This song is about the end of times, and quite possibly an indication that the band would come to an end soon. The title along with lyrics make references to the idiom “The writing on the wall”, which originated from Chapter 5 of the Book of Daniel.
In an interview, Lacey said the songs from the “M...
[Verse 1]
How does everything start and end?
Come gather now, and lay this beast to rest
I kept hearing trumpets, got my hearing checked
Your father spoke of prophecy
To think that I believed is self-centered of me
There was something I was trying to say
But then I choked on it, and now it's getting kind of late
[Pre-Chorus 1]
We walked to the edge but we never leapt
What syncs to you when you disconnect?
[Chorus]
Written on the wall
The letters plain and tall
This is my own fault
We don't feel anything!
We don't feel anything!
We don't feel anything!
We don't feel anything!
[Verse 2]
I still cower at eternal wrath, though
Don't want my fear to become my shadow
I want to evade my thoughts
I want to die in Kyoto
The ocean never sleeps nor dreams
It never stops to ponder what it sees
Committed to its satellite
No one can move you, man, and no one's ever gonna try
[Pre-Chorus 2]
All the tides are married to the moon
All I want is for my heart to be as true
[Chorus 2]
Written on the wall
The letters plain and tall
This is my own fault
We don't feel anything
Not gone, but fading fast
So let me put to rest
The only question that you'll ask
We don't feel anything!
We don't feel anything!
We don't feel anything!
We don't feel anything!
[Outro]
We don't feel anything!
We don't feel anything!
We don't feel anything!
We don't feel anything!
We don't feel anything
Mene was written by Brand New.
Mene was produced by Mike Sapone & Brand New.
“Mene” (Hebrew מְנֵא, pronounced m'NAY) refers to the Old Testament’s Book of Daniel, Chapter 5.
[King] Belshazzar and his nobles blasphemously drink from sacred Jewish temple vessels, offering praise to inanimate gods, until a hand mysteriously appears and writes upon the wall of the palace. The h...
In an interview with RockZone Magazine, Jesse Lacey revealed “Mene” was actually released ten years before it’s release:
‘Mene’ is older than the new songs we have written. We probably started working on it when we were working on The Devil and God. We rediscovered it recently and we liked it. Ten...
The music video is made up of live-concert footage compiled over the course of the band’s career, directed by Daniel Navetta of ApK.