M.E.

The song is about an artificial intelligence that killed every single sentient living thing on the planet. It succeeded, and now it has nothing to do. It is lonely.

M.E. is about the last machine on earth. All human life has been destroyed, the planet has been completely desolated (nuclear war?) and the machines power source is dying.

hah! 'hot and cold' is my personal favorite basement jaxx jam, but anyway this gary numan song is great. as the first post stated it is about the last machine on earth. the creepiness of the synths in this song exemplify the strange isolation of technology. sweet. don't tase me bro.

Just incase people don't know, a certain Basement Jaxx sampled the hell out of this for their best song "Where's Your Head At?". And which is the best bit? The M.E. bassline, cause it's wicked!

Another song ‘M. E.’, which stood for Mechanical Engineering, its model type, was about the thoughts of the last machine left alive. Long after the world was dead and humans were a thing of the past, this machine still lingered. For hundreds of years it waited, unable to die, utterly alone, but fully aware. Numan, Gary. (R)evolution: The Autobiography (p. 68). Little, Brown Book Group. Kindle Edition.

Forget about machines or aliens, it's about extreme individualism and alienation of modern times where it seems you can only count on yourself, I guess this individualism was more from northern Europe, but it's also invading the south nowadays. Great tune and poetry from a genius in any case. The godfather of electro pop but so original and innovative.

It also could be read as a suicidal song:

Why should I care Why should I try Oh no, oh no I turned off the pain Like I turned off you all

xdvr. Bingo Bango is Basement Jaxx's best song, not "where's your head at?" Songs pretty cool.

basement jaxx? I'll pretend I know who they are. I thought this was just another isolation-type song. Maybe some guy pushed everyone away to protect himself [kill them?] and make things better for him, and he's left with just himself. "no one left to die" "I turned off you all" "I turned off the pain" He realized that it isn't as satisfying as he thought, you need other people, then there's no reason for you. I guess he could be a machine. That would fit. great song.

DJgif was spot on, here is my breakdown of the song:

And m.e. I eat dust.......... meaning i never win (the girl) We're all so run down........ not attractive I'd call it my death......... suicidal thoughts But I'll only fade away...... being alone from birth to death And I hate to fade alone..... not wanting to be alone Now there's only m.e......... self explanatory

We were so sure.................... we thought the relationship would work We were so wrong................... but it didn't work But there's no one left to see..... no one by your side And there's no one left to die..... thinking about topping yourself There's only m.e...................

Why should I care Why should I try Oh no, oh no I turned off the pain Like I turned off you all Now there's only m.e.

the last group is about shutting of your emotions to protect yourself to avoid the pain that will inevitably come from looking for love.