Elvis Depressedly stares straight into the void and airs their own blunt pe… Read Full Bio ↴Elvis Depressedly stares straight into the void and airs their own blunt perceptions about it through their music, but it’s never been the band’s intentions to bring you down even if it says so right there in their name. Mathew Lee Cothran of Coma Cinema and Delaney Mills -- alongside a revolving cast of friends and collaborators -- have been taking the monoculture’s obsession with a dystopian world and turning it into their own wry joke in their homespun quarters of South Carolina from the very beginning. Since 2011, EPs and singles built with a bare necessity of instruments and production tools have recorded a memory box of self-healing guitar-pop laced with an Ambien trance. But with Cothran quitting his day job and resettling in Asheville, NC with Mills after the release of 2013’s Holo Pleasures to focus his efforts on their latest full-length on Run for Cover Records New Alhambra, an increased currency in time has resulted in Elvis Depressedly’s most definitive listen yet.

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Kill Me Mickey
Elvis Depressedly Lyrics

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Kill me mickey i want to die
I′ve been waiting such a long long time

Kill me mickey i want to die
I've been waiting such a long long time

Kill me mickey i want to die
I′ve been waiting such a long long time

Kill me mickey i want to die
I've been waiting such a long long time

Overall Meaning

At its core, "Kill Me Mickey" by Elvis Depressedly is a painfully honest and raw expression of hopelessness and apathy, wrapped in a deceptively upbeat and childlike melody. The repetition of the chorus - "kill me Mickey, I want to die, I've been waiting such a long long time" - is haunting and serves to underscore the desperation and sense of resignation felt by the singer. The use of a childhood icon like Mickey Mouse complicates the song even further, emphasizing the idea that the singer is in a state of childlike despair, unable to escape the pain that has been building up for so long. The song offers no clear resolution or reason for the singer's desire to die, instead conveying a sense of ennui and emptiness that silently suffocates.

The lyrics also touch on the theme of waiting, which suggests that the singer has been enduring their pain for a long period of time with no hope of relief. It's a powerful implication, one that underscores the sense of despair and hopeless that permeates the song. The use of the word "long" four times in the chorus hammers home the feeling that the singer is trapped, unable to move on from this overwhelming emotional pain.

Line by Line Meaning

Kill me mickey i want to die
I am so overwhelmed with pain and sadness that dying seems like the only way out, and I am calling out to the character of Mickey as a cry for help.

I've been waiting such a long long time
I have been feeling this way for an extended period, and it's becoming unbearable.

Kill me mickey i want to die
The thought of living even a moment longer in this agony seems impossible to bear, and I am reaching out for something to help me escape it.

I've been waiting such a long long time
The feelings of despair and torment have been building, and it's like I have been stuck in this state of mind for ages.

Writer(s): Mathew Cothran

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