Faith No More’s "Midlife Crisis"
At Ty’s birthday party last weekend, one of the songs blasted from the party boat speakers was a forgotten favorite of mine from the 90s and one of the most genuinely creepy hit songs I’ve ever heard. I was again reminded when I saw the video on a Tumblr site devoted to MTV’s 120 minutes.
Faith No More - Midlife Crisis
For some reason, I’ve never checked out the lyrics to this song. I’m sure I must have seen them printed in the insert for my copy of Angel Dust, but I’ve got no memory of it. So as I’m printing them for you in this post, it’s basically the first time I’m seeing them as well. The full lyric is here, so I’m just giving you the first verse and bridge and the chorus:
Go on and wring my neck
Like when a rag gets wet
A little discipline
For my pet genius
My head is like lettuce
Go on and dig your thumbs in
I cannot stop giving in
I’m thirty-somethingSense of security
Like pockets jingling
Midlife crisis
Suck ingenuity
Down through the family treeYou’re perfect, yes, it’s true
But without me you’re only you (you’re only you)
Your menstruating heart
It ain’t bleeding enough for two
Now that I’m reading, and singing it back to myself, I think that line in bold might be one of my all-time faves. No wonder I don’t remember reading these lyrics when I was a kid. I wouldn’t have understood them. Not the way I read them now.
