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Beartooth

Disease

Release date: 27th September 2018

From Disease
Track 2
3:48
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About This Track

Beartooth's 'Disease' confronts the weight of mental struggle with the directness of someone who has stopped pretending. The track moves between moments of collapse and desperate self-examination: the narrator admits to faking strength, feeding insecurity despite knowing the cost, burying pressure beneath a manufactured smile. There is no metaphorical distance here. The song asks whether clarity might become a cure, but the repeated refrain suggests the answer remains uncertain, caught between the grip of something that will not loosen and the faint hope that surrender might bring wholeness. The production matches this tension. Beartooth builds the track around a cyclical structure that mirrors the spiral of the lyrics, each repetition of the central question adding weight rather than resolution. It is a song about being stuck at the surface, unable to progress, and the music reflects that sense of being trapped in a loop. The intensity never breaks; it simply deepens, turning the personal into something that feels both intimate and inescapable.

"Disease" is a track by Beartooth, from the album Disease, released 27th September 2018. The track is 3:48 long. It's filed under Hard Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Beartooth.

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Beartooth

Beartooth

Lyrics

Disease

If I fall again, will it be the end?
I know it's wrong
You think I'm strong but I just pretend
Is it taking over?
Will it bury me?
Or will clarity become the cure for my disease?

Stuck at the surface
Not making progress
Falling apart
Well I'm trying my hardest

Looking for answers
Finding a rope
Is the noose getting tighter?
I'm losing control

Will the end make me whole again?

It's like holding on
When my grip is lost
I still feed my insecurity when I know the cost
Is it taking over?
Will it bury me?
Or will clarity become the cure for my disease?

I'm getting older
Still lost as ever
Faking a smile while I bury the pressure
Why does this happen?
I should be fine
But I can't shake the feeling I'm living a lie

Will the end make me whole again?

It's like holding on
When my grip is lost
I still feed my insecurity when I know the cost
Is it taking over?
Will it bury me?
Or will clarity become the cure for my disease?

If I fall again, will it be the end?
I know it's wrong
You think I'm strong but I just pretend
Is it taking over?
Will it bury me?
Or will clarity become the cure for my disease?

It's like holding on
When my grip is lost
I still feed my insecurity when I know the cost
Is it taking over?
Will it bury me?
Or will clarity become the cure for my disease?

Become the cure for my disease

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Track details

From Disease

3:482018
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Album
Disease
Disease
Beartooth
28th September 2018
Track number
2
Release year
2018
  1. 1Greatness or Death
    3:22
  2. 2Disease
    3:48
  3. 3Fire
    3:26
  4. 4You Never Know
    3:03

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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Caleb Shomo
    Producer
    Caleb Shomo
    Drums
    Caleb Shomo, Connor Denis
    Guitar
    Caleb Shomo, Kamron Bradbury, Zach Huston
    Vocals
    Caleb Shomo
    Additional Production
    Kamron Bradbury, Oshie Bichar
    Bass Guitar
    Caleb Shomo, Oshie Bichar
    Mastering Engineer
    Ted Jensen
    Mixing Engineer
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    Recording Engineer
    Caleb Shomo, Peter Geiser, Zakk Cervini
    Video Executive Producer
    Daniel Livschutz
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