wow you guys seem REEEAAAALLLLLY lost on this one. the meaning of the song is plain as day. the boogie monster is YOU. it waits til the midnight hour to come to torture me for the wrong ive done - this is refering to the 'ego' that we all have that is constantly judging ourselves and others. it waits til youre all alone at night to review your 'progress' and make sure you know how it feels about the way you're living your life. if it sounds close to schizophrenia, thats because in a sense most everybody is, because WE ALL take that voice in our heads to be "us"... ya know the one that narrates our lives? plans out our days? decides how its going to deal with things that pop up? decides how we're going to respond to people or situations that offend us, tells us how to act, dress, talk, behave and present ourselves to the world? he used to wonder why this boogie monster looked familiar, until he realized ....IT WAS A MIRROR! the whole time the boogie monster was HIM, or what he took to be 'him'. which was nothing more than a collection of thoughts that he wrongly identified as 'himself'. the part where he says "i'd kill it but its already dead" means that the 'ego' doesnt even exist, it has it's existence through US, and without our involvement and attachment to the ramblings of the mind, it disappears and loses it's grasp on us. now im sure alot of people won't get what im saying, but i ASSURE YOU, it's accurate. if you do a little research into yourself, and stay attentive while your mind is doing what it does, you'll notice a good deal of its' time is spent creating scenarios and situations to judge and feel superior to - this includes "you", who will take alot of punishment yourself, because as you judge others, you also judge yourself. this is why you have so many people who love to get drunk and high and all the rest, to QUIET that thought process that's with us allday long, critiqueing every last detail. and THIS is why cee-lo wanted the sun to rise, because when he's all alone, he has to take the brunt of the ego's criticism when he's by himself and nobody is around to put on a show for or to judge. most all of cee-los' songs have this same message, but people arent on this level so they think he's just a weird guy who makes interesting music. it goes a bit deeper unfortunately, sorry to disappoint. think on THAT while youre laying in bed tonight. ;-)
wow you guys seem REEEAAAALLLLLY lost on this one. the meaning of the song is plain as day. the boogie monster is YOU. it waits til the midnight hour to come to torture me for the wrong ive done - this is refering to the 'ego' that we all have that is constantly judging ourselves and others. it waits til youre all alone at night to review your 'progress' and make sure you know how it feels about the way you're living your life. if it sounds close to schizophrenia, thats because in a sense most everybody is, because WE ALL take that voice in our heads to be "us"... ya know the one that narrates our lives? plans out our days? decides how its going to deal with things that pop up? decides how we're going to respond to people or situations that offend us, tells us how to act, dress, talk, behave and present ourselves to the world? he used to wonder why this boogie monster looked familiar, until he realized ....IT WAS A MIRROR! the whole time the boogie monster was HIM, or what he took to be 'him'. which was nothing more than a collection of thoughts that he wrongly identified as 'himself'. the part where he says "i'd kill it but its already dead" means that the 'ego' doesnt even exist, it has it's existence through US, and without our involvement and attachment to the ramblings of the mind, it disappears and loses it's grasp on us. now im sure alot of people won't get what im saying, but i ASSURE YOU, it's accurate. if you do a little research into yourself, and stay attentive while your mind is doing what it does, you'll notice a good deal of its' time is spent creating scenarios and situations to judge and feel superior to - this includes "you", who will take alot of punishment yourself, because as you judge others, you also judge yourself. this is why you have so many people who love to get drunk and high and all the rest, to QUIET that thought process that's with us allday long, critiqueing every last detail. and THIS is why cee-lo wanted the sun to rise, because when he's all alone, he has to take the brunt of the ego's criticism when he's by himself and nobody is around to put on a show for or to judge. most all of cee-los' songs have this same message, but people arent on this level so they think he's just a weird guy who makes interesting music. it goes a bit deeper unfortunately, sorry to disappoint. think on THAT while youre laying in bed tonight. ;-)