M.E
Gary Numan Lyrics
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We're all so run down
I'd call it my death
But I'll only fade away
And I hate to fade alone
Now there's only m.e.
We were so sure
But there's no one left to see
And there's no one left to die
There's only m.e.
Why shoud 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.
In Gary Numan's song "ME," the lyrics suggest a feeling of disillusionment and a desire to retreat from the world. The line "And m.e. I eat dust" indicates a sense of feeling neglected or overlooked. The next lines, "We're all so run down," further emphasize this feeling of exhaustion and disappointment with society.
The chorus, "I'd call it my death, but I'll only fade away, and I hate to fade alone, Now there's only m.e.," reflects a sense of isolation and loneliness. The singer seems resigned to their own fate and disengaged from the world around them. The lines "We were so sure, we were so wrong, But there's no one left to see" imply a sense of regret and mourning for what might have been, but it is too late to change anything. The final lines, "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.," convey a sense of apathy towards everything, and a sense of taking control by shutting out all external emotions and stimuli.
Line by Line Meaning
And m.e. I eat dust
I am nothing but a pile of dirt, a symbol for my sad fate.
We're all so run down
We are exhausted, at our wit's end and just giving up.
I'd call it my death
This is my downfall, my demise, my end.
But I'll only fade away
Although I'll crumble all by myself and perish, there won't be anyone to mourn my loss.
And I hate to fade alone
I don't want to depart this earth in solitary confinement, of all things.
Now there's only m.e.
I am in my own world, isolated and lonesome. It's just ME now.
We were so sure
There was a time when we were full of hope and certain of our future.
We were so wrong
But how wrong could we have been? Everything we hoped for, longed for was unattainable.
But there's no one left to see
There's no one here to witness the futility of our attempts, our anguish and our loss.
And there's no one left to die
Everybody has gone. So there's no point in waiting to die anymore- the end is pretty much here.
There's only m.e.
I am a loner, a soul sore and alone till the very end.
Why shoud I care
Why am I supposed to feel, to care or to bother anymore?
Why should I try
What's the point of trying when everything is going to let me down?
Oh no, oh no
Oh damn! Everything that I feared is coming true. Oh no!
I turned off the pain
I tried my best to avoid feeling, the hurt, the agony that this world has inflicted on me.
Like I turned off you all
Just like I shut out everything and everyone else, I shut out people who I cared for.
Now there's only m.e.
And that's why there's just me, now.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: GARY ANTHONY JAMES WEBB
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