1) Forcefu… Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple artists who go by the name Medication;
1) Forceful and heavy yet consistently melodic, Medication was a Los Angeles-based alternative rock combo that included ex-members of Soulfly, Machine Head, dayinthelife, Skrew, Life of Agony and Ugly Kid Joe.
For all its intensity and aggression, the band is never without a strong sense of melody. Medication isn’t the sort of alterna-rock outfit that believes in bombast for the sake of bombast; their songs tend to be hard-driving yet intricate. All five members of Medication, which formed in L.A. in the late ’90s, have belonged to other alternative rock and/or alternative metal bands. Lead singer Whitfield Crane was with Life of Agony and Ugly Kid Joe, while guitarist B-Blunt is a graduate of dayinthelife and bassist Kyle Sanders is a former member of Piece Dog and Skrew. Guitarist Logan Mader and drummer Roy “Rata” Mayorga have both been with Soulfly; Mader is also a graduate of Machine Head and Mayorga belonged to a band called Thorn before he joined Soulfly in 1996. The ones who first got the ball rolling for Medication were Crane and Mader, who became friends in 1998 at Ozzy Osbourne’s Ozzfest. At that point, Crane was still with Life of Agony, which, like Soulfly, was among the bands on the 1998 Ozzfest bill. When Crane’s role as Life of Agony’s lead singer ended in early 1999, he was ready to start a new band with Mader. Later that year, Crane and Mader joined forces with B-Blunt and Mayorga; with that four-man lineup in place, Medication (which was originally called the Pale Demons) played its first show at the Gig, a club on Hollywood’s trendy Melrose Avenue.
The thing that Medication lacked during its early months was a full-time bassist, but the band solved that problem after hiring Sanders at the recommendation of drummer Dan Richardson. Crane knew Richardson from Life of Agony, although the drummer had been with Pro-Pain before that. Sanders was still living in Atlanta when Richardson informed him that Medication was looking for a bassist; when Medication decided that Sanders was the man for the job, he moved to L.A. After playing the L.A./Hollywood club scene consistently in 2000, Medication went on a national tour in 2001. And in early 2002, the band signed with Spain’s Locomotive Music, which had decided to open an L.A. office. Medication was Locomotive’s first American signing; before Medication, the label was known for European acts such as Spain’s Tierra Santa, the Netherlands’ Elegy, and Finland’s Lost in Tears. Locomotive released Medication’s self-titled debut EP in the U.S. in early April 2002.
2) Medication, a home recording project from Connecticut that delves into the drifting echo-filled world of Mikey Hyde, who makes no qualms about addressing the despair and melancholy vibes swirling around his cranium. With jangling, distant orchestrations plodding alongside the beat of an old gypsy drum, this might just be the epically Autumnal record that sets you straight this year, and fans of Pink Reason might just find a new perennial favorite within these desolate grooves. Additionallly, Mikey’s first 7” has been described as “The Keggs on acid”, an apt comparison.
Nothing Left
Medication Lyrics
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and everything i had before
has gone so far away
no mistake i wanted more
hesitate to let it go
and i am gone
you will follow me
i'll follow you
nothing left to do now
nothing left to do
i can't take it anymore
and what i need i had before
and now i fade away
make me wait what was it for
show me where i started from
and i am gone
walking away
nothing more left to say
oh yeah
feeling alright
no excuse left to fight
oh yeah
and i say
These lyrics to Medication's song "Nothing Left" are about feeling frustrated and disillusioned with life. The opening line "I can't take it anymore, and everything I had before has gone so far away" suggests that the singer is overwhelmed by their current situation and feels like they have lost everything that was important to them. They wanted more out of life, but something went wrong and they could not hold on to what they had.
The next lines "No mistake I wanted more, hesitate to let it go, and I am gone" suggest that the singer may have had some opportunities or dreams and refused to let them go. However, as time went on, they realized they had to let go of those things and move on with life. The singer is resigned to their fate saying "you will follow me, I'll follow you, and there is nothing left to do now, nothing left to do now, nothing left to do." This suggests that the singer is moving on, and they want their loved ones to follow them as they navigate through life.
The bridge "show me where I started from, and I am gone, walking away, nothing more left to say, oh yeah, feeling alright, no excuse left to fight, oh yeah" suggests that the singer has accepted their current situation and is ready to move on. They don't have any more excuses to fight or hold on to the past. In the end, the singer is saying that they are feeling alright and there is nothing left to say.
Line by Line Meaning
i can't take it anymore
I have reached my limit and can no longer handle the situation.
and everything i had before
I have lost everything I possessed before.
has gone so far away
Everything I had is now completely out of reach.
no mistake i wanted more
I admit I was greedy and wanted more than what I had.
hesitate to let it go
I am reluctant to let go of things, even if it's necessary.
and i am gone
I have already left and moved on from the situation.
you will follow me
Others will follow my lead and actions.
i'll follow you
Alternatively, I will follow the actions of others.
and there is nothing left to do now
There are no more actions or decisions to be made in the situation.
nothing left to do now
Repeating the previous line; there is absolutely nothing else to be done.
i can't take it anymore
I still cannot handle the situation, even after accepting that there's nothing left to be done.
and what i need i had before
I had everything I needed before, but now it's gone.
and now i fade away
I am disappearing or losing significance in the situation.
make me wait what was it for
I am left waiting for something and wondering about its purpose.
show me where i started from
I want to see my origin point, where it all began.
and i am gone
Again, emphasizing that I have already left the situation.
walking away
I am physically leaving the situation.
nothing more left to say
There is nothing left to be said about the situation.
feeling alright
Despite the situation, I am currently feeling okay or fine.
no excuse left to fight
There are no more reasons to continue fighting or arguing about the situation.
oh yeah
An exclamation conveying an emotional response or attitude.
and i say
The start of a possibly new statement or thought.
Contributed by Adalyn P. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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