meanings behind freak show

slave 
"Performing at the wishes of the crowds... having no desire for the music 
anymore, but do it anyway just to please the crowd" ~Daniel

freak
"The lyrics parallel with the Freak Show idea, of getting up in front of 
the audience and putting on your show. ~Daniel
Daniel got the idea for the opening lines ("No more maybes/Your baby's got 
rabies") from a television documentary which pictured a young child suffering 
from rabies sitting on a red ball in the Andes mountains of South America.

abuse me
"People just think you're different... like they just throwin' negative 
comments at you all the time. They don't really know what you're like. And 
that's what Abuse Me is kind of like because the lyrics are saying forget 
about 'em, just throw 'em away." ~Daniel

lie to me
"lying" ~Daniel

no association 
"Aggression towards people that seem to care but have alterior motives, just 
using you for the moment." May very possibly be directed towards uncaring 
fans and media. ~Daniel

cemetery 
"Feeling alone in a forgotten world of "good will and integrity" outside of a 
world of malice and hate." ~Daniel

the door
it's just saying to not get so pissed because life is shitty, 'let the door 
swing' and things'll get better eventually

pop song for us rejects
"That's about... drug addiction or any kind of habit or addiction holding you 
back from doing what you want to do really. It's just about not getting to do 
what you want to do and complaining about not getting what you want, but it's 
just because you're not trying to get what you want because you're always fucked 
up doing drugs or alcohol or something. It's just saying it's really stupid." 
~Daniel

learn to hate
"It's just about like, hate and stuff, and how people hate other people for silly 
reasons." ~Daniel

petrol & chlorine
"Giving up on life and withering away." ~Daniel

roses
"Feeling the drain of life, almost giving in to death, but deciding not to give up" 
~Daniel

nobody came
it's about someone who is being abused reaching and crying for help but 
nobody comes. Basically along the same lines as shade, it's about child 
abuse.

the closing
"Another song of depression and checking out of life, looking on the outside world" 
~Daniel