Queensryche - Spreading The Disease Lyrics






She always brings me what I need
Without I beg and sweat and bleed
When we're alone at night
Waiting for the call
She feeds my skin

Sixteen and on the run from home
Found a job in Times Square
Working live S & M shows
Twenty-five bucks (a fuck)
And John's a happy man
She wipes the filth away
And it's back on the streets again

Spreading the disease
Everybody needs
But no one wants to see

Father William saved her from the streets
She drank the lifeblood from the saviour's feet
She's Sister Mary now, eyes as cold as ice
He takes her once a week
On the altar like a sacrifice

Spreading the disease
Everybody needs
But no one wants to see

Religion and sex are powerplays
Manipulate the people for the money they pay
Selling skin, selling God
The numbers look the same on their credit cards
Politicians say no to drugs
While we pay for wars in South America

Fighting fire with empty words
While the banks get fat
And the poor stay poor
And the rich get rich
And the cops get paid
To look away
As the one percent rules America

Spreading the disease
Everybody needs
But no one wants to see
The way society
Keeps spreading the disease





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  1. T.... U....

    "Religion and sex are powerplays
    Manipulate the people for the money they pay
    Selling skin, selling God
    The numbers look the same on their credit cards"

  2. G.... G....

    25 bucks and fuck and John’s a happy man

  3. B.... D....

    My favorite song on one of the best metal albums of all time.

  4. C.... S....

    Metal's Tommy

  5. R.... B....

    55 years old and this album still rocks me to my core

  6. R.... 2....

    Venzeuala eh?

  7. S.... P....

    Great song. Forgot about it.

  8. M.... M....

    This was their masterpiece! One of the best concept albums..not a bad song on it..I made my own movie in my mind to this album..

  9. s.... ....

    Ed's bass riff during the chorus is flipping awesome.

  10. D.... N....

    HPV, I think is what they are singing about. It also comes from a lack of use of penicillin. It is the "not so fresh feeling" disease.

  11. D.... N....

    If you take it past the age of 40, it may not work.

  12. D.... N....

    bxtc is the vaccine for AIDS, developed in Paris, by the Dauphin.

  13. j.... c....

    Excellent album.. Got it on cassette

  14. g.... B....

    Why is the song repeated 2 times?

  15. D.... N....

    Andromeda Strain. Ben has always been more afraid of Measles than any other vaccine - as if that's the one disease that can send him to hell.
    The measles virus has two envelope glycoproteins on the viral surface—hemagglutinin (H) and membrane fusion protein (F). These proteins are responsible for host cell binding and invasion. Three receptors for the H protein have been identified to date: complement regulatory molecule CD46, the signaling lymphocyte activation molecule (SLAM) and the cell adhesion molecule Nectin-4.
    They used to have better information on the wikipedia.
    See Dark Shadows.

  16. D.... N....

    This keeps getting deleted. In 5th grade math, Dr Anarchy X said to Chloe Grace Moretz "You can't walk away now." His father chewed her out for a while then left. He said "strength" to me before he left. I laughed at Chloe. She came at me. I grabbed her by the throat. I asked angrily "Do you presume to be better than him?" (Him is the archangel Michael). Then Dr. Anarchy X came back. He struck me from behind. I explained what this is really about is preventing the destruction of the Carter family because of the archangel Belldandy.
    Dane Bane says he remembers one day (preshcool?) that the angels considered her more worthy than God one day. A light shone on her.
    In the fifth grade after winding up on the ground because archangel Michael came back and knocked me over, I got Chloe Grace Moretz to promise me something. If Belldandy goes to hell, you do too.
    I do remember something. Chloe has a terrible injury. The archangel Edea keeps her alive. If Jennifer Bruckelmeyer dies, so will Chloe Grace Moretz. I don't remember where it is. I remember crying horribly when I saw it. It's like on her haunch or something. It happened because when I was in preschool Ivy Maxine Newhouse took chicken away from me before I could bite and said "you're not eating" and had Chloe Grace Moretz horribly injured.
    Dane Bane says that means we're going to kill her for being more worthy than God.

    D.... N....

    Soundgarden

  17. D.... N....

    My college roomate now agrees po' bumpkins don't belong at college. They don't know what a marriage certificate it or consider it abnormal.
    Mindy says po bumpkins don't belong in school. It's not Godly to be poor, my bible says so.

  18. D.... N....

    Benjamin Jarrett Russell says "I thought butt fucking was holy to people who are Christian."
    That's what spreading the disease is about, anal sex.
    Then I Gene Simmons may be killed by you, what do you think about that?
    The president has ordered me to kill off the American people.
    Jane Garret is the one who made me worship Satan. (I made some sort of pledge because a nuclear explosive was present.)

