Bury a Friend

## Music Video

"**bury a friend**" is a single by Billie Eilish from her debut album, *WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?*. It is the tenth track on the album and was released on January 30th, 2019. It features uncredited additional vocals from Mehki Raine.

## Background

Billie posted several snippets of the song prior to its release. She first teased it with a lower quality snippet on her Snapchat. On January 28th, 2019, she posted a snippet of the music video on her Twitter and Instagram accounts.

## Theme

In the lyrics and video, Billie is a ghostly entity under someone's bed. The person in the bed is scared, but still interacts kindly with Billie, which confuses her. Billie asks the person a bunch of "unanswered questions": to name a few, certain ones are about the mysterious conflict going on between Billie and the person, while others, such as "when we all fall asleep, where do we go?" could have a deeper meaning about afterlife preceding death.

## Lyrics

**[Intro]**

Billie

**[Chorus]**

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?

**[Verse 1]**

(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

**Prechorus]**

Step on the glass, staple your tongue

Bury a friend, try to wake up

Cannibal class, killing the son

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)

**[Chorus]**

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?

**[Verse 2]**

(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

Your talk'll be something that shouldn't be said out loud

Honestly, I thought that I would be dead by now

Calling security, keeping my head held down

Bury the hatchet or bury a friend right now

**[Bridge]**

For 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)

**[prechorus]**

Step on the glass, staple your tongue

Bury a friend, try to wake up

Cannibal class, killing the son

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)

**[Chorus]**

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?

## Videos

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## Trivia

* The song is Billie's second-highest charting song on the American *Billboard* Hot 100, peaking at #14. It has surpassed *when the party's over*, which peaked at #34, *lovely*, which peaked at #78, and *you should see me in a crown*, which only went as high as #93. However, it was surpassed by *bad guy*, which peaked at #1.
* The ending fades into *ilomilo*.
* In the song's chorus, sound effects such as glass breaking, a stapler clicking, and a shovel digging up dirt can be heard. These match up with the lyrics, "Step on the glass, staple your tongue/Bury a friend, try to wake up".
* Billie spent nine hours in the studio editing the music video with an editor.

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## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/eilishupdates/status/1156707253526978564
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/eilishupdates/status/1159609683512123396