The Blister Exists

I think this song is about overcoming stereotypes and not conforming and whatnot, but that's not all. I also think it's about the characters struggle to find who he is while other people are trying to tell him who to be. The verses are sort of the struggle to me and the chorus is his realization that he doesn't have to find out who he is. He is who he is and that's that. He's not unequal to anyone. Everyone keeps saying that the character is telling people that he's better than them, but I think he is telling them that everyone is equal and individual. He's also saying that if he appears to conform, it's because what he is conforming to supports his views, not his piers'. It's really an epic of someone who realizes that he just needs to do what he wants and fuck everyone else. As a last thought, the sort of militaristic drum sequences in the song I think represent conforming.

this songs kicks my ass everytime i hear it! Drums are AMAZING! Lyrics awesome... The entire CD is worth buying!

well... i wuld just guess that this song is about being what you are and not changing around people. like when girls are best freinds when they are next to each other but hate each other every other time "Another number that isn't equal to any of you " -- i'm different "I control, but I comply" -- i can choose to do new things... but i dont always

I could be wrong but i think this song is about people stereotyping you constantly and you overcoming those stereotypes he's also saying dont judge me when he says "i'm a number that isn't equal to any of you hes saying im better than you.

Ooooooooooo, I love this song! Didn’t pay much interest until I watched a video of them playing it live at the London Astoria, then it was an instant favorite. The guitars are kickass in this song!! There are lots of random screaming and a cool drum solo between the three percussionists. It is about everyone being the same as the next person. The one speaking seems to be complaining about how you have to be just like everyone else to fit in, and that he isn’t like that. He says it in several ways. “I'm just another hard-line pseudo-statistic” which implies that he is a fake, not really another one of the crowd, as others view him to be. Several phrases (”I am all, but what am I? / Another number that isn't equal to any of you”, “I am the damaged one / All my life and the damage done“ and “I’m uneven!”) say that he isn’t right, and he's different. The song is about being imperfect. The name probably comes from the ideas that there is always a defect in the overall plan and that the blister ALWAYS exists.

God I love this song.

What I can make out from the chorus is that Corey is saying that he is Different! But in a special way. He isn't a terrorist agaisnt society, he just doesn't like the way it is running at the moment. Him being different and not conforming to the norm will make a difference in the world but he's not so sure what is that difference is yet. But he can still feel that difference..... If that makes sense

Well, that's what I make out of it. ;)

i listen to this song as i am bullied for being different it kind of says to me... don't care about what other people say!

I agree with whoever said this song was about coming to terms with the fact that you are flawed and that everyone else is too. And I think it might be about some other things too. Here's my shot at an interpretation.

Bones in the water and dust in my lungs Absorbing archaic like a sponge

I think this is just an opening reference to the frailness of human life. Everybody has something like this happen to them eventually. We die.

The ultimate way is the way you control But can you stay if you detach your soul?

He's talking now about the different ways of life people have and the ways we all deal with it. The second line dares to say that you could detach yourself from the world, but in the grand scheme of things...is that really safe? Or the right thing to do?

Bury the present and squeeze out the past The ones you endear to never last Chemical burns and the animalistic I'm just another hardline pseudo-statistic

He's saying that we have to forget our past mistakes and forget our present situations, because the ones we love won't even be there in the end. Eventually we will be forced to let go of everything. He also realizes that in the grand scheme of things he is only another stat in the status quo, doing exactly as his experiences have taught him, like everyone else. Just a victim to influence.

Can you feel this? I'm dying to feel this Can you feel this?

He wants to feel the meaning behind it all. Why we are all here and so insignificant and flawed

Blood on the paper and skin on my teeth Trying to commit to what's beneath

Maybe he's referring to human nature. To Kill and eat and survive? Although the second line could mean a lot of things. Maybe trying to commit to another view of life?

To find the time is to lose the momentum You learn the lessons and immediately forget them Automatic and out of my reach Consult all the waste to find the key

This part sounds like he's saying that even if we try to unravel all the meaning and lessons behind life, we'll never group it all together. It's just out of his reach. The "key" to life is out of reach.

Minimal life and the polysyllabic I'm just another blank page - push the button, pull the rage

He's just another page in the story of humanity. Insignificant and minimal. It's upsetting

Can you feel this? I'm dying to feel this Can you feel this?

I am all, but what am I? Another number that isn't equal to any of you I control, but I comply Pick me apart, then pick up the pieces I'm uneven

This is talking about all the people in the world that will say and think that they are better than him. And he's fed up with the thought of it. Even though he knows he has his own free will to make of life what he wants of it, he's still just complying with his experiences like everyone else. But he doesn't want to be this and declares his uneveness from the crowd.

I am the damaged one All my life and the damage done

Can you feel this? I'm dying to feel this Can you feel this?

I am all, but what am I? Another number that isn't equal to any of you I control, but I comply Pick me apart, then pick up the pieces I'm uneven

Every single comment on this page is way the fuck off... this song is obviously about authority, power, class and the violence perpetuated to keep a position higher than that of a lower class citizen...

this is Song is a lot like heretic anthem , is about Doing the Oposite Of what people want u to do, or expect u to do, And they did, people expected the new album to heavier than ever, but it wanst, it was the Slowest and More lyrical Album yet :) "another number that isnt equal to any of you" , isnt that like " if ur 555, im 666" ?