Garbage with a Good Message

Ever since RockBand came out for the XBox 360, I've been hooked onto Garbage. Their only single that was available to play on the console was "I Think I'm Paranoid," one of their catchier singles, but I wasn't satisfied with this. I needed more Garbage. Fortunately, my dad has one of the most random compilations of CD's I have ever seen (a total of about 650 CD's ranging from Metal to Movie Soundtracks) and within its myriad contents, I found a little more Garbage.

One song that stuck to me was from their second album, aptly titled "Version 2.0." The song's name is "Medication." On a surface level, the listener can hear a woman's plea for help in resolving society's lack of consideration for others and actually getting her say for once with its intense chorus: "Somebody get me out of here, I'm tearing at myself. Nobody gives a damn about me or anybody else."

On a deeper level, I see a rebellion against male dominance of a relationship. The story of the song reveals a woman being kept on some form of medication to calm her down so she doesn't go against a man's wishes. Here are the full lyrics:

I don't need an education
I learnt all I need from you
They've got me on some medication
My point of balance was askew
It keeps my temperature from rising
My blood is pumping through my veins

Chorus:
Somebody get me out of here
I'm tearing at myself
Nobody gives a damn about me or anybody else

I wear myself out in the morning
You're asleep when I get home
Please don't call me self defending
You know it cuts me to the bone
And it's really not surprising
I hold a force I can't contain

Chorus

And still you call me co-dependent
Somehow you lay the blame on me
And still you call me co-dependent
Somehow you lay the blame on me

Somebody get me out of here
I'm tearing at myself
I've got to make a point these days
To extricate myself

Chorus

And still you call me co-dependent
Somehow you lay the blame on me
And still you call me co-dependent

Somehow you lay the blame on me (3x)

Everything she wants to bring to the public eye is in these lyrics. The first two lines of the song! She doesn't need an education because her man has taught her well. She admits that she's always been the submissive one in the relationship, yet something wants to come out of her. This resolution lies in the bridge of the song: "I've got to make a point these days to extricate myself." She wants to be heard. Inside, she dislikes the fact that others are always trying to control her...to hold her back. This wasn't one of their more popularized songs, yet this is the song that most, if not all, people could relate to at at least some point in their lives. No matter who we are, we always fall under the control of someone else. Someone else will always be holding us back, no matter how powerful we are.

Would it be possible for everyone to live as free and self-serving members of society without interfering with the control of another person's life? Will we all be stuck on medication or is there any way to pull the plug and walk away breathing?

I had to YouTube it because I couldn't find the song on LaLa...hmm....is it that unpopular of a song?