Destroyer Destroyer were a mathcore band from Oklahoma City. They are notor… Read Full Bio ↴Destroyer Destroyer were a mathcore band from Oklahoma City. They are notoriously different from their other mathcore counterparts, opting to shy away from spazz noise riffs and instead having highly detuned tech songs (with the help of 7 string guitars) backed with odd time signatures and polyrhythms. DD released their first ep "The Spiderbear Tales" as a split with grindcore band Vessels Cast From Crippled Hands and were then signed to Debello. Soon after, they released the ep "The Dead Sleep Like Us For A Reason" which was bought with much acclaim in the underground scene. Recently, Destroyer Destroyer has left Debello in favor of a three album contract with Goodfellow Records, where they plan to tour with fellow labelmates The Handshake Murders. Destroyer Destroyer has currently completed their newest album, "Littered With Arrows", and plan to release it on October 17, 2007.

Don't Be Ridiculous Doctor
Destroyer Destroyer Lyrics

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Get your affairs in order. You're infected with a rare case of homogony. We humans aren't that simple. Take it back, naive! Don't blame me, I'm inadequate. You have zero days to

Overall Meaning

live, and that's if you're lucky. Don't be ridiculous, doctor. Can't you see that we're all dying of an overdose of certainty? These lyrics speak to the dangers of intellectual arrogance and the harm it can cause. The first line, "Get your affairs in order," sets a serious tone, implying that the subject is facing a grave situation. The next line, "You're infected with a rare case of homogony," suggests that the subject is suffering from a condition that causes them to perceive everyone else as the same, or as conforming to some kind of norm. This could be an allegory for a person's dogmatic beliefs, which can lead to a kind of intellectual blindness.

The next line, "We humans aren't that simple," asserts that there is complexity to human nature and that it can't be boiled down to a single perspective. The line "Don't blame me, I'm inadequate" suggests that the person speaking is admitting their own limitations and that they can't be held entirely responsible for the subject's illness. The last line, "You have zero days to live, and that's if you're lucky," is a powerful one, implying that the subject's condition is terminal and that they have little time left.

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