    David S Freedman says the problem is that I picked the correct Jesus at birth.

    Mike Keller made all the musicians worship Satan.

  19. D.... N....

    Geoff Tate: You can burn the white house down. I don't care anymore. Meg C Fisher says this about God being raped. Fuck you for that. Doctor Anarchy X is archangel Michael II. His dad is not happy that he once said to Chloe Grace Moretz when I was in the fifth grade "You can't walk away now."
    Trent says "they were not his wives because he says they were not his wives."
    My question, who says this cunt replaces the archangel Michael? He says he is the new omeren.
    Fred Sharifi says "Omeren is the God or I kill you asshole."

  20. B.... S....

    I saw them live, did the whole album. Breathtaking. Mindcrime was Queensrÿche's best record, imo. A bit prescient too.
    "Religion and sex are power plays
    Manipulate the people for the money they pay
    Selling skin, selling God
    The numbers look the same on their credit cards
    Politicians say no to drugs
    While we can pay for wars in South America
    Fighting fire with empty words
    While the banks get fat
    And the poor stay poor
    And the rich get rich
    And the cops get paid
    To look away
    As the one percent rules America...
    =j
    Spreading the disease
    Everybody needs
    But no one wants to see
    The way society
    Keeps spreading the disease"
    Peace =j

  21. C.... M....

    Love this song

  22. A.... D....

    LYRICS:
    She always brings me what I need
    Without I beg and sweat and bleed
    When we're alone at night
    Waiting for the call
    She feeds my skin

    Sixteen and on the run from home
    Found a job in Times Square
    Working live S & M shows
    Twenty-five bucks (a fuck)
    And John's a happy man
    She wipes the filth away
    And it's back on the streets again

    Spreading the disease
    Everybody needs
    But no one wants to see

    Father William saved her from the streets
    She drank the lifeblood from the saviour's feet
    She's Sister Mary now, eyes as cold as ice
    He takes her once a week
    On the altar like a sacrifice

    Spreading the disease
    Everybody needs
    But no one wants to see
    -
    Religion and sex are powerplays
    Manipulate the people for the money they pay
    Selling skin, selling God
    The numbers look the same on their credit cards.
    Politicians say no to drugs
    While we pay for wars in South America

    Fighting fire with empty words
    While the banks get fat
    And the poor stay poor
    And the rich get rich
    And the cops get paid
    To look away
    As the one percent rules America

    Spreading the disease
    Everybody needs
    But no one wants to see
    The way society
    Keeps spreading the disease.

    Låtskrivare: Geoff Tate och Michael Wilton.

  23. R.... T....

    Say what you will about Geoff Tate but the man has left behind a timeless body of work with the rest of the band

  24. E.... W....

    Whats the disease? I dont get it.

    E.... W....

    Corruption

  25. M.... ....

    This band is too underrated imo

  26. C.... M....

    Song plays twice in the video Fu kin awesome

  27. C.... M....

    Love the album cover picture

  28. K.... F....

    I've been listening to Queensryche since I was 12...I'm 44 now and have even introduced my daughters to them when they were young and my oldest is 27...I wonderfully love them and always will! Did you know Geoff Tate sang opera first? Kick Ass Tunes, ALWAYS....!

  29. k.... ....

    Man, this song's lyrics are as relevant today as they were 30 years ago.

    k.... ....

    kainhighwind2 this whole album was a open letter to George H W Bush. It was the angst of 8 years of Reagan's presidency. A rally cry for a revolution after another republican president with Bush Sr. It's more accurate to today than ever before.

  30. C.... ....

    ♥️XXXOOOXXX♥️

  31. r.... s....

    another band that reminds me of why i love rock and roll

  32. d.... j....

    25 bucks a fuck,and John's a Happy man! Lol,love it!

  33. j.... j....

    The Apex song of the Apex album of the Apex musical time. Nothing has or will ever surpass... God's landscape here

  34. c.... t....

    I took my daughter who was 6 for her first concert to see the whole operation mindcrime concert and then took her back for the 25 anniversary concert with Geoff Tate she said I ruined every other concert for her with that being her first it was amazing

  35. j.... w....

    ..the whole album is such a master piece ..

  36. b.... 1....

    The best song from Operation Mindcrime.

  37. D.... r....

    Quem nesse mundo não gosta desse álbum?

  38. M.... G....

    fuk your god dam commercials

  39. S.... T....

    Check out panther labs a good youtube channel

  40. J.... M....

    No one makes albums like this anymore. Try taking this idea to a major label.

  41. D.... K....

    One of the best albums ever made. Back when thought was put into an album.

  42. L.... M....

    fighting fire with empty words while the banks get fat and the poor stay poor and the risk get rich and the cops get paid to look away as the one percent rules America

  43. K.... �....

    thank you for the built in loop :D

  44. b.... ....

