
(Here comes the countdown)
3 - This is the new flesh,
2 - This is the open door,
1 - We’ve got everything you wanted.
You want it all right now!
(ULTRAnumb)
Right now!
(3, 2, 1)
Violated,
So degraded,
The show has just begun.
Dominated,
By all you hated,
This will make you ULTRAnumb.
3, 2, 1.
Reality’s a plague, We’re the medication.
A new manipulation,
Oversaturation,
Take advantage of what you deny.
(Here comes the countdown)
3 - So step right up and see,
2 - The possibilities,
1 - We are everything you wanted.
You want it all right now!
(ULTRAnumb)
Right now!
(3, 2, 1)
Violated,
So degraded,
The show has just begun.
Dominated,
By all you hated,
This will make you ULTRAnumb.
One confession is such perfection,
Your sweet repression can’t hide who you really are.
Say you love it!
Say you hate it!
Doesn’t matter ‘cause you’re all the same!
Say you want it!
Say you need it!
Come and get it ‘cause we love the shame!
Say you love it!
Say you hate it!
Just another one to suck the fame!
Don’t pretend that you’re better than this,
Malevolence goes both ways!
(3, 2, 1)
Violated,
So degraded,
The show has just begun.
Dominated,
By all you hated,
This will make you ULTRAnumb.
(3, 2, 1)
Violated,
So degraded,
The show has just begun.
Dominated,
By all you hated,
This will make you ULTRAnumb.
Lyrics submitted by SuddenlySilent
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It surprises me that nobody has suggested this possibility, so I'll propose a case for it.
Something that's become quite common in society is the idea that positions of fame (e.g. actors/actresses, singers, models, etc.) transform people into simple puppets for corporate greed, and so they frown upon the idea of selling themselves out to be a fake cop in a movie, a cover girl, what have you. But, by human nature, we all crave attention, supremacy, and a chance to live in fantasy.
Near the beginning of the song, the phrase "Voyeuristic overdrive" would seem to indicate a lustful onlooking of some sort - In this case, a secret envy for those who sacrifice their individuality for a phony life of corporate moneymaking.
"This is the new flesh, This is the open door, We've got everything you wanted," ~ "Dominated By all you hated, his will make you ULTRAnumb"
-These lines seem to express a sort of hidden desire for a fresh opportunity which, if it were to present itself, would allow someone to start anew in a life full of potential. Given this opportunity, of course, it would be much too fantastic for most people to pass up, even if they admittedly hate the very concept of being a puppet for the media.
"Reality's a plague; We're the medication"
Further indicates that reality (regular life) is just common existence in a growing population, but there remains a chance (medication) to effectively remove you from reality (which means placing you into a new non-reality, or fantasy). Everyone wants to be special; nobody wants to succumb to the disease of the ordinary, so to speak.
"One confession is such perfection, Your sweet repression can't hide who you really are,"
The first step is simply to admit to a lust for a fabricated life, at which point it will become extremely difficult for you to let go, thereby "numbing" you to your prior skepticism and former sense of self in general. Who you really are, it may be said, is a a hunter of attention seeking out raise and glory (This is a fundamental characteristic of human nature).
The idea fits quite nicely with the rest of the song, but I'll leave it at that, since I've already taken up much more text space than I had originally intended.
The song can really apply to any of humanity's lustful aspirations or desires hidden beneath an external display of disapproval. I simply use the "corporate puppet" example because it seems to fit especially well.