with slight lyric twists

industrial’s not dead
it just deserves to die
it become another stale cartoon
a close-minded, self-centered social club
ideas don’t matter, it’s who you know
if the music’s gotten boring
it’s because of the people
who want everyone to sound the same
who drive bright people out
of our so-called scene
til all that’s left is just a meaningless fad

who played last night?
“i don’t know, i forgot.
but getting drunk was a lot of fun.”

so eager to please
peer pressure decrees
make the same old mistakes
again and again,
chickenshit conformist like your parents

what’s ripped us apart even more than drugs
are the thieves and the goddamn liars
flipping people off when they share their stuff
when someone falls are there any friends?

harder core than thou for a year or two
then it’s time to get a real job

that farty old rock and roll attitude’s back
“it’s competition, man, we wanna break big.”
who needs friends when the money’s good
that’s right, the ’80s are back.

EBM’s like a bad laxative
it just don’t move me, ya know?
the music’s OK when there’s more ideas than samples
do we rally need the attitude too?

shedding thin skin too quickly
as a fan it disappoints me
same old stupid sexist lyrics
or is Hellraiser all you can think of?

the more things change
the more they stay the same
we can’t grow
when we won’t criticize ourselves
as the clock ticks we dig the same hole
music scenes ain’t real life
they won’t get rid of the bomb
won’t eliminate rape
or bring down the banks
any kind of real change
takes more time and work
than torrenting more shit to pass time with

• Welcome to the Jungle
• To the Jungle
• We Got Fun
• Fun and Games
• We Got Everything
• Everything You (i think this one is really great)
• Everything You Want
• We Know the Names
• Know the Names
• Money Honey
• In the Jungle
• The Jungle
• Bring You To Your Knees
• I Wanna Watch
• I Wanna Watch You
• I Wanna Watch You Bleed
• Watch You Bleed
• We Take It
• Take It Day by Day
• Day by Day
• It’s the Price
• Price You Pay
• Very Sexy Girl
• Hard to Please
• You Can Taste
• Taste the Bright Lights
• Bright Lights
• You Won’t Get Them
• Free In the Jungle
• My Serpentine (or)
• My Servant Teen (depends on who you ask as to what he’s actually saying)
• Hear You Scream
• You Scream
• It Gets Worse
• Worse Here Everyday
• Learn to Live
• Live Like an Animal
• Where We Play
• A Hunger
• A Hunger For What You See
• You Can Have Anything
• Anything You Want
• Take It From Me
• To Come Down
• So Down
• Jungle Baby
• Bring You Down
• Down, Yeah!

atmosphere – fuck you lucy (youtube, lyrics)

reason: lucy is his alcoholism

common – i used to love her (youtube, lyrics)

reason: ‘she’ is hip hop culture

assemblage 23 – disappoint (youtube, lyrics)

reason: the song is about his father’s suicide

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tangent, i used to think the lyric in disappoint was “i stood on your shoulder’s while you drowned” which to me is an even stronger line

lyrics:

I can’t tolerate your sadness

Cause it’s me you are drowning (You’re drowning me)
I won’t allow (allow) any happiness
Cause everytime you laugh, I feel so (so weak)… guilty (guilty)
I feel so guilty

Am I forced to have any regret
I’ve become the lie, beautiful and free
In my righteous own mind
I adore and preach the insanity you gave to me

Oh, sell me the infection, it is only for the weak
No need for a sympathy, the misery that is me

I’ve lost the ability to paint the clouds
Cause it’s me you’re draining (You’re draining me)
I’m stuck in this slow-motion dark tale
Cause everytime you run, I fall (fall).. behind (behind)
I fall behind

And so I hear my voice again
The tale of the bitter man there I am
Shake the silence and hear what it says
The tranquil pride that become the lie

Oh, sell me the infection, it is only for the weak
No need for a sympathy, the misery that is me

ok, here we go:

• you are drowning me, which is why i can’t tolerate your sadness (lines 1-2). you are probably drowning me in your sadness. fair enough.
• i won’t allow happiness because when you’re happy it makes me weak and guilty (lines 3-5)
• since i tolerate neither happiness or sadness, i expect you to have no strong emotions either way since they make me feel guilty and overpower me
• i am apparently profoundly emotionally unstable and have no emotional borders to call my own
• i might be forced to have regrets, but i’m not sure. i apparently would rather not have to have a conscience unless i really have to, implying my higher emotional functions are tied to societies expectations of me, as if society could really check if i feel regretful for some of my actions.(line 6)
• i am a also now a lie and have been driven insane by you. most probably by your happiness and sadness, those “mood” things. (lines 7-9)
• i am however righteous in my own head where i totally believe the various ‘insane’ world views you gave me. these i’m ok with, but not with the emotions from line 1-4. (line 8 )
• sell me your infection, that you already have, which is only for weak people. i will now remind you that i am weak because you’re happy, which i don’t want you to be, meaning i don’t want to be weak, but i still want the infection that is for weak people. i am very confused as to that i want. (line 10)
• no need for sympathy for the misery that is me. really. i am miserable, and i’m telling you that i’m miserable, but please, i insist don’t feel sympathy for poor old miserable me. really. also, don’t be happy or sad, back from verse 1. (line 11)
• i’ve lost the ability to paint clouds because you’re draining me. apparently i used to be an artist, back before you insisted on being happy and sad, or maybe before i started adoring your insanity, or maybe before i decided i wanted to be infected as a weak person (lines 12-13)
• i am now trapped in a ‘slow-motion dark tale’, which implies i’m in a bad place, however i adore being insane in my righteous mind, so i’m both trapped in a bad place and happy to be in a good place (lines 14-16  + 8-9)
• at this point i hear myself again and i am a bitter man recounting my tale. so i’m only sort of in a good place, and i’m mostly in a bad place like in lines 14-16. (lines 17-18)
• tranquil pride has become a lie (line 20). we’re not positive whose pride this is, but before it said that i became a lie (line 7), so it’s probably my tranquil pride.
• i here point out that i want more infection for my weakness, but please don’t feel sad for horribly mistreated me (lines 21-22)CONCLUSIONS:
• your emotions have made me into a nervous wreck
• i went totally insane and am very happy now
• i am very unhappy now, but please infect me to keep it that way
• i’m drained of my art abilities
• i am unhappy

you know guys… you, children of bodom, and everyone else in the scene: it’s perfectly ok to sing in a language where you’re not just stringing random strings emotionally charged phrases culled from a 14-year-old’s diary

CoB almost got their own analysis post, but what can you really add to:

You can alter your look
And diversify your image
But the truth seems like
A bitch slap in your face

don’t diversify your image, bitches.