Lady Gaga explains personal 'Disease' lyrics and music video meaning
30 October 2024, 14:36
We're unpacking the lyrics to Lady Gaga's song 'Disease'.
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The wait is over, new Lady Gaga music has arrived!
Kicking off LG7's roll out is the release of 'Disease', a dark-dance pop hit reminding us of Gaga's glory days.
After cementing herself in the acting world, Gaga has returned with new music. First with the drop of 'Harlequin' which is an album to accompany the movie Joker: Folie à Deux which she starred as Lee Quinn in.
Now, she is releasing her seventh studio album, which we have her fiancé Michael Polansky to thank for as he was the one who told her to release more pop music. While the album remains title-less and release date-less, we now know its leading track.
Here's a look inside the lyrics and meaning of Gaga's single 'Disease'.
Lady Gaga - Disease (Official Lyric Video)
What is Lady Gaga's 'Disease' about?
Page Six have described 'Disease' as a "return to form" for Gaga following her jazzy record 'Harlequin', and we'd have to agree. Their source said "it’s sonically reminiscent of her ‘Born This Way’ album, think dark dance-pop," referencing Gaga’s Grammy-nominated 2011 record. Similar to 'Bloody Mary', it's the kind of song only Gaga could make.
In the song, Gaga sings about being so incredible that being with her would cure you of any disease. She sings: I could play the doctor, I can cure your disease / If you were a sinner, I could make you believe / Lay you down like one, two, three / Eyes roll back in ecstasy.
The song's music video has been also been described as "meticulously choreographed", similar to 2009’s 'Bad Romance' and 2011’s 'Judas' but is currently yet to drop.
The US Sun previously reported that 'Disease' had been choreographed by Emmy-winner Parris Goebel, who worked on Rihanna’s 2023 Super Bowl halftime show as well as Justin Bieber’s 2015 music videos for 'What Do You Mean?' and 'Sorry.'
In the music video, Gaga plays six different versions of herself. When she released the music video on October 30th, she explained its concept, saying: "I think a lot about the relationship I have with my own inner demons. It's never been easy for me to face how I get seduced by chaos and turmoil. It makes me feel claustrophobic.
"Disease is about facing that fear, facing myself and my inner darkness, and realising that sometimes I can't win or escape the parts of myself that scare me. That I can try and run from them but they are still part of me and I can run and run but eventually I'll meet that part of myself again, even if only for a moment.
"Dancing, morphing, running, purging. Again and again, back with myself. This integration is ultimately beautiful to me because it's mine and I've learned to handle it. I am the conductor of my own symphony. I am every actor in the plays that are my art and my life.
"No matter how scary the question, the answers are inside of me. Essential, inextricable parts of what makes me me. I save myself by keeping going. I am the whole me, I am strong, and I am up for the challenge. Happy Halloween."
Lady Gaga 'Disease' music video:
Lady Gaga - Disease (Official Music Video)
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Read Lady Gaga's 'Disease' lyrics in full:
INTRO
Oh-ah-ah-ah, oh-ah-ah-ah
Oh (Woo), oh
Oh (Oh)
VERSE 1
There are no more tears to cry
I heard you beggin' for life
Runnin' out of medicine
You're worse than you've ever been
PRE-CHORUS
(Ah-ah) Screamin' for me, baby
(Ah-ah) Like you're gonna die
(Ah-ah) Poison on the inside, I could be your antidote tonight
(Ah-ah) Screamin' for me, baby
(Ah-ah) Like you're gonna die
(Ah-ah) Poison on the inside, I could be your antidote tonight
CHORUS
I could play the doctor, I can cure your disease
If you were a sinner, I could make you believe
Lay you down like one, two, three
Eyes roll back in ecstasy
I can smell your sickness, I can cure ya (Cure)
Cure your disease
VERSE 2
You're so tortured when you sleep
Plagued with all your memories
You reach out, and no one's there
Like a god without a prayer
PRE-CHORUS
(Ah-ah) Screamin' for me, baby
(Ah-ah) Like you're gonna die
(Ah-ah) Poison on the inside, I could be your antidote tonight
(Ah-ah) Screamin' for me, baby
(Ah-ah) Like you're gonna die
(Ah-ah) Poison on the inside, I could be your antidote tonight
CHORUS
I could play the doctor, I can cure your disease
If you were a sinner, I could make you believe
Lay you down like one, two, three
Eyes roll back in ecstasy
I can smell your sickness, I can cure ya (Cure)
Cure your disease
BRIDGE
Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah
Cure your disease, ah-ah-ah-ah
I can smell your sickness, I can cure ya
CHORUS
Bring me your desire, I can cure your disease
If you were a sinner, I could make you believe
Lay you down like one, two, three
Eyes roll back in ecstasy
I know all your secrets, I can cure ya
Ah, cure your disease
OUTRO
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Cure your disease
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Cure ya
Ah-ah-ah
I can smell your sickness, I can cure ya
I can cure your disease
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Cure your disease
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Cure your disease
Ah-ah-ah-ah
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