I'm really going to have to explain myself on this one, then again that's the idea. The song, Throat Full of Nails, was inspired by a disorder called allotriophagy. This disorder is defined as 'an unnatural desire to consume non-edible objects as food.' This disorder is incredibly compulsive and can be very detrimental (as I'm sure you can imagine) to one's health. Closely tied to this disorder, is the phenomenon of coughing up glass or nails which is centuries old and sits in a similar category as the stigmata. As one can imagine, were that to ever happen, the visual would probably be on par with something out of a Hellraiser movie and certainly excruciating for the victim of such a phenomenon. What is amusing about all of this (in a sick sort of way), is that we as humans have all had a sort of 'allotriophagy' disorder . . . maybe not with food (or lack thereof) but with other consumable things. We poison our thoughts by subjecting ourselves to immoralities and hate for others. We absorb all sorts of awful things without thinking twice about it, while we should be consuming positive, moral things. Agree or not, this is just another type of allotriophagy, more spiritual and figurative though.
On a technical note, a friend of mine, Darryl McEachin was kind enough to lend his organ chops to this song. The killin' B3 is all him!!!
. . . be careful what you consume.
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