“It all comes down to feel,” states AL-P. “We’re interested in making people feel like they want to dance, at least a little bit, so it’s all about whatever it takes to get people there.”
Formed in 2005, the pair has been collaborating, on and off, since 1998. Though they went separate routes – Jesse taking a brief break from music, and Al moving to New York where he worked at studios like Sound on Sound and Chung King recording artists as diverse as Jay-Z, Wyclef Jean, and David Clayton Thomas – the friends remained in contact, trading tapes of their individual, unreleased forays into dance music.
This studio success naturally led to Al’s being at the helm early in 2002 when Jesse was looking for fresh production ideas to compliment his band, Death From Above 1979. Jesse and Al worked 15 hours a day in the studio together to complete DFA 79’s “You're A Woman, I'm A Machine”, a red-hot masterpiece that fuses the energy of rock and roll with the oomph of disco that received rave reviews and spawned hit singles like “Romantic Rights,” and “Black History Month.” It also gave rise to Jesse and Al’s resolve to start their own project.
Enter MSTRKRFT, a package of house, hip-hop, grime, punk, and all kinds of electronic experimentation rolled into one. In a little over a year they have developed a cult following of dance fans around the world and have remixed just about everyone including The Kills, Annie and Wolfmother’s track “Woman” for which they have been nominated for a Grammy for Best Remix.
“I love DJing so much,” enthuses JFK. “It’s so emotionally rewarding to see a room full of people dancing. That’s better than any experience I’ve ever had.”
With two feet firmly planted in punk rock’s influential past, and two in dance music’s future, MSTRKRFT are the now of now, wow.
MSTRKRFT's The Looks, was released on Last Gang records in North America and on Modular in Australia and the United Kingdom.
MSTRKRFT recently (December 2, 2007) played along with Ratatat, Jay-Jay Johanson, Claude VonStroke and Björk in the Sonofilia festival in Guadalajara, México.
Breakaway
MSTRKRFT Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
and forget our problems.
Want to get away
and find a place
where we feel good.
(x3)
Yeah!
We need a break!
Turn this reality, into fantasy!
(Where we feel good!)
Break. (x4)
Got to break away, from our everyday
and forget our problems!
Want to get away
and find a place
where we feel good!
Got to break away, from our everyday (Fantasy)
and forget our problems.
Want to get away
and find a place
where we feel good. (Feels so good!)
Got to break away (Break away!), from our everyday
and forget our problems. (Forget your problems)
Want to get away (Let's run away!)
and find a place (Let's find a place!)
where we feel good.
It feels so good! (x8)
Let's run away right now,
Let's run away right now! (Forget our problems)
Let's run away right now,
Let's run away, Yeah!
Where we feel good...
Break!
Break away right now!
Let's break away right now! (Break!)
Let's run away right now!
Runaway.
C'mon and feel good.
The lyrics of MSTRKRFT's song Breakaway are a call for a mental escape from the monotony of everyday life. The repetition of the phrase "got to break away from our everyday and forget our problems" emphasizes the idea of wanting to escape from the stress and boredom that comes with routine. The song encourages the listener to find a place where they can feel good and escape reality, turning it into fantasy. The repeated use of the exclamation "Yeah!" adds to the high-energy and excitement of the song, making it feel like a celebration of breaking free.
The chorus repeats the phrase "got to break away" four times followed by a four-beat break, creating an almost mantra-like quality to the lyrics. The song ends with a call to action: "Let's run away right now! C'mon and feel good." This final line serves as a final push toward achieving the goal of breaking away and finding a place where one can feel good.
Line by Line Meaning
Got to break away, from our everyday
and forget our problems.
We need to escape and leave behind the difficulties of our daily lives.
Want to get away
and find a place
where we feel good.
We desire to leave and seek out a location where we can feel happy and content.
Yeah!
Got to escape!
We need a break!
Turn this reality, into fantasy!
(Where we feel good!)
We must leave our current situation and turn it into an idealistic dream-like state that brings us joy.
Break. (x4)
A call to action to break away from our problems and current reality.
Got to break away (Break away!), from our everyday
and forget our problems. (Forget your problems)
Want to get away (Let's run away!)
and find a place (Let's find a place!)
where we feel good.
We must break away from our current reality and forget our problems in order to find a place that brings us happiness.
It feels so good! (x8)
A repetition of the positive feeling that comes with escaping and finding a happy place.
Let's run away right now,
Let's run away right now! (Forget our problems)
Let's run away right now,
Let's run away, Yeah!
Where we feel good...
Break!
Urging to leave immediately and forget our problems in order to find the happiness we seek.
Break away right now!
Let's break away right now! (Break!)
Let's run away right now!
Runaway.
C'mon and feel good.
More calls to action to leave immediately and find the happiness that we crave in a new location, with an added encouragement to feel good about the adventure.
Contributed by Mateo J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@liammeadows9782
Criminally underrated track right here
@Silly1336
No comments? but this song is so good!
@fictionreport
This seriously needs way more views then it has
@luckyjasss8466
Love this song!!
@sapheekalam3495
2022?
@Fruit_Infiniti
Who else is tryina breakaway from 2020? :D
@serhafiye7046
Flu Micheal Jackson on vocals 😂 Perfect track bro 👍🏻
@Krios-urh836
Got to break away, from our everyday
And forget our problems
Want to get away
And find a place
Where we feel good.
Got to break away, from our everyday
And forget our problems
Want to get away
And find a place
Where we feel good.
Got to break away, from our everyday
And forget our problems
Want to get away
And find a place
Where we feel good.
Yeah!
Got to escape!
We need a break!
Turn this reality, into fantasy!
Where we feel good!
Break, break, break, break
Got to break away, from our everyday
And forget our problems!
Want to get away
And find a place
Where we feel good!
Got to break away, from our everyday (Fantasy)
And forget our problems.
Want to get away
And find a place
Where we feel good
Feels so good
Got to break away (Break away!), from our everyday
And forget our problems. (Forget your problems)
Want to get away (Let's run away!)
And find a place (Let's find a place!)
Where we feel good.
It feels so good!
It feels so good!
It feels so good!
It feels so good!
It feels so good!
It feels so good!
It feels so good!
It feels so good!
Let's run away right now,
Let's run away right now! (Forget our problems)
Let's run away right now,
Let's run away, Yeah!
Where we feel good...
Break!
Break away right now!
Let's break away right now! (Break!)
Let's run away right now!
Runaway.
C'mon and feel good.