All My Friends Are Dead
Norwegian Radio Orchestra/Turbonegro Lyrics
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Where are your friends?
Where are your friends, man?
What? What? Where are my friends?
All my friends are dead
All my friends are dead
They got kicked in the head
All my friends are dead
All my friends are dead
They got smacked in the head
All my friends are dead
I always knew that they would end up like today
They bought the bullet and they
Paid with handgrenades
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
All my dreams were lies
All my dreams were lies
Nightmares in disguise
All my dreams were lies
All my friends are dead
All my friends are dead
They got dragged out of bed
Now they're buried and they're dead
I always knew that they would end up like today
They bought the bullet and they paid with handgrenades
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Fuck it! eeh!
I always knew that they would end up like today
They bought the bullet and they paid with handgrenades
Now they're buried and they're dead!
Now they're buried and they're dead!
Now they're buried and they're dead!
Dead!
The lyrics of Norwegian Radio Orchestra/Turbonegro's song 'All My Friends Are Dead' deliver a heavy message of losing one's friends and the pain that it brings. The first four lines focus on the quest for answers about the whereabouts of the singer's friends. These lines are repeated to emphasize the singer's increasing anxiety and desperation in the search.
The next lines repeatedly declare that 'All my friends are dead', expressing the reality of losing those closest to us. The reason for their passing, described as being 'kicked in the head' or 'smacked in the head', is deliberately vague but implies a senselessness and unexpectedness to their deaths. The singer reflects that they always knew that their friends would end up dead, but it appears that their own dreams and hopes fell short, as their expectations were shattered, and their nightmares become reality.
The chorus intensifies as the song progresses, with the singer declaring that their friends are 'buried and dead,' emphasizing the finality of their absence. The angst and frustration that arise from the loss of friends are portrayed in the final lines: 'Fuck it! eeh!' and 'Dead!', with a sense of finality and resignation.
Line by Line Meaning
Where are your friends?
Asking about the current location of the listener's friends.
All my friends are dead
The singer is expressing that all of their friends are deceased.
They got kicked in the head
The cause of death for the singer's friends was a blow to the head.
They got smacked in the head
The same as the previous line.
I always knew that they would end up like today
The artist had a feeling that their friends' lives would come to this end.
They bought the bullet and they
Paid with handgrenades
The singer implies that their friends caused their own deaths.
All my dreams were lies
The singer's aspirations and hopes were never fulfilled.
Nightmares in disguise
The artist's unfulfilled dreams have become a source of grief and pain.
They got dragged out of bed
Now they're buried and they're dead
The aftermath of the death of the artist's friends is described in this line.
Fuck it! eeh!
An expression of frustrated resignation or loss of hope.
Now they're buried and they're dead!
Dead!
Reinforce the finality of death in this line.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: CHRISTER ENGEN, HANS DYVIK, KNUT SCHREINER, PAL KJAERNES, RUNE GRONN, THOMAS SELTZER
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