I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Dealing out the agony within
Charging hard and no one’s gonna give in
Living on your knees, conformity
Or dying on your feet for honesty
Inbred, our bodies work as one
Bloody, but never cry submission
Following our instinct, not a trend
Go against the grain until the end
Blood will follow blood
Dying time is here
Damage, Incorporated
Slamming through, don’t fuck with razorback
Stepping out? You’ll feel our hell on your back
Blood follows blood and we make sure
Life ain’t for you and we’re the cure
Honesty is my only excuse
Try to rob us of it, but it’s no use
Steamroller action crushing all
Victim is your name and you shall fall
Blood will follow blood
Dying time is here
Damage, Incorporated
We chew and spit you out
We laugh, you scream and shout
All flee, with fear you run
You’ll know just where we come from
Damage, Incorporated
Damage jackals ripping right through you
Sight and smell of this, it gets me goin’
Know just how to get just what we want
Tear it from your soul in nightly hunt
Fuck it all and fucking no regrets
Never happy endings on these dark sets
All’s fair for Damage, Inc. you see
Step a little closer, if you please
Blood will follow blood
Dying time is here
Damage, Incorporated
Charging hard and no one’s gonna give in
Living on your knees, conformity
Or dying on your feet for honesty
Inbred, our bodies work as one
Bloody, but never cry submission
Following our instinct, not a trend
Go against the grain until the end
Blood will follow blood
Dying time is here
Damage, Incorporated
Slamming through, don’t fuck with razorback
Stepping out? You’ll feel our hell on your back
Blood follows blood and we make sure
Life ain’t for you and we’re the cure
Honesty is my only excuse
Try to rob us of it, but it’s no use
Steamroller action crushing all
Victim is your name and you shall fall
Blood will follow blood
Dying time is here
Damage, Incorporated
We chew and spit you out
We laugh, you scream and shout
All flee, with fear you run
You’ll know just where we come from
Damage, Incorporated
Damage jackals ripping right through you
Sight and smell of this, it gets me goin’
Know just how to get just what we want
Tear it from your soul in nightly hunt
Fuck it all and fucking no regrets
Never happy endings on these dark sets
All’s fair for Damage, Inc. you see
Step a little closer, if you please
Blood will follow blood
Dying time is here
Damage, Incorporated
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Only a couple of those songs speak of rebelling against control, namely "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" and this song. So maybe "Damage Inc." is a kind of sequel to the earlier song. In "Sanitarium" the inmates have only started to rebel, while in "Damage, Inc." the rebellion is in full swing.
I've always wondered what "razorback" and "damage jackals" referred to but maybe that also lends itself to my theory; i.e. "Razorback" and "Damage Jackal" could be nicknames (thus, not "damage jackals ripping..." but "Damage Jackal's ripping...".
Just a wild guess, of course. I agree with the more general interpretations of this song too.
When I was little, my dad told me the song was about some sort of a secret police service (the titular "Damage, Inc."), which make certain that the Orwellian society they inhabit remains controlled, and any individuals who might be inconvenient (too intelligent, aware, or calling for change) get "removed".
The lyrics seem to back this up, with the second, third, and fourth verse blatantly stating that "Damage, Inc" is going to murder you if you "go against the grain". Furthermore, the first verse underlines the implicit choice that the "victims" have - of simply "living on their knees" in conformity, yet one they don't take, mandating "Damage, Inc."'s intervention, and paint a picture of quite literally pummelling someone to death.
Seems to make a lot of sense. "A call for non-conformity"... hah! More like "try your best, sweetheart, and we'll beat the living daylights out of ya."
@TheRealLumos <br /> Yep. A great warning for gun control idiots.
This song is simply about senseless violence and destruction.
It's the last song on Master Of Puppets, and I've always looked at it as a call of nonconformity to cut the strings of the puppet master.
I think that, according to the whole album theme, lyrics focus on those corporations devoted to money profit exclusively, not regarding of workers rights, thoughts, health, or invading and submitting territories and their native people, with the "blessing" of local governments, such as it happened with multinational corporations in some cases.
All I know is I have herniated disc's at 45 because of that song...seriously
This song sounds to me is about how violence following more violence causes more destruction and damage. HEnce, the name "Damage Inc."
I think it is about endless loss of life as in a war. Very good song though watever it's about
Opinions are like asses... everybodys got one and they all stink!
ha ha, that's funny az!
kill yourselves.
the song for me is about fighting for what you believe in. it's liberating and empowering. it's about being an individual... and not posting stupid generic comments that highlight the most literal meaning of a song that you don't understand.