"To start, analyze the name of the singer, "Rebecca Black".
"Rebecca" comes from the Hebrew "Ribkah", meaning to bind something, or trap something.
"Black" comes from the old Norse "Blakr", meaning "Darkness."
So, her name roughly means "bound darkness" or "entrapped darkness".
This
is a reference to Fenrir, the the world ending wolf that was bound by
the gods in Norse mythology, but will break free in the time of the
world's end.
Also, her middle name is "Renee", which literally means "Rebirth"
Moving
onto the song, and the music video as well, it starts by her chanting
"Yeah-yeah-yeah" while an image of a clock progressing comes into view.
While
you could be forgiven for thinking this was just random shit posting by
the lyric writer, it was not. The sound is meant to replicate the word
"Yera", which means "Year", and the rune for which represents cycles and
the passing of time. This is a reference to the Norse concept of
cyclical destruction and rebirth. One world ends, and in its end, the
next is birthed into a new life.
The song continues;
"Seven AM, waking up in the morning
Gotta be fresh, gotta go downstairs
Gotta have my bowl, gotta have cereal
Seeing everything, the time is going
Ticking on and on, everybody's rushing
Gotta get down to the bus stop
Gotta catch my bus, I see my friends"
This
portion represents the continual struggle of man against the futility
of its existence, engaging in the same thing day after day, repeating
the same actions to no change and to no remaining effect. The "week"
here represents the process through one of these cycles, between the
birth and destruction, where in people simply go through motions waiting
for their destruction.
"Kicking in the front seat
Sitting in the back seat
Gotta make my mind up
Which seat can I take?"
This
portion demonstrates the futility of our decisions, mocking our
indecisiveness for placing determinant value on life decisions that will
ultimately have all impact wiped away when this world is destroyed and
reborn.
"It's Friday, Friday
Gotta get down on Friday
Everybody's looking forward to the weekend, weekend
Friday, Friday
Getting down on Friday
Everybody's looking forward to the weekend."
Here,
"Friday" represents the final hours before the world's end, the only
time where the people of that cycle can truly understand the nature of
their reality, and the only time where they can truly appreciate their
destruction. It's an acceptance of the end, and a celebration of what's
to come. (I.E. the next "week")
"Partying, partying, Yeah!
Partying, partying, Yeah!
Fun, fun, fun, fun
Looking forward to the weekend."
These lines represent an acknowledgement and celebtration of the Yera, the cycle.
They
celebrate the passing of one week onto another, and accept the
"weekend" as a necessary completion of their futility, not to be feared,
but to be appreciated as the final chapter of this story, giving the
only true meaning to it that it ever had.
"Seven fourty-five, we're driving on the highway
Cruising so fast, I want time to fly
Fun, fun, think about fun
You know what it is
I got this,you got this.
My friend is by my right, ayI got this,you got this.
I got this,you got this.
Now you know it"
Here, the lyrics represent a rush towards the end, to confront it head on.
In the video, the singer has two friends, one to each side. However, the lyrics only note the one to her right.
This
is a reference to the story of Odin's charge against death in the end
times. Odin famously sacrificed his right eye, and is therefore blind on
his right, which is why the lyrics, which are depicting a readiness in
an onward charge, only require an ally to guard the right flank. The
"right hand man" archetype is a guard against the blindspot.
