Funeral

**FUNERAL** is Neoni's fifth release of 2023, and was released May 19, 2023.

Listen to **FUNERAL**

## Theme

"You are basically attending the funeral of your inner child, who you had to lock in a coffin, because they couldn't handle all the tough stuff that the grown up version of you could handle.

Look, life is a bitch. And the most innocent version of yourself, maybe the purest form, the best form if you will, can't necessarily handle the world and how brutal it is, so you give them a little bit of a coffin vacation, for just a little bit of time, and cruise through your life.

Sometimes you have to pull out your giant Zelda sword and beat the world into submission, and I feel like your inner child just isn't capable of that."

## Background

* It was written in LA in February.
* The song was confirmed in a Neoni LIVE after the **DEBBIE DOWNER** premiere on April 21.
* A discord exclusive snippet of **FUNERAL** was shared on Discord on April 26.
* A snippet was posted on TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram on April 27, 2023.
* Another teaser was posted on May 10, 2023 on TikTok.
* The "**FUNERAL**" cover art was revealed on Discord on May 10, 2023.
* Another teaser, most likely of the second verse and second pre-chorus, was posted on May 11, 2023, and on May 12, 2023.

## Lyrics

[Verse]

Dressed in all black, I'm giving the eulogy

RIP to the kid that I used to be

It's such a bummer, she didn't recover

The world made her jaded, turned her perfect summer

Stone-cold like the rock that sits in my chest

Oh no, yeah I swear I tried my best

Now I'm a cynic, I couldn't prevent it

This life isn't mine, but I'm still living in it

[Pre-Chorus]

Bring black roses

Keep composed yeah

[Chorus]

Funeral

Got front row seats to my funeral

I know it seems like it was tragic

Close the casket

You can't change what's in the past yeah

Funeral

Got front row seats to my funeral

I tried to be so picture-perfect

Wasn't worth it

So I left it in the dirt yeah

[Verse]

I swear I can still feel her haunting me

Disappointed with who I turned out to be

Up in my conscience, it's making me nauseous

Did I bury the best parts of me in that coffin

So now I'm taking the guilty plea

Crime of passion, it's just how it had to be

Please is this how you grieve?

I sleep in that hearse to remind me of me

[Pre-Chorus]

Your black roses

Decomposing

[Chorus]

Funeral

Got front row seats to my funeral

I know it seems like it was tragic

Close the casket

You can't change what's in the past yeah

Funeral

Got front row seats to my funeral

I tried to be so picture-perfect

Wasn't worth it

So I left it in the dirt yeah

[Bridge]

Told the reaper when you see her

Say I'm sorry I couldn't be her

Told the reaper when you see her

Sorry didn't help me either

(Funeral)

(Got front row seats to my)

(Funeral)

(I know it se-e-e-ems-)

[Chorus]

Funeral

Got front row seats to my funeral

I know it seems like it was tragic

Close the casket

You can't change what's in the past yeah

Funeral

Got front row se-e-e-

I tried to be-be-be-be

Picture perfect, wasn't worth it

So I left it in the dirt yeah

## Sources

1. ↑ https://youtu.be/XZhNVSEgx5E
2. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@weareneoni/video/7226813926720195886?lang=en
3. ↑ https://youtube.com/shorts/VSzZUgR-\_dI?feature=share
4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrjSpU3gg3Z/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link
5. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@weareneoni/video/7231614331513834798
6. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@weareneoni/video/7231975340476730670?lang=en
7. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@weareneoni/video/7232342734747634990?lang=en