I'm so alive
I'm so enlightened
I can barely survive
A night in my mind
So I've got a plan
I'm gonna find out just how boring I am
And have a good time

'Cause ever since I tried
Trying not to find
Every little meaning in my life
It's been fine
I've been cool
With my new golden rule

Numb is the new deep
Done with the old me
And talk is the same cheap, it's been

Is there a God?
Why is he waiting?
Don't you think of it odd
When he knows my address?
And look at the stars
Don't it remind you just how feeble we are?
Well it used to, I guess

'Cause ever since I tried
Trying not to find
Every little meaning in my life
It's been fine
I've been cool
With my new golden rule

Numb is the new deep
Done with the old me
And talk is the same cheap, it's been

I'm a new man
I wear a new cologne and
You wouldn't know me if your eyes were closed
I know what you'll say
'This won't last longer than the rest of the day'
But you're wrong this time
You're wrong

Numb is the new deep
Done with the old me
I'm over the analyzing
Tonight

Stop trying to figure it out
(You try to figure, you try to figure it out)
Deep will only bring you down
You know, I used to be the back
porch poet with my book of rhymes
Always open knowing all the time I'm probably
Never gonna find the perfect rhyme
For 'heavier things'



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Track duration: 04:07

"New Deep" as written by John Mayer

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    My Interpretation:"Stop trying to figure it out

    Deep will only bring you down"

    -Basically, ignorance is bliss. Sometimes, it's better to leave things unknown or ambiguous.
    Flag mitwocentson October 27, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Its what you make of it. To me its just a manner of coping with the unknown.

    A+++++++ Would listen again. ;)

    Music & Stuff

    Rock on, John.
    Flag Johann4uon March 28, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I'm just coming out of a chapter in my life where I was over thinking things, which kept me from doing my varsity work.

    "Numb is the new deep"... means not feeling anything is the best thing ever. Emotions just mess everything up. Trying to over analyze life, love. friends and all it's meanings just makes you sad. I spent a lot of time listening to sad songs hoping they'd make me feel better but I was wrong.

    "And look at the stars, Don't it remind you just how feeble we are?" ... wish upon a star and hope that things change. It's so funny when u think about it yet so deep :)
    Flag roowhoon August 23, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:God, John Mayer has this arrogance, that is just so sexy.
    I love this song because it's so sarcastic, but in a way he's totally serious. haha even the guitar part is cherry, and happy...yet the song has this disgust tone to it
    "Numb is the 'new deep'"
    haha i love it.
    Flag musicallynostalgicon December 07, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I was just shuffling through my music and this song came on. This song, i think, is about being tired of trying so hard and being tired with the current status quo. Maybe giving up or giving in is easier and better for you ?
    Flag padderon June 09, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:so when I listened to the lyrics of this song I started to get kinda upset with John, because he is always so introspective and has something great to say and then all the sudden I hear him sayin how "numb is the new deep" and that he doesnt want to sit around and be boring trying to figure things out. And I was like, come on John are you kidding me, thats what makes your music so great. So when i read responses about it possibly being more sarcastic than anything I was greatly relieved, it makes more sense to me that way and fits with his personality more than a song about actually being numb. Glad I can see this song in a new light =)
    Flag jmiscoolon September 04, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Lol, Today I know exactly what this song means...to me..., and he's certainly not mocking anyone except maybe himself. It's totally a self-discovery and existence song. In order to truly be clear with your emotions you have to be numb. By being numb, you are able to escape the impact that judgement and the opinions of others has on what's true to you.

    Simple example: You meet a girl that you immediately connect with. She makes you laugh, smile, feel important, valued and attractive. As a result of this connection you maintain contact with her at first as friends, but in a short period you find her to be one of the most beautiful women you've met. At this point you are still in the friendship stages with her, and decide to bring her out to meet your closest friends. The next day you get in touch with one of your friends, who is perhaps the most trusted and influential of them all, and ask what he thought of her. He says, "She was cool and all, but man definitely not easy on the eyes (and perhaps in most peoples eyes she's not). You could do so much better than that." Validating your friends opinion, as you have always done in the past, you ignore what you knew to be true to yourself before you'd allowed external opinions to enter your mind. At this point, you suppress your own beliefs, values and feelings, and never pursue anything more than a friendship with the girl.

    The whole porch thing is in reference to never finding the perfect rhymes for his album 'Heavier Things.' What I take from it is the notion that perfection is impermanent. “A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.”- Chuck Palahniuk. Perfect can't last forever, otherwise we wouldn't appreciate it by knowing imperfection.

    The only thing I can't figure out yet is "I'm gonna figure out how boring I am and have a good time." Perhaps this is a "perfect" example of his understanding that he may never find the perfect rhymes for his album?

    Regardless of everything I've said, everyone should take from this song exactly what it means to them. Otherwise this could be a perfect example of everything we just shared, lol.
    Flag Nowon August 18, 2009   Link
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    My Interpretation:to me, this song is about being so tired of over thinking everything- your job, your relationships, your destiny. It sounds here like he just wants to quit analyzing, because feeling numb is easier than feeling pain and confusion.

    i think the song is kind of sad. almost a loss of innocence in a way, to want to stop questioning. but i guess why this song means this particular meaning to me is because i'm finding out how exhausting and stressfull it is to analize every little situation in life. as i eluded to above, should i be with this guy? should i be in this program? if i make this decision is it true to the person i am? does it even matter who i am? is this where i'm supposed to be?

    [it sort of reminds me a beetles line: living is easier with eyes closed, no excatly the same idea, but it ties in]
    Flag gabbybouchon April 05, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I don't know if I'd go as far as "sarcastic," but it's definitely not supposed to be totally sincere.

    Like ProudesterMonkey said, "fine" and "cool" are probably the least convincing words you could use. Those are the type of words you use when you're NOT ok, but you use them because you really don't want to talk about it.
    I would think that this is something he tried; you know, trying not to analyze everything because it gets frustrating. Like at the part where he goes:

    "I know what you'll say
    'This won't last longer than the rest of the day'
    But you're wrong this time"

    Like he tells people "I'm just going to chill out and not over-think it" and the people who know him are like "Yeah, right, sure John." I guess it's just who he is, with all of his crazy thoughts and whatnot. But then, without them, we wouldn't be enjoying such good music, would we?

    (side note: I find it funny that we're analyzing a song about analyzing xD)
    Flag SimpleFaithon December 02, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I can see where sarcasm can seem apparent, but I don't think it's there. He does use a lot of figurative, tongue-in-cheek language in his lyrics. The premise of the song is honest, though.

    He's also said on a number of occasions that, in hindsight, the song is unsatisfactory somehow. I wish he'd clarify what he means, because I like it. The tone sort of typifies him for me. Not every one of his songs has to include some anthemic doctrine on life. He can convey some deep ideas without writing a song like "Belief" every time. Songs like this works best for me as an occasional reminders to loosen my tie every once in a while. Earnest doesn't have to be nauseatingly pensive.
    Flag torman9421on January 09, 2008   Link

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