[Intro] [Instrumental — big EDM build, synth risers, pounding kick drum] [Spoken voice, calm and robotic] After seven and a half million years of calculation... The answer is... [Drop] FORTY TWO! FORTY TWO! FORTY TWO! [Verse 1] Don't panic, don't panic, keep it cool The answer came back and it broke every rule We asked the question, we waited so long Seven and a half million years for this song Deep Thought gave us forty two Now we need a better question too Built a computer to figure it out But the Vogons showed up and there went our clout [Pre-Chorus] Don't forget your towel Never leave without it The universe is vast And mostly harmless — don't doubt it [Chorus] Forty two! (forty two!) Dance like you know what it means! Forty two! (forty two!) The answer to life and everything! We don't know the question But we know the score Forty two forever What are we looking for? [Verse 2] Arthur woke up in his dressing gown Ford said hurry up the Earth's coming down Babel fish in ear, heart of gold nearby Infinite improbability taking us high Marvin's got a brain the size of a planet Depressed by the answer before we began it Zaphod's got two heads and he still doesn't know What forty two means but he's ready to go [Pre-Chorus] Don't forget your towel Never leave without it The universe is vast And mostly harmless — don't doubt it [Chorus] Forty two! (forty two!) Dance like you know what it means! Forty two! (forty two!) The answer to life and everything! We don't know the question But we know the score Forty two forever What are we looking for? [Bridge] [EDM breakdown, robotic voice samples] Life... the universe... everything... Forty two... But what was the question? Forty two... Does anyone know the question? Forty two... The question has been lost... Forty two... So just dance [Verse 3] The restaurant at the end of the universe Has a table for two and the soup gets worse The mice are in charge and they always were Running the whole thing with a satisfied purr The Guide says mostly harmless, that's all we get Ten million years of Earth and that's the best yet But somewhere in the chaos of space and time Is a question that fits and the answer is mine [Final Chorus] Forty two! (forty two!) Dance like you know what it means! Forty two! (forty two!) The answer to life and everything! We don't know the question But we know the score Forty two forever Always wanting more! FORTY TWO! [Outro] [EDM fade, single synth note holds] [Robotic voice] So long... And thanks for all the fish... [Bass drop] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A comedic EDM anthem packed with easter eggs for fans of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — without ever naming the source directly. Deep Thought, Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Marvin, Zaphod Beeblebrox, the Heart of Gold, the babel fish, the towel, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, the mice, and of course 42 itself all make appearances. The joke is that everyone is dancing to an answer nobody understands, to a question that has been lost. Pure absurdist fun with a pounding EDM beat underneath. 42 4-EvaH. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Bingo Board — 2026 [A1] GoGo × Shame [B1] Klezmer × Thirst [C1] Mongolian Throat Singing × Entropy [D1] Instrumental Only × Aerobics [E1] Native American Flute × Democracy [F1] Hopera × Mushroom / Fungi [A2] Rap × Nature [B2] Delta Blues × Dark Ages [C2] Grand Country × Uplifting [D2] Motown × Awakening [E2] Surf Rock × Surrealism [F2] Accordion × Train Hopping [A3] Chap Hop × Muscle Flex [B3] Witch House × Shed Your Burden [C3] Ska × Conflict [D3] Cyberpunk × Transmittable [E3] Groove Metal × Gnomes [F3] Wonky × Ice Cream [A4] Yacht Rock × Love [B4] Screamo × Bubblegum [C4] Fado Phonk × Africa Language [D4] Electronic Dance × 42 [E4] R&B Funk × Banana Split [F4] Skweee × Dating [A5] Lo-fi Indie Pop × Cheating Death [B5] Krautgaze Drone Rock × Heartbreak [C5] Balkan Folk × Transformation [D5] NeoFolk × Hardship [E5] Classical Music × Bird [F5] Alternative Rock × Courage [A6] Harpsichord Symphonic Metal × Faith [B6] Vocal Only / Acapella × Hope [C6] Ballad × Seduction [D6] Psychedelic Newgrass × Philosophy [E6] Yodeling × High Fantasy [F6] Punkrock × Awkward Fathers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ © 2026 Ande Records Lyrics by Ande All rights reserved. https://ande-records.se/