"Mess of Me" is a song written and recorded by the alternative rock band Switchfoot and was the lead single from their seventh studio album, Hello Hurricane.

[1][2] The song was initially called "I Saw Satan Fall Like Lightning," a track Switchfoot demoed during pre-production sessions for Hello Hurricane with Charlie Peacock.

[3] It had a more funk feel and had a different sound, though the opening riff was preserved all the way until the final version of the song.

[10] Narrated in first person, the song describes the "mess" that imperfect people make of their lives, and a desire "spend the rest of my life alive" (as stated in the chorus).

It describes how mistakes are constantly being made, and that the problems in one's life cannot be fixed by drugs or other material things but only oneself.

It also implies a protest against society's obsession with the pharmaceutical industry, which according to Forman has become the new way to "attain never-ending, everlasting, abundant life.

[19] It went on to become their highest-charting song on the Billboard Modern Rock charts since "Dare You to Move" peaked at No.

Fans were actively encouraged to promote and spread the video, and it garnered several top honors on the site.

[27] A second music video, the official version, features some of the same clips from the first cut, but had some newer, more refined shots and was more cinematic in nature.