Criminal Lyrics

Lyric discussion by atool 

Cover art for Criminal lyrics by Disturbed

to me this song can be easily interpreted.

"Malevolent criminal eye Motivation paints my mind Cross the invisible line and you'll be paid in kind"

this part is more of an eye for an eye thing. he is motivated, he has a reason, and if he's pushed, you will get your just desserts.

"Criminal This suffering It makes me think like a Criminal The suffering When we're alone"

when bad things happen to a person, they tend to do bad things. and the "when we're alone" part, i think that's supposed to mean that when a person is alone for a long period of time they can act strangely or think differently.

"A hunger coming over me As I learn to hide the agony To make a final remedy To close the door once and for all"

he wants to hide from the pain and forget about what's happened about him.

"In a world that I don’t want to know With a message that I never want to send To be free from all of this I want you to quicken my end Don't tell me I can not go With the wound that refuses to mend Deliver me from all of this I want you to quicken my end"

he sees the world become a horrible place and he's not making it any better so before he can do more damage he wants someone to end his life.

"Now you want to know You want a name You want to call me a motherfucker? Now you want to know You want a name You want to say it doesn't matter?"

this part is just letting them know that if he's insulted it won't bother him because he will get back at them.

"Now that you wanna know Now you wanna name Now you wanna place Now you wanna time Now you want it all"

he's challenging his enemies to a fight that will determine the way things end.

well in overall i think this is one of the better songs in the new album, great music, great lyrics, great vocals. disturbed has done it again! keep it up!

Good interpretation. I like the originality and implicit nature.