Protect Me From What I Want

I have two interpretations, both of them makes sense to me

One is that the song is a refference to the AIDS Pandemic which started at about thirty years ago, making it "The Disease of the age". Also, it is a STD, so it's our fault that it is spreading to everywhere, also making it "The Disease that we crave". The HIV is not rare between teenagers, and it is easily caught at parties and raves, so, at the end of the rave, he goes to home and lives a normal day, which matches with the second verse. Then, the Chorus talks about the sex, it's a temptation that everyone suffers, but it has it's consequences, like pregnancy and AIDS. He asks to be protected from something he wants, which would mean, to be protected from STD's. After the chorus, the verse talks about after he finds out that he has AIDS, and he also speaks for the one he got AIDS from. He says that they are victim of fate, that could have happened to anyone, but fate choose them. They would celebrate, drink and get high until late, but now that they have this disease, they can't go to parties and raves anymore, so now they are all alone. The last verse also speaks about his life and consequences about having AIDS, no one would like to be with an HIV Positive, so they won't get married, and many people still see the HIV like a crime committed by two people, and exclude them from the society. AIDS also don't have a cure, so they have nothing left but to wait, so they are sentenced to time, and, again, they are all alone.

The other one has already been cited which is a reference about the drugs, how they get addicted and how they are excluded from the society. It can also been seen as the disease of the age, and also can be found parties, by other teenagers. It also causes a great temptation, my interpration is that their friends wanted to show them how good the drugs can be, but they didn't want at the start.