Porter Robinson - Goodbye To A World - Commentary lyrics

"Goodbye To A World" is a contender
For my favourite song of the
Album i remember- it was the
First time I'd tried to
Work with, like, sound fonts
N64 type sounds, and write stuff that
Was really channelling, um my nostalgia
From the early 2000s, late '90s and games in
That vein and, there was a
Huge, enormous thunderstorm outside
It was one- and
Like a wind storm- it was one
Of those days where like
The sky turns green, y'know
And a huge tree had collapsed over my
Driveway, and so there was no
Getting out of thе house
And it was just pouring, pouring
Down rain, wind was- y'know
The power was cutting out - that was
Thе atmosphere I had when I
Wrote "Goodbye To A World"
And how perfect is it that it was
Like, apocalyptic outside? That's just so
Crazy to me- I mean, maybe
That informed the title and theme of
The song but this is
Another, y'know, another song with a
Robot vocal and yeah, i mean I
Think if you listen to it
The message is pretty, pretty upfront it's-
Y'know, to me it's very clearly
A sad a sad song, but this
Notion of 'world destruction' or a
World disappearing is really dear
To me, I've talked about
It in interviews before
But, I was very much attached to these
Online worlds and MMORPGs like 'World
Of Warcraft' type stuff - I was
Really into a game called
'Star Wars Galaxies' and another one called
'City of Heroes' and the
Thing about these games is that
When an online roleplaying game
That millions of people are
Connected to goes away, when the
Game ceases to be profitable, and
The servers shut down
It's not like other games where
Ten years down the line
You can just plug i the
Cartridge and bask in the
Nostalgia it's not like that it's-
Once those games are
Gone, those worlds that you very
Much immersed yourself in are
Gone and that was a big deal to me
When my favourite games disappeared and
I couldn't go there
Anymore and, as an adult now
I think it's just a very romantic
Notion, and that's why I think
The whole idea of like, a
Beautiful apocalypse is really evocative to
Me i love that y'know, this isn't
A zombie death thing here, this
Is, this is like pretty
Y'know? This is a beautiful world
Kind of disappearing in a
Clean way that's sort of how I see it"