Happier Than Ever
Billie Eilish, Happier Than Ever/WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?, 2021
Writers: Billie Eilish, FINNEAS
Producer: FINNEAS
Labels: Darkroom, Interscope
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When I’m away from you
I’m happier than ever,
wish I could explain it better,
I wish it wasn’t true.
Give me a day or two
to think of something clever,
to write myself a letter,
to tell me what to do… mm mm.
Do you… read my interviews?
Or do… you skip my avenue?
When you… said you were passin’ through –
was I even on your way?
I knew… when I asked you to
be cool… about what I was telling you,
You’d do the opposite of what you said you’d do
and I’d end up more afraid…
Don’t say it isn’t fair –
you clearly weren’t aware that you made me miserable.
So if you really wanna know…
When I’m away from you
I’m happier than ever,
wish I could explain it better,
I wish it wasn’t true… mm mm.
You call me again,
stuck in your head,
actin’ like you’re a good influence.
Made me second-guess
but I’m wasting my breath
cuz you only listen to your so-called friends.
I don’t relate to you…
I don’t relate to you, no.
Cuz I’d never make me feel guilty –
you made me blame this city.
And I don’t gossip about you on the internet,
never told anyone anything bad.
Cuz that’s just embarrassing,
you were my everything
and all that you did was make me deeply sad.
So don’t waste the time I don’t have
and don’t try to make me feel bad – I could talk about
every time that you showed up on time
but I’d have an empty line cuz you never did.
Never paid any mind to my mother or friends
so I shut ’em all out for you cuz I was a kid.
You ruined everything good,
always said you were misunderstood,
made all my moments your own,
just go and leave me alone…
woah, yeh.