The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Black is everything
Pull me right out of reality, the emptiness that's me
Black is everything
Put me right out of my misery, do what you want to me
Life outside goes on, my world is crashing inside out,
I'm gently hacking off the hinges
Erase the space, erase the memory - missing time
What I don't know will never hurt me - missing time
Cannot forget cannot remember - missing time
Disinformation is forever - missing time
Black is everything
I've got the answer right in front of me, it's everything I see
Time outside moves on, the world I know is crumbling down,
Clinging to a lost sensation
Erase the space, erase the memory - missing time
What I don't know will never hurt me - missing time
Cannot forget cannot remember - missing time
Disinformation is forever - missing time
Pull me right out of reality, the emptiness that's me
Black is everything
Put me right out of my misery, do what you want to me
Life outside goes on, my world is crashing inside out,
I'm gently hacking off the hinges
Erase the space, erase the memory - missing time
What I don't know will never hurt me - missing time
Cannot forget cannot remember - missing time
Disinformation is forever - missing time
Black is everything
I've got the answer right in front of me, it's everything I see
Time outside moves on, the world I know is crumbling down,
Clinging to a lost sensation
Erase the space, erase the memory - missing time
What I don't know will never hurt me - missing time
Cannot forget cannot remember - missing time
Disinformation is forever - missing time
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LOL. Are you serious? were did you hear that from? maybe thats how it started but now it goes deeper.....or maybe its about his watch and he only wants us to think its something deeper when it isn't. Oh Well, F&#k it!! Good song
XD about the watch. I'm surprised there's not more reviews for MDFMK. This is an awesome song and currently number one on my playlist. I think the lyrics are somewhat self-explanatory. He's slowly falling apart but 'life outside goes on', leaving him behind in his misery. He just wants to forget something, but can't.
What do people think the 'answer right in front of him' is? Gun? Something else?
Eh, anyway, like femeefatale1990 said - f&#k it. This song rules.
This song is about being abducted by aliens. The reason I say this is because there is a book called "Missing Time" by Budd Hopkins who is a prominent alien abduction researcher, or "ufologist". There was a movie about alien abduction that is of the same name as that book. Not only that but one of the most well known symptoms of alien abduction is called "Missing time". Plus, "Disinformation" is a very popular word among ufo enthusiaists. Not only that, but the entire mood and content of the lyrics and the whole song is congruent with the abduction phenomenon. If you don't know much about Ufology, then it's easy to miss this, but if you do, then it's painfully obvious.
I like the abducted by aliens idea. It makes sense especially the first and last parts. Black is all he sees-so that would be space. They go together really well
The aliens part is very true. But, don't you think, perchance, he's also making a point with it?
Granted, it's obvious that it 'is' about aliens but a situation like this (meaning in how he describes it), could relate to so many other things. Sometimes when shit hits the fan and everything is fucked up, you just have to let go, but can't.
Sometimes you have to collapse before you can explode into freedom.
Alien abduction is easily the first thing that comes to mind, but the lyrics also remind me a bit of 1984, Winston's time spent in Miniluv, and the concept of doublethink. c: That being said, excellent song.
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