midnight
Joe Satriani Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen Lyrics


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Half past twelve
And I'm watching the late show in my flat all alone
How I hate to spend the evening on my own
Autumn winds
Blowing outside the window as I look around the room
And it makes me so depressed to see the phone
There's not a soul out there
No one to hear my prayer

Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Won't somebody help me chase these shadows away
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day

Movie stars
Find the end of the rainbow, with that fortune to win
It's so different from the world I'm living in
Tired of T.V.
I open the window and I gaze into the night
But there's nothing there to see, no one in sight
There's not a soul out there
No one to hear my prayer

Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Won't somebody help me chase these shadows away
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day

Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight

There's not a soul out there
No one to hear my prayer

Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Won't somebody help me chase these shadows away
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Won't somebody help me chase these shadows away




Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to "Midnight" by Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, and Yngwie Malmsteen paint a picture of loneliness and longing for companionship. The singer is spending a night alone in their flat, watching the late show and feeling depressed by the autumn winds blowing outside. They express a desire for someone to fill the emptiness they feel and help chase away the shadows that seem to surround them.


The imagery in the song contrasts the world of movie stars who have fortunes to win and live glamorous lives with the singer's own reality of a lonely existence. As they open the window and gaze into the night, they find that there is "nothing there to see" and "no one in sight." Despite their call for a man to come and save them from their isolation, the final line of the song repeats the idea that "there's not a soul out there" to hear their prayers.


The song's lyrics demonstrate a universal human longing for companionship and the struggle against loneliness. The repetition of the chorus reinforces this desire and gives it an anthemic quality. The guitar work of Satriani, Vai, and Malmsteen adds an emotional intensity to the song that complements the lyrics and adds to the overall sense of yearning.


Line by Line Meaning

Half past twelve
It's already 12:30 in the night


And I'm watching the late show in my flat all alone
I'm all alone in my apartment, watching a late-night show


How I hate to spend the evening on my own
I don't like being alone in the evening


Autumn winds
The winds blowing outside


Blowing outside the window as I look around the room
I'm gazing around the room as the wind blows through the window


And it makes me so depressed to see the phone
Seeing the phone adds to my sadness


There's not a soul out there
There's nobody around


No one to hear my prayer
No one is there to hear me when I pray


Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
I want a man to be with me after midnight


Won't somebody help me chase these shadows away
Can someone please help me get rid of this feeling of being alone?


Take me through the darkness to the break of the day
Help me get through the night and into the morning light


Movie stars
The famous celebrities


Find the end of the rainbow, with that fortune to win
They have everything they want and more


It's so different from the world I'm living in
Their lives are nothing like mine


Tired of T.V.
I'm bored of watching TV


I open the window and I gaze into the night
I'm looking out of the window into the dark night


But there's nothing there to see, no one in sight
There's no one or anything interesting to look at


There's not a soul out there
There's nobody around


No one to hear my prayer
No one is there to hear me when I pray


Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
I want a man to be with me after midnight


Take me through the darkness to the break of the day
Help me get through the night and into the morning light


Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
I want a man to be with me after midnight


Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
I want a man to be with me after midnight


Won't somebody help me chase these shadows away
Can someone please help me get rid of this feeling of being alone?


Take me through the darkness to the break of the day
Help me get through the night and into the morning light


Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
I want a man to be with me after midnight


Won't somebody help me chase these shadows away
Can someone please help me get rid of this feeling of being alone?


Take me through the darkness to the break of the day
Help me get through the night and into the morning light




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Benny Goran Bror Andersson, Bjoern K. Ulvaeus

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When u came for the solo and ended up listening the whole song. 😅

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The whole thing is a solo!

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You can tell that they respect this song so much by staying true to the original arrangement.

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