[SICK PARADE] 08 - SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE LIFE

[Intro | immediate continuation] [ALARM] [System Voice] WARNING! PATIENT APPEARS ALIVE! [RIFF] [Male | manic] OH NO! [Verse 1 | rapid theatrical delivery] Temperature rising! Pulse detected! Unauthorized thought has been connected! Patient laughing without consent! Possible case of genuine content! Eyes are wet! Why are they wet?! [System Voice] EMOTIONAL LEAK DETECTED. [Male] I think I'm crying! [System Voice] Please stop. [Male] I CAN'T! [System Voice] Please stop. [Male] I DON'T WANT TO! [Pre-Chorus | accelerating] Heartbeat! [System] ABNORMAL! Desire! ABNORMAL! Doubt! ABNORMAL! Love! SEVERELY ABNORMAL! [Male] What about breathing? [silence] [System] ...under review. [Chorus | huge] WARNING! WARNING! PATIENT APPEARS ALIVE! HE'S LAUGHING! HE'S CRYING! HE'S ASKING FUCKING WHY! WARNING! WARNING! WE CANNOT STABILIZE! HE'S SHOWING EVERY SYMPTOM OF A HUMAN FUCKING LIFE! [Verse 2 | frantic] Patient reports an urge to dance! [System] Suppress. [Male] An urge to love! Suppress. An urge to leave! SUPPRESS. An urge to— [whisper] ...stay. [System] Contradiction detected. [Male] Yeah. That's kind of the point. [groove shifts] I want her. I hate her. I miss her. I'm done. I need everybody. Leave me alone. I know who I am. I haven't a clue. I swear I'm certain. Maybe that's true. [System Voice | glitching] INCONSISTENT. INCONSISTENT. INCONSISTENT. [Male] HUMAN. [Chorus] WARNING! WARNING! PATIENT APPEARS ALIVE! HE'S LAUGHING! HE'S CRYING! HE'S ASKING FUCKING WHY! WARNING! WARNING! WE CANNOT STABILIZE! HE'S SHOWING EVERY SYMPTOM OF A HUMAN FUCKING LIFE! [Breakdown | grotesque medical rhythm] [System Voice] Commencing treatment. Remove anger. [Male] NO. Remove sadness. NO. Remove fear. NO. Remove desire. NO! Remove grief. NO! Remove doubt. NO! Remove love. [long silence] [Male] Touch that one... and I'll fucking kill you. [crushing riff] [Male | screamed] I WANT THE FEAR! I WANT THE PAIN! I WANT THE SUN! I WANT THE RAIN! I WANT TO LOVE! I WANT TO GRIEVE! I WANT THE RIGHT TO FUCKING FEEL! [System Voice] PATIENT RESISTING TREATMENT. [Male] GOOD! [Final Chorus] WARNING! WARNING! PATIENT IS STILL ALIVE! STILL LAUGHING! STILL CRYING! STILL ASKING FUCKING WHY! WARNING! WARNING! NO NEED TO STABILIZE! THESE AREN'T FUCKING SYMPTOMS— [band stops] [Male | breathless] This... is life. [heartbeat] [System Voice | corrupted] Life... Life... Li-li-li— [Male] Yeah. Deal with it. [END]