Disease Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Brendan Leahy 

Cover art for Disease lyrics by Ark, The

I can't believe it's not about AIDS...the symptoms described seem so specific:

Belly aches, hair falls off Skin gets covered with liver spots Blood in the mouth and a racking cough Head gets filled With feverish thoughts

What does that sound like to you? Still, Ola wouldn't like about these things...

Many of the symptoms described aren't specific to any disease. I'm taking a class on the sociology of ageing at the moment (which is why this interpretation pops into my head) and some of the symptoms are incredibly easy to link to age- something that's considered a "disease" by much of western society. Looking at it from that perspective, there's the idea of growing old together.

There's plenty of other specific diseases that fit those symptoms to some degree (cancer is another that jumps into my head right away). Based on Ola's description, I'd guess that disease is...