While you may not have recognized Karlsson and Winberg by their full names, you may have heard their work as production duo Bloodshy & Avant. The duo has written and produced for Kylie Minogue, Madonna and Britney Spears and claimed a Grammy for their work on Britney Spears’ Toxic. Wyatt is fresh off co-production duties with Mark Ronson on Daniel Merriweather’s April release, Love And War.
Burial
Miike Snow Lyrics
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Saturdays are all the same
Sympathy is overrated
Like a snapshot when you've lost the game
Now it's all the funeral
I've become a serial
Killer of us both
I've become a serial
Killer of us both
No, I
Don't want to get thrown in your ocean
Don't try
You know that we already know it
It's over
At your own burial
Don't forget to cry
At your own burial
Licking up my eighty-first birthday
Every day this body goes to waste
Remembering how I would raise an army
When we went back to your place
Now it's all the funeral
I've become a serial
Killer of us both
Now it's all the funeral
I've become a serial
Killer of us both
No, I
Don't want to get thrown in your ocean
Don't try
You know that we already know it
It's over
At your own burial
Don't forget to cry
At your own burial
At your own burial
Don't forget to cry
At your own burial
The lyrics of "Burial" by Miike Snow speak about the end of a relationship and how it feels like a funeral or burial. The first verse talks about the current state of misery in the relationship, how Saturdays (a day usually associated with relaxation) have lost their charm, and how sympathy feels irrelevant. The chorus reveals the singer's sentiment of having become a serial killer of the relationship, highlighting how both parties have played a role in the destruction of their love, and how it's time to let go.
The second verse, which starts with the weird imagery of licking up an 81st birthday, portrays the singer's growing pains and how they have left memories of happier times in the past. The singer reminisces about how they used to plan their future together, but now that seems impossible. In the last two lines of the verse, the singer continues the metaphor of the relationship being like a funeral by saying that there's no going back to the past.
The chorus is repeated twice, bringing the song's meaning home with the reminder to cry at your own burial. The song serves as a reminder to let go of things that don't serve us anymore and to remember to mourn the good times even as we move on.
Line by Line Meaning
Misery is all we know lately
We have been experiencing sadness and unhappiness recently.
Saturdays are all the same
Our weekends have become routine and unexciting.
Sympathy is overrated
Like a snapshot when you've lost the game
Offering comfort and compassion isn't helpful when you've already lost and know it.
Now it's all the funeral
I've become a serial
Killer of us both
The relationship is over, and my actions contributed to its end.
No, I
Don't want to get thrown in your ocean
Don't try
You know that we already know it
It's over
I don't want to be dragged into the emotional turmoil associated with our relationship ending. We both know it's over.
At your own burial
Don't forget to cry
At your own burial
Despite the fact that you are the one who ended things, don't forget to take the time to reflect on what has happened and feel the emotions that come with a significant loss.
Licking up my eighty-first birthday
Every day this body goes to waste
Remembering how I would raise an army
When we went back to your place
I am getting older and feel like I am wasting away. I reminisce about the time when I felt alive and powerful, and would readily fight for what I believed in.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
Written by: ANDREW WYATT BLAKEMORE, CHRISTIAN KARLSSON, PONTUS WINNBERG
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@benderrodriguez23
Played this on repeat the whole day my mate died. Hurts. So powerful yet subtle.
1 year anniversary miss you champ.
@johndoe2644
Chronically underrated!!!!!!!!
@1life744
Miike Snow is next level. A step up
@xXblueinfernoXx
miike snow is one of the few people where i can listen to alot of their songs and not get tired of it :D
@NekedRooster
Are you effing kidding me?!??!! Goddamn this is good! This album came out in 09 and I'm only now stumbling on it! I'm a blind daft fool. This whole album is amazing...literally every song.
@dabordietrying
you were ten years earlier than me at least
@mollymoonthorn
why do all his songs make me cry? they are just so full of hope and are just beautiful, just so real
@TheOneAndOnly655
This music video really is amazing. I just don't understand why the others who disliked this video don't see how amazing it is.
@AjitTheUndefeatable
Honestly if someonne disliked this video it's because they have unprocessed trauma that's causing them to be insufferable and unbearable to everyone around them.
@AjitTheUndefeatable
Honestly if someonne disliked this video it's because they have unprocessed trauma that's causing them to be insufferable and unbearable to everyone around them.