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"I Don't Wanna Be Me" is a song by Type O Negative, included on their sixth album Life Is Killing Me, released in 2003. This song is about the challenges of changing his appearance in order to attract women. There is ambient outro starting at 3:46 played by low-pitch keyboards and flavored with sound effects like footsteps and heartbeat.

"I Don't Wanna Be Me" is the only single released from the album Life Is Killing Me. There is an official music video for this song. The music video is about Pete dressing in thousands of characters, from Marilyn Monroe to Michael Jackson.

"I Don't Wanna Be Me" is covered by several other bands, including Trivium, Nemecic, and Modern Mimes. A split album of the same name released in 2018 contains this song and the Trivium version.

Lyrics

I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be me
I don't wanna be me anymore

Ever throwing at his home
Two glass houses, twenty stones
Fourteen yellow, six are blue
Could it be worse?.. Quite doubtful.

I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be me
I don't wanna be me anymore
I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be me
I don't wanna be me anymore

1-2
1-2-3-4.

Two steps forward, three steps back
Without warning, heart attack
He fell asleep in the snow
Never woke up, died alone

I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be me
I don't wanna be me anymore
I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be me
I don't wanna be me anymore

1-2
1-2-3-4.

Please don't dress in black
When you're at his wake
Don't go there to mourn
But to celebrate

Please don't dress in black
When you're at his wake
Don't go there to mourn
But to celebrate

I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be me
I don't wanna be me anymore
I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be me
I don't wanna be me anymore

1-2
1-2-3-4.

I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be me
I don't wanna be me anymore
I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be me
I don't wanna be me anymore

Personnel

Group performers

Peter Steele – lead vocals, bass, additional keyboards
Kenny Hickey – guitar, backing vocals
Josh Silver – keyboards
Johnny Kelly – live drums

Enginucers

Peter Steele – writing, mixing, production
Josh Silver – engineering, effects, drum programming, mixing, production
Mike Marciano – engineering, mixing
George Marino – mastering

Links to other songs

Type O Negative songs
Slow, Deep and Hard "Unsuccessfully Coping with the Natural Beauty of Infidelity" "Der Untermensch" "Xero Tolerance" "Prelude to Agony" "Glass Walls of Limbo" "The Misinterpretation of Silence and its Disastrous Consequences" "Gravitational Constant: G = 6.67 × 10⁻⁸ cm⁻³ gm⁻¹ sec⁻²"	The Origin of the Feces "I Know You're Fucking Someone Else" "Are You Afraid" "Gravity" "Pain" "Kill You Tonight" "Hey Pete" "Kill You Tonight (reprise)" "Paranoid" (bonus track)
Bloody Kisses "Machine Screw" "Christian Woman" "Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)" "Fay Wray Come Out and Play" "Kill All the White People" "Summer Breeze" "Set Me on Fire" "Dark Side of the Womb" "We Hate Everyone" "Bloody Kisses (A Death in the Family)" "3.0.I.F." "Too Late: Frozen" "Blood & Fire" "Can't Lose You" "Suspended in Dusk" (on special editions only) "Black Sabbath (From the Satanic Perspective)" (on special editions only) "Summer Girl" (unreleased)	October Rust "Bad Ground" "Intro" "Love You to Death" "Be My Druidess" "Green Man" "Red Water (Christmas Mourning)" "My Girlfriend's Girlfriend" "Die with Me" "Burnt Flowers Fallen" "In Praise of Bacchus" "Cinnamon Girl" "The Glorious Liberation of the People's Technocratic Republic of Vinnland by the Combined Forces of the United Territories of Europa" "Wolf Moon" "Haunted" "Outro"
World Coming Down "Skip It" "White Slavery" "Sinus" "Everyone I Love Is Dead" "Who Will Save the Sane?" "Liver" "World Coming Down" "Creepy Green Light" "Everything Dies" "Lung" "Pyretta Blaze" "All Hallows Eve" "Day Tripper"	Life Is Killing Me "Thir13teen" "I Don't Wanna Be Me" "Less than Zero (<0)" "Todd's Ship Gods (Above All Things)" "I Like Goils" "...A Dish Best Served Coldly" "How Could She?" "Life Is Killing Me" "Nettie" "(We Were) Electrocute" "IYDKMIGTHTKY (Gimme That)" "Angry Inch" "Anesthesia" "Drunk in Paris" "The Dream Is Dead" "Out of the Fire" (bonus track)
Dead Again "Dead Again" "Tripping a Blind Man" "The Profit of Doom" "September Sun" "Halloween in Heaven" "These Three Things" "She Burned Me Down" "Some Stupid Tomorrow" "An Ode to Locksmiths" "Hail and Farewell to Britain"	Songs from non-studio albums "Pictures of Matchstick Men" "On with the Show" "In the Flesh" "Back in the U.S.S.R." "It's Never Enough" "12 Black Rainbows" "Stay Out of My Dreams" "Highway Star" "Santana Medley" "If She Loved Me"
StereoType O Negative songs "In the Name of Love (Pride)" "Dolce Vita" "Last Christmas" "Wicked Game"

