What does Stricken mean?

Disturbed: Stricken Meaning

Album cover for Stricken album cover

Song Released: 2005


Stricken Lyrics

You walk on like a woman in suffering
Won't even bother now to tell me why
You come alone, letting all of us savor the moment
Leaving me broken another time
You come on like a bloodstained hurricane
Leave me alone, let me be this time
You...

  1. anonymous
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    Jul 8th 2009 !⃝

    It seems to be an interpretation of a person who is in a relationship. It explains all the difficulties and struggles a relationship has. (I thought David was making a song for a girl he liked)

  2. anonymous
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    May 7th 2009 !⃝

    This song could be taken in two entirely different directions for me. In one sense it's like what just about everyone first thinks of when they hear the song (a relationship gone bad). But if you think about it the right way it could be a love song.

    I am stricken and can't let you go
    He's lovestricken and doesn't want to let her go.

    You don't know what your power has done to me
    Her faith in him has lifted him up.

    I wanna know if I'll heal inside
    He wants to know if this will pass or if this love is true.

    You'll never know how your face has haunted me
    He thinks of her all the time.

    I am crippled by all that you've done
    He's fallen head-over-heels so hard he's practically permanently fallen aka crippled.

    Into the abyss will I run
    Will he get to run away to a happy ending with his love.

    That should give you the gist of the lovey-dovey interpretation. I suppose the darker interpretation fits better but I'll leave that up to you to decide.

  3. erinw88
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    Dec 12th 2008 !⃝

    According to David, the song is "About those moments when someone comes into your life and it's almost as if you've been afflictedwith a disease you can't get rid of; devastating and debilitating."

  4. anonymous
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    Aug 18th 2008 !⃝

    I always thought this song was about a girl he loved who just left (suicide, or literal left) and left him torn up inside.

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