Blackhole

A bunch of Mellow Gold's songs seem to revolve around being a low-income loser, barely able to pay the rent on time. This one, in my opinion, is about that too.

In this one (an awesome album closer, BTW), the narrator, driven three-quarters crazy by financial concerns (I mean, he's out of bulbs, and can't afford a phone) is trying to convince himself, or someone else, that everything will be all right. Things won't be, of course. The "black hole" is the safe, happy place the narrator retreats to when the real world is too much to bear.

a poor person who is in touch with a universal force, maybe. finding comfort in little things.

i'm not sure and that's why i love it.

Great song... possibly best from this album.

To me this song is about gradually becoming homeless. The narrator at the beginning of the story is leaving his home and eventually winds up on the street without a clue of where to go next, but keeps his optimism that whatever happens next, can't hurt him.

Wow... only one comment on Blackhole shakes head

Yeah, I agree, I put this on repeat lots of times in my car... just makes me feel calm. Very cool tune.. sounds like its about not letting the little things bother you. You have to realize they are all, in fact, little things... the song repeats words too, make them seem simple, not a lot of lyrics... just real short images. Beck is the STUFF. Love Mellow Gold...

This is a great song and i agree with YanYan108 thats what i thought but what is the weird bonus track after the song. probably just a bunch of weird beck stuff but does it mean something?

Like most songs on Mellow Gold, I belive it concerns low income living, or living below the poverty line. Beck himself lived quite the shitty life before he made it big. He had to do things such as street perform and live in a shack before he made it big with his breakthrough hit "Loser". Blackhole simply pays homage to his old life style. I agree that the "Blackhole" is some kind of sanctuary, although whether it is physical or mental, I am not sure about. The musical arrangment is strange, to say the least. Double Tracked Guitar and vocals make it seem out of this world. This is definitly a five star song, but at the same time, it is strange and mysterious. The bonus track after the minute or two of silence is called "Analog Odyssey". By analog, it means the effects were recorded through analog methods off several video game machines and by odyssey, it is ment to be an epic, since it is rather long and unplesent to listin to. It is simply an experimental track that was made up by several different sounds from games like "Pacman".

this song reminds me of that feeling of hoplessness when everythings messing up and you just wish it would stop but dont do anything to help it

i honestly have no idea what beck is talking about, perhaps some abstract idea that has significance to him, but i still love this song.

its basically the same wistful tune over and over again that makes my heart feel heavy. maybe it's just me.

When we, when we...looking for a better home Got me, got me...burning out a light bulb Cloudy, cloudy...holding to a wastecan Yellow car, yellow car...put me inside there

Wake up, wake up...nothing's gonna harm you Glass wall, glass wall...standing on the furniture Little boy, little boy...layin' in a sleeping bag Watchin', watchin'...through the cracks in his eyelids

Stranger, stranger...feeding on the broken snow Lost head, lost tread...staring through the orange juice Alphabet, alphabet...can't afford a telephone Blackhole, blackhole...nothing's gonna harm you

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i've had this album for fifteen years, and i JUST listened to this song for the first time today...i've been missing something really powerful.. i love this.