Metallica – I Disappear

• 0
  General Comment:The song is actually about Jason Newstead. Yes he was in the band but Metallica even admitted they never truly let him in. It would always be James, Kurt, and Lars Then there was Jason. Watch the MTV metallica Icon for a bunch of interviews with them and alright covers of their songs

  Flag Chrsthomon June 05, 2013   Link

  • No Replies Log in to reply
    
      There was an error.
• -1
  Song Meaning:i think this song is about how shit megadeth is

  Flag Fukmegadethon June 29, 2010   Link

  • No Replies Log in to reply
    
      There was an error.
• 0
  Song Meaning:According to me this song is about someone who is not comfortable with anyone around him,this is the reason he can't belong to anyone.belonging to someone is not his thing.......MetallicA RULES.....

  Flag PareshSinhaon March 15, 2010   Link

  • No Replies Log in to reply
    
      There was an error.
• -1
  My Opinion:i thinks its about add

  Flag idissapearon November 20, 2009   Link

  • No Replies Log in to reply
    
      There was an error.
• +1
  General Comment:I highly doubt it was about Jason leaving because Jason was still in the band at that time.
  
  But it is possible that because Jason was doing side projects when everyone started to accept him, they wrote this song.

  Flag Metal666bassiston September 13, 2009   Link

  • No Replies Log in to reply
    
      There was an error.
• +1
  General Comment:The song reminds me a lot about Jason's departure, idk just the lyrics remind me of Newsted dissapearing from Metallica(the departure)

  Flag AbeVegaJron August 13, 2009   Link

  • No Replies Log in to reply
    
      There was an error.
• +1
  General Comment:i always thought it was about Jason leaving the band

  Flag FuckMegadethon May 07, 2009   Link

  • No Replies Log in to reply
    
      There was an error.
• +1
  General Comment:I know this song was written while Jason was still in the band, but you can't help but see the correlation to his departure. Especially since this was his last song with the band, you can't help but wonder if it's about him. Now, we know that Jason didn't write it. Lars and James traditionally wrote everything, and notoriously didn't let Jason have input on anything. But the line "Just as soon as I belong, then it's time I disappear" has always sounded to me like it's about Jason. We all know that he was hazed during his entire tenure with the band. The others took out their frustrations about Cliff's death on him for years. But now that Jason finally had become part of the Metallica family, he wanted out. So he left. I'm not saying James wrote this about Jason to push him away. But maybe it was one of those subconscious things. When it was written I don't think it was supposed to be about Jason, but looking back on it, it's hard not to see it.

  Flag rock_hawkon December 02, 2008   Link

  • 1 Reply Log in to reply
    
      There was an error.
    0

    i know this is ancient but no one here has gotten it right. the song is about kids who have been institutionalized by the state. i grew up in dcfs (dept. of child and family services, ill.) and you can hear the phrases i heard a million times growing up all through out this song. especially in the begining when you hear the custodian saying "yeah, well you're in here and that's that". and it is that way until one day with no warning you come back from school and you case worker is there with all your stuff in black plastic bags in her trunk and you wake up the next morning in a place you've never seen before and you know that you have just been buried and have to start all over again...

    Flag CRR3965on March 20, 2009  
• 0
  General Comment:For a long time, I thought the lyrics to part of the song was "I'm in pain and I hope I suffer".
  When you say "I am" you are talking about a noun. Suffer is NOT a noun, it is a verb.
  Anyway, yeah this was Jason Newsted's final song. Why though, would Jason perform in it if it was about him? While he didn't write too many songs, he would have been told why the guys were writing each one wouldn't he? Or at least have some idea.

  Flag anonymous86on May 06, 2008   Link

  • No Replies Log in to reply
    
      There was an error.
• 0
  General Comment:This song was on the mission impossible 2 soundtrack, and probably the 1st ever song I heard by Metallica.
  "I Disappear" From a personal point of view from listening to the song and reading the lyrics, doesn't necessarily have to be about death or dying, but about running away from your problems, from a personal point of view disappearing from those who you thought you were close to, even running away and disappearing off the face of the earth forever without a trace, though not necessarily choosing death as a pathway.

  Flag anonymous86on March 07, 2008   Link

  • No Replies Log in to reply
    
      There was an error.

Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.

Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!