This song is possibly a subconscious expression of John Davis' circumcision trauma. Lines like "something takes a part of me" and "something lost and never seen" leave little to one's imagination with lines like "a cheap fuck for me to lay" "something raped and taken from me" show the sexual undertones of genital mutilation.
"Feeling like I have no release" could be related to difficulty to masturbate or reach orgasm which is common for circumcised man.
The ending "Boom na da mmm dum na ema da boom na da mmm dum na ema" depicts the desperate gurgling of a strapped down baby in a state of shock going through intense pain while the foreskin is amputated, with the ending lines "Fight...some things they dddiiee... Part of me... " being a fitting ending in this context.
The title "freak on a leash" might refer to dogs, which oftenly have their tail dogs. Possibly Davis felt he was treated like a dog.
This song is possibly a subconscious expression of John Davis' circumcision trauma. Lines like "something takes a part of me" and "something lost and never seen" leave little to one's imagination with lines like "a cheap fuck for me to lay" "something raped and taken from me" show the sexual undertones of genital mutilation.
"Feeling like I have no release" could be related to difficulty to masturbate or reach orgasm which is common for circumcised man.
The ending "Boom na da mmm dum na ema da boom na da mmm dum na ema" depicts the desperate gurgling of a strapped down baby in a state of shock going through intense pain while the foreskin is amputated, with the ending lines "Fight...some things they dddiiee... Part of me... " being a fitting ending in this context.
The title "freak on a leash" might refer to dogs, which oftenly have their tail dogs. Possibly Davis felt he was treated like a dog.