When You Die
by MGMT

Album: Little Dark Age (2018)
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  • I'm not that nice
    I'm mean and I'm evil
    Don't call me nice
    I'm gonna eat your heart out
    I've got some work to do
    Baby, I'm ready
    I'm ready, ready, ready to blow my lid off

    Yeah

    Go fuck yourself
    You heard me right
    Don't call me nice again
    Don't you have somewhere to be at seven thirty?
    Baby, I'm ready
    I'm ready, ready, ready to blow my brains out

    You die
    And words don't do anything
    It's permanently night
    And I won't feel anything
    We'll all be laughing with you when you die
    Words don't do anything
    It's permanently night
    And I won't feel anything
    We'll all be laughing with you when you die

    Go fuck yourself
    I'm mean, not nice
    You said it twice
    You said it twice
    Don't you have somewhere to be at seven thirty?

    I've got some work to do
    I'm gonna eat your heart out
    I heard you the first time Writer/s: Andrew Wells Vanwyngarden, Ariel Marcus Rosenberg, Benjamin Nicholas Huner Goldwasser
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Brousey from On - Ontario@Shutcho Goofiness Up from Ireland
    Most songwriters dont tell exactly what meaning is behind the lyrics as it removes the intimacy from people who no longer can relate. The whole secret to song writing is to have a story yet vague enough to touch more people than just the ones who can relate... Its why some of the greatest writers get so much attention. a perfect example Maynard James Keenan from Tool.

    They weren't even releasing lyrics as he wanted you to hear what you wanted... Besides it's curiosity that killed the cat but motivated the human...
  • Frsh from El SalvadorThe truth is that the entire album is not about Donald Trump. MGMT said that because they hate people trying to find some deep meaning in every song. This song is obviously about death. I don't know how the f--k are we supposed to interpret a fat, ugly, orange millionaire as the subject matter for this song.
  • Shutcho Goofiness Up from Ireland @Unknown From Not Addressed You’re seriously valuing your own opinion on the song overall the word of the lads who wrote it?
  • Oh Really Now?@Not Dumb from Whereer U Want, it doesn't have anything to do with Trump, the entire album is about trying to understand the inevitabilities of life and every song tackles it. When You Die in particular is supposed to bring you through the mind of someone who is angry at the fact that they will die, and that they get so mad, they end up trying to cheat it by killing themself, only leaving them to a permanent night with the laughter of everyone who thought it'd be better on the other side.
  • Not Dumb from Whereer U Want@Unknown From Not Addressed, MGMT themselves said it's about Donald trump you smooth brain
  • Unknown from Not AddressedIt has nothing to do with Donald Trump.
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