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  | duration      = 5:08
- | genres        = {{wp|Gothic metal}}, {{wp|punk}}
+ | genres        = <onlyinclude>{{genres|Goth metal|punk}}</onlyinclude>
  | released      = Fall 2003
  | label         = Roadrunner
- | dur_edit      = 3:44
+ | single_dur    = 3:44
+ | succ_track    = Less than Zero
+ | post_track    = Todd's Ship Gods (Above All Things)
+ | prec_track    = Thir13teen
+ | ante_track    =
 }}
+{{Play|i+don't+wanna+be+me}}
 {{Song intro|Life Is Killing Me}} This song is about the challenges of changing his appearance in order to attract women. There is ambient outro starting at 3:46 played by low-pitch keyboards and flavored with sound effects like footsteps and heartbeat.
-"I Don't Wanna Be Me" was the first of two singles released from the album ''Life Is Killing Me'', the other is the [[Life Is Killing Me (song)|title track]]. {{Music video|official|LXIWRan3XGY}} The music video is about Pete dressing in thousands of characters, from {{wp|Marilyn Monroe}} to {{wp|Michael Jackson}}.
+"I Don't Wanna Be Me" is the only single released from the album ''Life Is Killing Me''. {{Music video|official|LXIWRan3XGY}} The music video is about Pete dressing in thousands of characters, from {{wp|Marilyn Monroe}} to {{wp|Michael Jackson}}.
+"I Don't Wanna Be Me" is covered by several other bands, including {{wp|Trivium (band)|Trivium}}, {{wp|Nemecic}}, and {{wp|Modern Mimes}}. A split album of the same name released in 2018 contains this song and the Trivium version.
 == Lyrics ==
+<poem>
- I don't wanna be, wanna be there
- I don't wanna be me anymore
+I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be me
+I don't wanna be me anymore
- Ever throwing at his home
- Two glass houses, twenty stones
- Fourteen yellow, six are blue
- Could it be worse?.. Quite doubtful.
- I don't wanna be, wanna be there
- I don't wanna be me anymore
- I don't wanna be, wanna be there
- I don't wanna be me anymore
--2
--2-3-4.
- Two steps forward, three steps back
- Without warning, heart attack
- He fell asleep in the snow
- Never woke up, died alone
- I don't wanna be, wanna be there
- I don't wanna be me anymore
- I don't wanna be, wanna be there
- I don't wanna be me anymore
--2
--2-3-4.
- Please don't dress in black
- When you're at his wake
- Don't go there to mourn
- But to celebrate
- Please don't dress in black
- When you're at his wake
- Don't go there to mourn
- But to celebrate
- I don't wanna be, wanna be there
- I don't wanna be me anymore
- I don't wanna be, wanna be there
- I don't wanna be me anymore
--2
--2-3-4.
- I don't wanna be, wanna be there
- I don't wanna be me anymore
- I don't wanna be, wanna be there
- I don't wanna be me anymore
+Ever throwing at his home
-{{Play|i+don't+wanna+be+me}}
+Two glass houses, twenty stones
+Fourteen yellow, six are blue
+Could it be worse?.. Quite doubtful.
+I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be me
+I don't wanna be me anymore
+I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be me
+I don't wanna be me anymore
+-2
+-2-3-4.
+Two steps forward, three steps back
+Without warning, heart attack
+He fell asleep in the snow
+Never woke up, died alone
+I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be me
+I don't wanna be me anymore
+I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be me
+I don't wanna be me anymore
+-2
+-2-3-4.
+Please don't dress in black
+When you're at his wake
+Don't go there to mourn
+But to celebrate
+Please don't dress in black
+When you're at his wake
+Don't go there to mourn
+But to celebrate
+I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be me
+I don't wanna be me anymore
+I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be me
+I don't wanna be me anymore
+-2
+-2-3-4.
+I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be me
+I don't wanna be me anymore
+I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be me
+I don't wanna be me anymore
+</poem>
 == Personnel ==
-;Band performers
+'''Group performers'''
 * [[Peter Steele]] – lead vocals, bass, additional keyboards
-* [[Josh Silver]] – keyboards, effects
 * [[Kenny Hickey]] – guitar, backing vocals
-* [[Johnny Kelly]] – drums
+* [[Josh Silver]] – keyboards
+* [[Johnny Kelly]] – live drums
+'''Enginucers'''
-;Production
-* Written by [[Peter Steele]]
+* [[Peter Steele]] – writing, mixing, production
-* Engineered by [[Josh Silver]] and {{wp|Mike Marciano}}
+* [[Josh Silver]] – engineering, effects, drum programming, mixing, production
-* Mixed by [[Josh Silver]], [[Peter Steele]] and {{wp|Mike Marciano}}
+* {{wp|Mike Marciano}} – engineering, mixing
-* Mastered by {{wp|George Marino}}
+* {{wp|George Marino}} – mastering
-* Produced by [[Josh Silver]] and [[Peter Steele]]
 {{Songs}}
 [[Category:Songs]]
-[[Category:Songs with music video]]
+[[Category:Life Is Killing Me tracks]]
-[[Category:Life Is Killing Me]]
 [[Category:Singles]]
+[[Category:Songs featuring music video]]
+[[Category:Songs that has cover art]]