What You Doing This For? (song)

## What You Doing This For?

"**What You Doing This For?**" is a song performed by British singer and songwriter Florrie, and it is the third track of her second extended play *Experiments*.

## Background

The song was performed back in 2010 along with "Go", "Sunday Girl", and "She Always Gets What She Wants" for the Nina L'elixir Event, held in France.

## Composition

The song is known to be the second longest Florrie track, only behind "Experimenting with Rugs", as it has a length of four minutes and forty seconds. It is set at a moderate tempo of 92 beats per minute, and mainly features drums and synthesizers. Sonically, it is influenced by the 80s and 90s pop music.

## Cross-references

* Fighting for something is also a theme in "Begging Me".
* Pretending is also found in "Experimenting with Rugs" and "She Always Gets What She Wants".
* "Take a ride" is also used in "Call 911".
* Getting late is also referenced in "Left Too Late".
* "Keep on giving it up" is opposed to "never giving up", a lyric found in "Too Young to Remember".
* Going back is a common theme in Florrie songs, such as "Fascinate Me", "Begging Me", and "Too Young to Remember".
* Flowers are also mentioned in "Let Your Flowers Grow".
* Florrie sings about falling in "Free Falling" and "Speed of Light".
* Wondering is also a theme in "Experimenting with Rugs".
* Escape is also referenced in "Call 911".
* "Losing the war" is a lyric from "Left Too Late".
* "Take a walk" is similar to "walk with me", found in "I Took a Little Something".

## Lyrics

Why did we say

What you doing this for?

Baby never too late

To go back to before

You're feeling so bad

What you doing it for?

You're wishing you had

Your second chance and more

Baby it's getting late

Lying here in bed

Maybe I oughta wait up

But I fall asleeep instead

What happened to the days when

We'd stay awake all night long

To talk then try to find our Milky Way

Keep on giving it up

Up too late to stop ourselves from falling

Do you wonder how we ever kept it real?

You're hanging it up

But to try to stop I keep on calling

So take down your wall and tell me how it feels

Why did we say

What you doing this for?

Baby never too late

To go back to before

You're feeling so bad

What you doing it for?

You're wishing you had

Your second chance and more

Baby let's take a walk

Back where we began

Maybe then we can talk about the roses in your hand

I watched you from the window

Make your escape

Your sorry eyes have let go now but baby you're too late

Gonna bet you bet you never

You never question why I let you let you know

Did I mention mention you never give enough attention

Gonna bet you bet you never

You never question why I let you let you know

Did I mention mention you never give enough attention

Why did we say

What you doing this for?

Baby never too late

To go back to before

You're feeling so bad

What you doing it for?

You're wishing you had

Your second chance and more

Gonna bet you bet you never

You never question why I let you let you know

Did I mention mention you never give enough attention

Gonna bet you bet you never

You never question why I let you let you know

Did I mention mention you never give enough attention

Why did we say

What you doing this for?

Baby never too late

To go back to before

You're feeling so bad

What you doing it for?

You're wishing you had

Your second chance and more

Why did we say

What you doing this for?

Baby never too late

To go back to before

You're feeling so bad

What you doing it for?

You're wishing you had

Your second chance and more

The rivers of time

Are calling out for your mind

Baby you knew, oh, you knew

They're saying what's mine is yours

I think we're losing the war

I'm gonna keep on fighting for you