Falling Sickness was a Riverside, California based Punk Rock band, consisti… Read Full Bio ↴Falling Sickness was a Riverside, California based Punk Rock band, consisting of Fritz Aragon (vocals, guitar), Zach (vocals, bass), Gabe Gil (vocals), and Angel Ieven (drums). After six years of being an unsigned band and playing mostly local shows, Falling Sickness were signed to Hopeless Records in 1995. Their debut record Right On Time was released soon after in January of 1996. The record which chronicled the first six years of the band is "about drinking, daydreaming and fucking up; a testament of our youth. After all, when we started [Gabe] was only 17 and Fritz was 14".[1] Their next, and final, record as a band, Because the World Has Failed Us Both was released in February of 1998 also on Hopeless Records. 'Because the World Has Failed Us Both' is "about our growing up" and focuses more on worldly politics rather than the teenage politics of 'Right On Time'. In 2000, Falling Sickness disbanded. Since then, Fritz and Angel have formed the band Dogs of Ire.

Simple Needs
Falling Sickness Lyrics

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At nights when all us weirdo freaks
Crawl out and have a blast
Making sense ain't easy
The daylight hours can't save us now
We'll leave them in the past
Making sense ain't easy
We're tired of being let down
We're tired of thinking too much alone

Let's fit into something else
We haven't yet outgrown
We're the dreamers no one cares to meet
Driven by inspiration
Making sense ain't easy
The punx they won't show on tv
Content in out isolation
Making sense ain't easy
This world can't use a fuck up
It's so quick to suck up
All the phony shit
I get drugged up to escape
It's too easy to get all tangled up
In life's big net of nothing
Meaning can be found in the simplest things
Escape ain't exactly hiding

We all need some hiding
From everything

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Falling Sickness's song "Simple Needs" capture the desire for escapism and the struggle to find meaning in a world that often feels phony and unsatisfying. The opening lines describe a sense of community among misfits and oddballs, who come out at night to enjoy themselves because making sense of things is too difficult during the daylight hours. The chorus discusses the frustration of feeling let down and alone, and the desire to fit into something else that hasn't been outgrown. The verses touch upon the themes of inspiration, isolation, and the struggle to find meaning in a world that seems to prioritize the phony and superficial.

Line by Line Meaning

At nights when all us weirdo freaks
During the night, when all the unconventional outsiders come out

Crawl out and have a blast
Emerging and thoroughly enjoying ourselves

Making sense ain't easy
Being rational is not a natural or effortless thing

The daylight hours can't save us now
During the day, we can't find refuge or safety

We'll leave them in the past
We'll abandon them in the past

We're tired of being let down
We're weary of being disappointed

We're tired of thinking too much alone
We're exhausted from overthinking everything by ourselves

Let's fit into something else
Let's try to conform into something new

We haven't yet outgrown
We haven't figured out how to surpass our current situation

We're the dreamers no one cares to meet
We're daydreamers nobody wants to meet or understand

Driven by inspiration
Motivated by creative stimulation