    Fighting fire with empty words While the banks get fat
    And the poor stay poor And the rich get rich
    And the cops get paid To look away
    As the one percent rules America
    #feelthebern Bernie Sanders for president. Register and vote in the primaries. the revolutoin will not be televised

    b.... ....

    badmojo0777 Geoff Tate is a Bernie Sanders supporter

  45. S.... T....

    Hey go and check my sons channel out https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKxqz_o0Lbm4m_AIdRn7uIw its called "TheGameZone" he does Minecraft videos

    S.... T....

    +Sean Thomas Yeah thats my channel

    S.... T....

    +Sean Thomas I came here for the song. Not Minecraft.

    S.... T....

    whatever

  46. I.... Z....

    Damn good album. One of the best songs they have made.

  47. K.... M....

    How has no one turned this landmark CD into a graphic novel? or a film?

    K.... M....

    queensrhche did

    K.... M....

    It WAS made into a film. Far as I know though it was only available on VHS. Found it on Amazon for $6.

    K.... M....

    or as a revolutionary theme song???? And how are the issues in this 31 year old album still apply today in 2019????? Evil had already taken over by the time this came out and we have been fucked ever since.

    K.... M....

    They have it's called the Democratic party

    K.... M....

    Keith Barrow word? We’d all be eternally grateful if you could figure out how to upload it

  48. S.... H....

    Oh, how Tate has fallen............

    S.... H....

    +Shaun Hamilton Oh how indeed. So sad.

    S.... H....

    check out summer 2018 live clip, he sounds amazing , I'm shocked

    S.... H....

    Check out video from Operation Mimdcrme's 30th Anniversary Tour. He's getting stronger since the recent years!

  49. R.... L....

    Extended mix? lol

  50. Z.... ....

    best metal album ever.

    Z.... ....

    this is heavy metal not progressive, rage for order and promised land were prog

    Z.... ....

    Kitomir they were also considered progressive metal.i grew up during this time and owned this album

    Z.... ....

    i know they were, they still are, because of their influcence to the genre rage for order being among the first, if not the first prog metal album) but mindcrime isn't prog

    Z.... ....

    I dont know why but i their guitar tone here doesnt sound like metal to me, just really punchy and awesome :)
    And the phil collins snare sound so well used
    Love this piece, my favorite

    Z.... ....

    Best ALBUM ever.

  51. R.... L....

    Saw these guys for free at RED ROCKS. They were filming a concert scene for a movie called FORD FAIRLANE Soo as a reward for being extras we got to watch Them play operation Mindcrime

    R.... L....

    +Rodney Lawrence (Leo)..lucky.. that was in 1989...u saw them, right?..   Ford Fairlane was andrew dice clay's movie..came out 1990

    R.... L....

    +james williams yes the movie came out soon after it was a great concert they play the entire album

  52. j.... S....

    Went to go see these guys in concert with Suicidal Tendencies. I forget what year it was but it was the first time we went to Iraq. There was a huge screen behind the band showing various clips from videos. The lyric While we pay for wars in South America they changed to While we pay for wars in South Arabia and the screen filled up with video from CNN and other sources of tanks rolling across the desert and other various news time footage of the war. Needless to say the crowd went insane.     

    j.... S....

    1991 tour. I saw them in New Orleans and Pensacola.  They played Mindcrime in it's entirety.  Amazing show.

    j.... S....

    That would be the '91 Building Empires tour.  "While we pay for wars in Saudi Arabia".  I remember it well because it was the first concert I ever went to... in St. Louis at the Arena (RIP) no less.  I even have a bootleg VHS shot from the audience!

    j.... S....

    +johnjohn SmithSmithe Saw that show at the Meadowlands in Jersey. Both bands were incredible. College days were great.

    j.... S....

    +Keith Maletta me too...

    j.... S....

    I saw them in 2004!! They were projecting Iraq and Afghanistan on the screen. I dont remember all the details but it was one of the most thrilling concerts of my life (I was 16)

  53. M.... R....

    great song!the best progressive metal band ever!

  54. r.... j....

    fking love this song!!!!!

  55. G.... K....

    queensryche were modern day heavy metal protesters. talented ones too

    G.... K....

    couldn't be any more truthful they are in the space age for their time and proven in today's FUCKING bullshit political situation etc etc awesome band under rated because they tell the truth

  56. T.... W....

    best album made by man in my opinion. And thats my truth!

  57. f.... ....

    Its so great that its 2 times !!!best Queensryche video uploaded.Once is never enough for such pieces

  58. J.... P....

    It's all the same, only the names have changed...

    Shit, did I just quote Bon Jovi. WTF?

