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Disturbed Meanings

Disturbeds name meaning
It was a name that David was thinking of for years. It symbolized everything they were feeling at the time. The philosophy behind it is that you live in a world where you’re barraged by stimuli. Everyone is always trying to make you into something that you are not.

They’re telling you how to dress, what you should eat, how you should look, what music you should listen to, what’s cool and what’s not. It’s not allowing you any ability on your own to develop yourself as an individual. That is what we are completely against.

You should do whatever gives you inspiration. Whatever gives you meaning. In how you should act, how you should represent yourself and how you should be. Our whole lives other members of the band and especially myself have been outcasts of sorts.We’re not really sheep following the flock.

We’re all kind of the black sheep. It’s just that when you stand out like that people think there is something wrong with you or that you’re sick or twisted or disturbed or whatever the case may be

The Sickness Meanings

SYMBOL ON SICKNESS COVER?
It shows the monster being born. This is the monster that society has created by years and years of its efforts to subjugate the individual inside the womb, gestating. The monster is not David Draiman, nor is it any band member.

What is the Sickness?
"Born out of what society has done or tried to do. The whole idea behind the sickness – the philosophy behind it is that you live in a world where you’re barraged by stimuli – whether you open up a magazine or you turn on the TV, or your parents preach to you, or the church, or whatever you believe in.

Everyone is always trying to make you into something that you are not. They’re telling you how to dress, what you should eat, how you should look, what music you should listen to, what’s cool and what’s not. It’s not allowing you any ability on your own to develop yourself as an individual.

That is what we are completely against. The sickness is a philosophy of individuality and development of self and just living life with passion. Whatever it is that moves you – you should do. Whatever gives you inspiration. Whatever gives you meaning. In how you should act, how you should represent yourself and how you should be.

Our whole lives other members of the band and especially myself have been outcasts of sorts. We’re not really sheep following the flock. We’re all kind of the black sheep. It’s just that when you stand out like that people think there is something wrong with you or that you’re sick or twisted or disturbed or whatever the case may be.

That’s what we wish to infect the rest of the world with – the cure, the sickness."

Believe Meanings

SYMBOL ON BELIEVE COVER?
The symbol you see on the cover stand for Universal Belief. In it contains the four major religions: Celtic Cross, Star of David, Pentacle, and the Cresent Moon of Islam. The symbol is NOT satanic. NEVER WAS.

Prayer's video banned from most TV?
It was in fact banned from TV stations. Some people thought that it depicted scenes from 9/11, when in fact it had nothing to do with it.

The song is about a conversation with the idea of the God that common Judeo-Christian theology would have you believe in.

It speaks to the indominable nature of the human spirit, that no matter what life, fate, or God throws at you, you have the strength and wherewithal to get through it.

10,000 Fists Meanings

What is the theme behind it?
"STRENGTH, POWER, UNITY, AND DEFIANCE."
“There’s true substance, true passion, true emotion and relevancy to all of these songs,” explains DAVID. “And it’s an interesting record, in that it seems to really effectively fuse elements from our last two records, like the aggression and darkness of the first, with the more melodic and complex nature of the second.”

Indestructible Meanings

What is the theme behind it?
"STRENGTH, POWER, UNITY, AND DEFIANCE."
Similar to the last album. Hence the reason they guys named it "Indestructible"

Asylum Meanings

What is the theme behind it?
It deals with the duel meaning of the word "Asylum" Dealing with the memory of a lost loved one driving you to the brink of insanity, yet that memory is a haven for you.

It's also a safe place that you go to hide in. So while trapped within the memory on a certain level, you don't want to be set free from it.

There's a dual meaning to the word "asylum." Asylum is classically known to be a madhouse, but asylum also means a safe place, somewhere where somebody can have refuge. And so it is meant to outline the duality of that meaning.

That I seek the asylum of joining her in the grave. It's very dark, very fucked up, as usual.

The Guy Meanings

Who is "The Guy"?
The guy is the original 2D face from the Sickness album. The one on Ten Thousand Fists and Indestructible is just a 3D version of the one from The Sickness.

Mike Wengren's nephew used to see the 2D icon and used to be really afraid of him. He used to whisper "That's the guy! That's the guy, isn't it!"