You are enemy
You are my hated enemy
I am enemy
Number-one rated enemy
I'm a labeled enemy
I am your mortal enemy
My actions enemy
Make me your bitter enemy
Chorus:
All the world around enemy
They're tearing up the ground enemy
They're drawn in by the sound
Enemy, enemy, I must eliminate my enemy
Your people enemy
My people's hated enemy
What are you enemy
Though a created enemy
Terminate the enemy
Eradicate the hated enemy
I am an enemy
My very greatest enemy
Chorus
You try to tell me that you love life
Then find another way to kill life
Wanting, love life
Needing, kill life
Wanting, love life
Needing, kill your
Enemy
Disturbed 2000
Disturbed was formed in 1996 when singer David Draiman joined the band. Prior to that they were known as Brawl. Vocalist Erich Awalt left the band after recording a demo and the thus Draiman found his opening. Since then Disturbed has sold over 11 million records and have released three consecutive studio albums that have debuted at number-one on the Billboard 200.
This song comes off Disturbed's debut album "The Sickness" which was released in March of 2000. I think in general this is one of those songs where there are a million different interpretations but one can usually fit it somewhere into their life at any given time. You can look at from a very deep, serious perspective. The enemy here being war or a good vs. evil theory. It could mean to someone a personal battle, be it drugs or alcohol, any addiction that threatens ones well being.
I heard this song while on the track today and I couldn't help but think it sort of fit. Not nearly as serious as the above mentioned ideas but fitting to me personally none the less. My "enemy" at that moment was quitting, stopping when my legs were tired, sitting down when my shins began to tense but I didn't instead I pushed harder and faster. My determination to "beat" the desire to quit was much stronger and at the end of the run I felt fantastic. In general the song has much stronger lyrics I think than simply wanting to quit running but at the moment in time when it played it fit in perfectly.
So this was my anthem for the day, what do you think?
Very cool song, I listened to this a lot when I watched my brother struggle with his drug addiction. The song really seemed to fit. And he won and is healthy and striving today so I guess it worked.
ReplyDeleteNice choice, what's next?
PS you forgot the video ;-)
Ahh, yes, I remember picking this album up on the day it was released. I was in the indie record shop looking for some new tunes. They had this set up on the metal listening station, so I thought to check it out. I was blown away by the heavy synth of "The Game" and was ready to tear down the store with "Stupify". This was indeed a nice discovery and to me remains their best album overall. I was not aware that Draiman wasn't the original vocalist, good catch on that, Mardi. Just like Pantera before and Drowning Pool after (both bands replaced their original vocalists), the addition of a powerful voice can send you into the elite of the music world.
ReplyDeleteLyrically this song is a battle cry meant to enrage and frenzy. The lyrics are vague enough to apply to just about any situation, just as Mardi points out. I can't really see where it could be deeply interpreted, unless one chooses to read too much between the lines. If I'm not mistaken, however, Draiman is Jewish and around 1999-2000 Israel was experiencing some pretty bad problems with the PLO out of Gaza (I can remember seeing Palestinian protestors outside the Israeli embassy here in Houston). Perhaps he wrote this as a mockery of the PLO's values versus their actions? Whatever his motivations for writing these lyrics, he kept it simple and open to interpretation.
All in all, an interesting choice of song, but not a bad one at all. I'm debating on whether to take us into the circles of Hell again, but we'll see where my mind goes for the next song.