  59. T.... ....

    oh yeah,,mostly in the shower tho

  60. S.... P....

    John Doe, or Jane Doe... Those are names used to label everyday regular men and women and it has nothing to do with prostitutes or some specific John guy.

  61. z.... ....

    it's a common industry term in prostitution. Same with trick. look it up. John is used to it's association with anonymous, often used as john doe when someone can't be identified.

  62. B.... G....

    Yeah, they used a common Christian name as a slang term.

  63. B.... G....

    "25 bucks a f*** and John's a happy man..." I'd say Queensryche is spreading a disease against people called John

  64. K.... H....

    you have to take the album as a whole. The songs are pitting status quo and inertia against a revolution that is both liberating to one man but murderous to the other protaganist. Sister Mary is representative of the innocent fundamentally good people caught in the middle of great revolutions that have upended civilizations for hundreds of years.

  65. p.... ....

    You just don´t get it, do you?

  66. J.... R....

    Best Band ever

  67. Q.... ....

    Kick-ass album

  68. D.... ....

    This song fucking rules.

  69. j.... ....

    I got punked.

  70. D.... R....

    You cant just listen to one or 2 songs from this album you have to listen to the entire album all the way through.

  71. T.... G....

    "she's sister mary now, eyes as cold as ice.He takes her once a week, in the altair like a sacrifice"

  72. O.... B....

    what a voice...

  73. s.... ....

    Agree, it's funny how so much of this album still applies today. So sad.

  74. g.... ....

    ROLLING IN THE DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE E EP

  75. m.... ....

    I find it odd a commercial for obama would be the precursor to this song... Wonder if there's one on "Revolution calling" also?

  76. S.... A....

    We need to reflect on these lyrics and finally make a change to what is going on NOW, before it's too late. "But no one seems to see, the way society keeps spreading the disease." Don't contribute to their game.

  77. J.... M....

    Great song. The whole album, to me, is a masterpiece and way under-rated. Every song is cool. I bet the band was scratching their heads wondering how they were going to top it. I have the live Operation Mindcrime 1 & 2 on dvd. Geoff Tate is awesome. I have always thought that it should be a movie, but fuck it, the first one is timeless.

  78. c.... s....

    hahahahaha!little fuckin punk.little boy is getting his feelings hurt.hahahaha!

  79. c.... s....

    where do you live bitch?

  80. c.... s....

    you just don't know muthafucker!you just don't know!

  81. c.... s....

    go play with yourself.relieve some tension.

  82. c.... s....

    why do keep bringing up age.I'm old enough to "WHIP" you.lol

  83. c.... s....

    that don't mean shit me.psycho!psycho don't mean you can fight.

  84. c.... s....

    man you the one talking shit behind the keyboard.I wish I could see you face to face.And talk about stupid?your doing exactly what I want.you just need a ass kickin.you sound like one those kids everybody picked on in school.seriously tell me where are and we'll see who can back their shit up.

  85. c.... s....

    dude, just leave it the fuck alone.damn, don't you have anything better to do.psycho!Seems like you have some issues.

  86. c.... s....

    Man you're to fucking easy!I'm through with ya! go to bed you have to go to school tomorrow.kiddo show some respect to your elders.bye homo!ha!

  87. c.... s....

    go to bed! you know its past you're bedtime!

  88. c.... s....

    say what you want about me.I'm not the one getting pissed!lol

  89. c.... s....

    Man you don't know me so, quit acting like you do.I'm not the one who needs anger management.daddy didn't pay enough attention to you I bet.lol

  90. c.... s....

    lol!your to fuckin easy!

  91. c.... s....

    feelings.

  92. c.... s....

    somebody got fucked in the ass!haha!

  93. c.... s....

    fuck yeah!thats the way I like my bitches.I would pimp your punk ass out! now go rest your neck!

  94. c.... s....

    muthafucker!you were probably shitting in your fuckin diaper when this shit came out!I would bitch slap the fuck outta you if I could!I'M OLD ENOUGH TO BE YOUR DADDY!NOW GO TO BED!

  95. c.... s....

    haha!fairy?!you have to be from the u.k because real men don't talk that way.

    c.... s....

    chris stevens you’re weird!

  96. M.... ....

    Whole album was a story, truly love this one

  97. R.... L....

    By no one do you mean lots of people? Metal bands, punk bands, industrial bands all these people were talking about government/religious corruption. I love QR but they weren't unique in that respect.

  98. L.... W....

    25 bucks a FUCK and John's a happy man... she wipes the filth again and it's back on the streets agaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain!!!!

  99. R.... W....

    Great song and more relevant than ever....however, Ron Paul is still a chump.

  100. M.... M....

    @Demonglo1 I totally agree about Ron Paul!!