Lyric discussion by pantsuit 

Cover art for 1989 lyrics by Mindless Self Indulgence

Well, 1989 was the year Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanian dictator, was taken out of power and killed. It was also the year the Berlin wall came down. Maybe there's a connection between those events and this song.

"Goodbye 1989 I wanna be the one in control." ?!? See what I mean?

Or maybe it's about a man retiring? Meh, I don't know.