Bury A Friend

Album: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019)
Charted: 6 14
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  • Billie

    What do you want from me? Why don't you run from me?
    What are you wondering? What do you know?
    Why aren't you scared of me? Why do you care for me?
    When we all fall asleep, where do we go?

    Come here
    Say it, spit it out, what is it exactly
    You're payin'? Is the amount cleanin' you out, am I satisfactory?
    Today, I'm thinkin' about the things that are deadly
    The way I'm drinkin' you down
    Like I wanna drown, like I wanna end me

    Step on the glass, staple your tongue (ahh)
    Bury a friend, try to wake up (ah-ahh)
    Cannibal class, killing the son (ahh)
    Bury a friend, I wanna end me

    I wanna end me
    I wanna, I wanna, I wanna end me
    I wanna, I wanna, I wanna

    What do you want from me? Why don't you run from me?
    What are you wondering? What do you know?
    Why aren't you scared of me? Why do you care for me?
    When we all fall asleep, where do we go?

    Listen
    Keep you in the dark, what had you expected?
    Me to make you my art and make you a star
    And get you connected?
    I'll meet you in the park, I'll be calm and collected
    But we knew right from the start that you'd fall apart
    'Cause I'm too expensive
    It's probably somethin' that shouldn't be said out loud
    Honestly, I thought that I would be dead by now (wow)
    Calling security, keepin' my head held down
    Bury the hatchet or bury your friend right now

    The debt I owe, gotta sell my soul
    'Cause I can't say no, no, I can't say no
    Then my limbs all froze and my eyes won't close
    And I can't say no, I can't say no
    Careful

    Step on the glass, staple your tongue (ahh)
    Bury a friend, try to wake up (ah-ahh)
    Cannibal class, killing the son (ahh)
    Bury a friend, I wanna end me

    I wanna end me
    I wanna, I wanna, I wanna end me
    I wanna, I wanna, I wanna

    What do you want from me? Why don't you run from me?
    What are you wondering? What do you know?
    Why aren't you scared of me? Why do you care for me?
    When we all fall asleep, where do we go? Writer/s: Billie Eilish O'Connell, Finneas Baird O'Connell
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Mayem Snyph from Pittsburgh PaDuran Duran covered this on their 2023 Halloween-themed album “Dance Macabre”, but they amped it up into a dance/techno piece. I actually never heard Billie’s original till now, but I like both versions.
  • David from NigeriaI love the song, in fact, all of billie ellish's songs.
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