World Sick

Well, one of the members of BSS is gay... so if those are the correct lyrics, I reckon this song is a bit of Prop 8 outrage.

After listening to this song obsessively I really think some of the lyrics are incorrect:

I really think it is "That's why I'm leaving this spoken detention" as opposed to "...spoken protection" I also believe it is "I get world sick every time I take a stand" instead of "...take a step" - this logically rhymes with land.

While I am near 100% sure that what I have written above is correct, I am less sure of the last line of the first stanza, because the line definitely begins with "And...". I believe he may be saying something along the lines of being a romance addict, but I think the phrasing above is incorrect.

In total I think this song is a beautiful comeback from BSS. It has been too long since their last album. This song is so epic, and heartfelt, it really strikes a chord with me. I simply cannot wait until Forgiveness Rock Record.

FYI the lyrics are on BSS' website, and it is in fact "and I romanced some dicks so that I could confess that" as the fourth line...

we got a mine field of cripple affection all for the borrowed mirror connection that why im leavin the spoken detention and I romanced some dicks so that I could confess that

I get world sick everytime I take a stand I get world sick my love is for my man

We got ladies born into dead ends, men with the maybes looking for endings

I'm sick of the self loved loser who blessed me the exit that rules the ruling of what will be and all the destroyers who never wore dresses they live for the older while I confess this I get world sick everytime I take a stand I get world sick my love is for my man

Originally had this wonderful breakdown, a couple key lines explained and broken down...but i accidentally hit back and it didn't let me go forward again ugh... cliffnotes of what i wrote earlier:

"my love is for my man" and "and I romanced some dicks so that I could confess that" suggest that the literal narrative follows a gay man's frustrations (though technically any lover who feels emotionally-oppressed in some way) as he describes through the song why he wants to come out. in the chorus, he rationalizes

"and I romanced some dicks so that I could confess that i get world sick every time i try to take a stand" every time he stands up, every moment of every day, he feels sick with the world and his place within it. so he decided to embrace his lifestyle (romance some dicks) and come out (confess that, "I get world sick when I take a stand ("I'm tired of this bullshit...") i get world sick my love is for my man ("because damn it, i'm gay and i shouldn't have to hide that"). but that line also acts a connection. look back at the previous lines non-literally:

"we got a mine field of cripple affection" literal: our flaming passion is hindered by society and considered a disorder ('cripple') symbolic: we as a collective have so much empathy and desire to change the world (title of song is "WORLD sick"), but it gets labeled as bullshit, trivial, aimless

"all for the borrowed mirror connection" literal: and to live this life i have to put on this face. this face i put on outside, closeted, feels like it's not mine, it's like looking into the mirror and seeing an unfamiliar face ("borrowed mirror"). symbolic: despite our desire to change the world, we have to go with the day-to-day machine, just to stay alive/afloat, and it feels foreign.

"that why im leavin the spoken detention" literal: being closeted is not being able to express due to societal pressures and sometimes even actual laws. speech is taken and locked away for-seemingly-ever ('spoken detention'). here the narrator begins to realize coming out is a possibility, and that it should be undergone. it's exciting because the actual action of coming out, and by that i mean 'the mental decision finally being reached to do something, the motivation, the divine realization', is realized right at the peak chorus in this song to the narrator at the same time as the audience. symbolic: BSS use the metaphor of a gay man feeling closeted, wanting to come out and then (in the chorus) coming out for feeling frustrated at society but also numbed from constant frustration, realizing that this numbness is the problem not the frustrations themselves and then (in the chorus) removing the numbness. here is where the realizing the numbness begins.

"and I romanced some dicks so that I could confess that i get world sick every time i take a stand" literal: mentioned already, but again, he is coming out due to no longer being able to stomach being closeted. symbolic: acts a bridge. bridges the developing metaphor with what the metaphor is actually trying to say. allows the audience to gain empathy for the closeted man's situation and this helps better understand the dual-meaning of the song.

"I get world sick my love is for my man" literal: coming out symbolic: love for mankind, can't stomach the state of the world anymore or pretend that my numbness to my frustration is rational any longer

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Awesome song. Can't wait to hear the new album.

at first, i thought he was saying "spoken detection," but i think you're right with "spoken detention." i also agree with "i get world sick every time i take a STAND."

i hear the "and" at the beginning of the last line of the first stanza, too, but i can't make out what he could be saying.

i'm uncertain about this line as well: "the exit the roof of the rule of what we'll be." this is a tough song to decipher. i almost think i hear: "the exit the rue filled rule of what will be"... but, honestly, i have no clue. i'm pulling that out of the air :)

and what's with the part about the dresses? i kept thinking i heard "...who'd never address this," or something about addressing something... because it made more sense to me, and i want to hear what i want to... but, alas, it really does sound like he's talking about dresses.

anyway, thanks for the lyrics, wehateyourhate. i definitely think this song is great. when the chorus kicks in, it's sooo good. i listen to my music way too loud, though.

Pitchfork Magazine does state that it is "I get world sick every time I take a stand", and that Kevin Drew is voicing our opinions on the frustrations that we currently have with the current world leaders.

I just changed the lyrics to "stand" instead of "step". Such a glorious song.

A beautiful song. Only BSS can make a quintet of guitars sound so melodious! I get World Sick waiting for the new album!

Is it not "My love is for my man" ? Beautiful sentiment if so.