BILLIE: BASICALLY, I MEAN, YOU CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND IT IF YOU JUST LISTEN.

IT’S A MONSTER WITH A PERSON IN THE BED THAT’S INTERESTED.

THEY’RE NOT… YEAH, THEY’RE SCARED OF THEM…

AND IT’S LIKE THEY KNOW THAT IT’S BAD,

BUT SOMETIMES LIKE THE MOST DANGEROUS SITUATIONS

ARE THE MOST ATTRACTIVE TO YOU.

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SO THIS IS THE HOOK. THIS IS THE CHORUS WITH THE ALARM,

AND OBVIOUSLY I WAS FEELING SOME TYPE OF WAY WITH THAT.

I WANTED TO DRAW HOW THE SONG SOUNDS, SO I DREW THAT.

FINNEAS: I THINK THE SECOND VERSE IS LIKE MY FAVORITE LYRICALLY IN THAT WHOLE SONG.

-FUCK.

ALL OF THE LYRICS IN THE PRE-HOOK ARE JUST LIKE,

THINGS THAT YOU LIKE MAKE YOU SYMPATHETICALLY LIKE FLINCH.

-WE WERE IN CHICAGO FOR LOLLAPALOOZA

AND WE HAD TWO OFF DAYS AND IN THOSE TWO DAYS WAS MY BROTHER’S BIRTHDAY.

WE JUST WERE LIKE FUCKIN’ LET’S RENT OUT A STUDIO TO JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

WE HAD THIS LIKE BUM, BUM, BUM, BUM…

-IT’S CALLED A SHUFFLE BEAT.

IT’S LIKE, IT’S, YOU KNOW, IT’S NOT A NEW RHYTHM.

IT’S A, BUT THERE… IT’S A VERY SPECIFIC GROOVE OF IT.

THE KICK IS ON THE FLOOR AND THERE’S A SORT OF A SECONDARY KICK

OR A TOM THAT’S TAPPING ALONG.

SO JUST, EVEN LIKE THE KIND OF OMINOUSNESS OF THAT...

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-LIKE IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE HAD BEEN PLAYING IT A LITTLE BIT, I WAS LIKE...

I NEED TO JUST HEAR MY NAME AT THE BEGINNING.

-OH YEAH. -LIKE I JUST NEED TO HEAR A 'BILLIE'

AND SO IMMEDIATELY I THOUGHT OF MY FRIEND CALVIN,

SO I LITERALLY TEXTED HIM.

I WAS LIKE 'HEY, RECORD YOURSELF SAYING MY NAME AND SEND IT TO ME. THANKS'.

"BILLIE"

-AND THAT'S THE RECORDING

LITERALLY TWO SECONDS OF HIM

SILENCE AND THEN HIM SAYING 'BILLIE' AND THAT'S IT.

AND IMMEDIATELY WE JUST PUT IT IN THE SONG.

-"BILLIE"

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-THIS SONG IS FUCKING WEIRD.

THE SECOND, LIKE, HALF OF THE SECOND VERSE... SOUNDS LIKE [MAKES SOUND].

AND IT LITERALLY WAS ME AT THE ORTHODONTIST

GETTING MY ATTACHMENTS SHAVED OFF MY TEETH.

THIS IS THE RECORDING I TOOK OF THE DENTIST OF THE DRILL

IN MY MOUTH OF THE, IT'S LIKE [MAKES NOISE].

-LIQUID, YEAH.

-AND LIKE THEY PUT IT IN YOUR MOUTH AND YOU LIKE,

CLOSE YOUR MOUTH AND THEN IT SUCKS ALL THE...

I DON'T KNOW. BUT ANYWAY,

THAT'S WHAT YOU HEAR

AND YOU HEAR A DRILL SHAVING OFF MY TEETH

AND IT WAS NOT A GOOD FEELING.

AND IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT WAS A GOOD FEELING

EITHER SO THIS IS WHAT IT WAS: [PLAYS RECORDING].

-THE WORST SOUND.

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WHETHER IT'S AN ARTIST THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH

OR A PERSON THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH

OR AN IDEA THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH

AND YOU GIVE ALL OF YOUR LOVE TO THIS PERSON.

IF YOU'RE GIVING EVERYTHING YOU EVEN HAVE TO THIS PERSON

OR THIS IDEA OR THIS CREATURE OR WHATEVER,

YOU'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT YOURSELF

AND YOU'RE NOT DOING THINGS FOR YOURSELF

AND I FEEL LIKE THAT IS DANGEROUS.

AND I FEEL LIKE I'VE NOTICED THAT.

AND I FEEL LIKE IT MAKES ME THE MONSTER UNDER PEOPLES' BED.

I DON'T KNOW. IT'S A REALLY, IT'S A HARD THING TO DESCRIBE.

WITH 'BURY A FRIEND' AND WITH THE ALBUM AS A WHOLE,

IT'S JUST LIKE, TOO MUCH LOVE IS ALMOST WORSE THAN NO LOVE AT ALL.

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