Warren wanted a Beach Boys thing for this one, and Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche came in, with Carl arranging the vocal parts. The other harmony vocalists (credited as the "Gentlemen Boys") were Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Zevon's longtime backers Waddy Wachtel and Jorge Calderon, and Linda Rondstadt/Stone Poneys guitarist Kenny Edwards.
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
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
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
When You Die Lyrics as written by Ariel Marcus Rosenberg Andrew Wells Vanwyngarden
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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My interpretation of this song is that it is about MGMT's story as a band.
Within the song they repeat the line "I'm not that nice". I believe in this line they are referring to (as I refer to them) "The big 3" (Electric Feel, Time to Pretend and Kids). People say MGMT is a "nice" band because they know these three songs. However MGMT made these songs to mock the genre. That isn't their actual musical interest, or where they saw the band going (the psychdedelic genre) which they refer to in the song as "Mean and evil"
Overall there are many references to this throughout the song such as "Words don't do anything" meaning, they won't go back to making the pop music that they started with, nothing anyone can say will change that.
"Go fuck yourself" shows their anger towards people who are trying to get them to quit playing the type of music that they love, and go back to the music they played as a joke.
"Don't you have somewhere to be at seven thirty" could either be a thinly veiled attempt at getting someone to leave them alone or alternatively it could be an attempt to make sure that the fans know that their plans aren't changing, they are going to keep doing what they love.
I don't know about everyone else, but I would love for them to continue doing what they love. "Little dark age" as an album has been able to restore my love in modern psych-rock. Keep going Andrew and Ben!
@Sweaney could be. I think this is a very sarcastic song. Have you ever been into a fight with someone who does something very bad to you and somehow you end up being the bad person? ...I interpret this to be a "you know what? yeah, sure, I'm not nice. Go f*ck yourself" kind of sarcastic lyric. It's full of hate. It is a nice song.
To me this song is a guy's call for help as he screams at those who love him. He wants to kill himself to feel "nothing" and "permanent night"
@taverner yeah, I never listened to the words until just now. That\'s what I thought too.