White coats to bind me, out of control
I live alone inside my mind
World of confusion, air filled with noise
Who says that my life's such a crime?
Tapped, in this nightmare
I wish I'd wake
As my whole life begins to shake
four walls surround me
an empty gaze
I can't find my way out of this maze
Cause I don't care
Fall in, fall out
Gone without a doubt, help me
I can't take the blame
They don't feel the shame
It's a madhouse
Or so they claim
It's a madhouse
Oh, am I insane?
My fears behind me, what can I do
My dreams haunt my sleep at night
Oh no, won't learn their lesson, white fills my eyes
And only then they see the light
I live alone inside my mind
World of confusion, air filled with noise
Who says that my life's such a crime?
I wish I'd wake
As my whole life begins to shake
four walls surround me
an empty gaze
I can't find my way out of this maze
Fall in, fall out
Gone without a doubt, help me
I can't take the blame
They don't feel the shame
Or so they claim
It's a madhouse
Oh, am I insane?
My dreams haunt my sleep at night
Oh no, won't learn their lesson, white fills my eyes
And only then they see the light
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This is one of anthraxs' best songs with joey singing. It is completely talking about how it feels to be insane. I think of all the songs on GTA:vice city this was my fave on the metal station.
This song means insanity baby! Yeah!
Wasn't really a METAL station... but most of it was metal...
But yes, great song, fun to outrun the cops to on vice city too..
V-rock was the 80's hair metal station..
Not really. There was a lot of hair metal, but then there was Anthrax and Slayer, too.
Anyway... it's about insanity and being in the madhouse, like you guys already said. Good song, I like it.
Fucking awesome!
Dude, if you're gonna mention the bands on V-ROCK that weren't hair metal, you can't forget about Megadeth! Come on!
This is an awesome song and Joey's vocals suit the song perfectly. The lyrics are pretty straightforward, and I think you are all correct.
One thing, though...did anybody notice that the guitar riff during the verses sounds like the guitar riff in the bridge of the Judas Priest song, "Breaking The Law"? Who sees the similarity? Anyway, once again, great song!
great song. joey's vocals are awesome! awesome guitar riffs too! all in all, a great rocker song!
This is not about being, bureaucratically, committed to an asylum. Like many Anthrax songs, it is a social commentary:- society ('the world'), on a large scale, complains about itself; yet perpetuates itself, by way of (educational and political) programmes and 'reforms' that (like a maze) do nothing but retract what was given to protestors by previous agendas. The video (symbolizing 'gay rights') depicts how a man, for example, might think, or claim, he is a woman... and/or (therefore) fit for motherly roles; as well as portraying examples of abusive/misgiven authority. A literal 'madhouse' is used as a metaphor for the macrocosm.
Those seeking intimacy/counsel/confession regarding loneliness/paranoia/guilt or fear, such as mentioned in the lyrics, are nudged (in typical Anthrax style) not to surrender to 'doctors' (whatever badge they might produce), nor yet to Catholic 'priests' for that matter; but they, or those, you yourself (privately and diligently) have deemed worthy of the confidence (this principle is that expressed in Kate Bush's "Mother Stands For Comfort" and, in a different manner, Shel Silverstein's "Boy Named Sue").