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Billie Eilish
-"Austin City Limits" presents a full hour with global pop phenom Billie Eilish. - You should see me in a crown I'm gonna run this nothing town Watch me make 'em bow One by one by one One by one by You should see me in a crown All the good girls go to hell 'Cause even God herself Has enemies and... Duh! I'm the bad guy Duh -Recorded live from the Moody Theater, it's "Austin City Limits." -Now, the genre-defying songs and sounds of Billie Eilish. - White shirt now red, my bloody nose Sleeping, you're on your tippy toes Creeping around like no one knows Think you're so criminal Bruises, on both my knees for you Don't say thank you or please, I do What I want when I'm wanting to My soul? So cynical So you're a tough guy Like it really rough guy Just can't get enough guy Chest always so puffed guy I'm that bad type Make your mama sad type Make your girlfriend mad tight Might seduce your dad type I'm the bad guy Duh! I'm the bad guy I like it when you take control Even if you know that you don't Own me, I'll let you play the role I'll be your animal My mommy likes to sing along with me But she won't sing this song If she reads all the lyrics She'll pity the men I know Sing it! - So you're a tough guy Like it really rough guy Just can't get enough guy Chest always so puffed guy I'm that bad type Make your mama sad type Make your girlfriend mad tight Might seduce your dad type I'm the bad guy Duh! I'm the bad guy Duh I'm only good at being bad Bad
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I like when you get mad I guess I'm pretty glad that you're alone You said she's scared of me? I mean, I don't see what she sees But maybe it's 'cause I'm wearing your cologne I'm a bad guy Huh I'm a bad guy Huh
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How you feelin'?
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-No, Billie, I haven't done that dance since my wife died. -There's a whole crowd of people out there who need to learn how to do the Scarn. - Don't ask questions you don't wanna know Learned my lesson way too long ago To be talking to you, belladonna Shoulda taken a break, not an Oxford comma Take what I want when I wanna And I want ya Bad, bad news One of us is gonna lose I'm the powder, you're the fuse Just add some friction You are My strange addiction You are my strange addiction My doctors can't explain My symptoms or my pain But you are my strange addiction -I'm really, really sorry, I think I was just relieved to see that Michael Scarn got his confidence back. -Yeah, Michael, that movie is amazing. -It's like, one of the best movies I've ever seen in my life. - Deadly fever Please don't ever break Be my reliever 'Cause I don't self medicate And it burns like a gin and I like it Put your lips on my skin and you might ignite it Hurts, but I know how to hide it Kinda like it Bad, bad news One of us is gonna lose I'm the powder, you're the fuse - Just add some friction - You are my, my strange addiction Come on! - You are My strange addiction My doctors can't explain My symptoms or my pain But you are my strange addiction
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Bite my glass, set myself on fire Can't you tell I'm crass? Can't you tell I'm wired? Tell me "Nothing lasts" Like I don't know You could kiss my as-kin' about my motto -You should enter it in festivals, or carnivals. Thoughts? -Pretty good reaction. Pretty cool, right? - You are my strange addiction You are my strange addiction My doctors can't explain My symptoms or my pain But you are my strange addiction
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-Did you like it? Did you like?
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So...the energy I got from...y'all... is beautiful, I love it! So, what I'm gonna ask is, I know a lot of you are sitting, but if you could just give me, like, a -- you know what I'm saying? Just a head, that's all I'm askin' for. Lil' -- lil' -- you know what I'm saying? Right? So, for this next one --
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Oh... If you are standing, I want you to jump, okay? It's not that hard. You wanna try jumping? Okay. Let's try jumping then. Bite my tongue, bide my time Wearing a warning sign Wait 'til the world is mine Visions I vandalize Cold in my kingdom size Fell for these ocean eyes Here we go! You should see me in a crown I'm gonna run this nothing town Watch me make 'em bow One by one by one One by one by You should see me in a crown Your silence is my favorite sound Watch me make 'em bow One by one by one One by one by one Count my cards, watch them fall Blood on my wall I like the way they all Scream as loud as you possibly can!
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Tell me which one is worse Living or dying first Sleeping inside a hearse I don't dream You say Come over baby I think you're pretty I'm okay I'm not your baby If you think I'm pretty You should see me in a crown I'm gonna run this nothing town Watch me make 'em bow One by one by one One by one by You should see me in a crown Your silence is my favorite sound Watch me make 'em bow One by one by one One by one by one
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Crown I'm gonna run this nothing town Watch me make 'em bow One by one by one One by one by You should see me in a crown Your silence is my favorite sound Watch me make 'em bow One by one by one One by one by one
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Don't be that way Fall apart twice a day I just wish You could feel What you say Show, never tell But I know you too well Got a mood That you wish You could sell If teardrops could be bottled There'd be swimming pools filled by models Told a tight dress is what makes you a whore If "I love you" was a promise Would you break it, if you're honest Tell the mirror what you know She's heard before Sing it with me! I don't wanna be you Anymore Hands getting cold Losing feeling's getting old Was I made From a broken mold? Hurt, I can't shake We've made every mistake Only you know the way That I break If teardrops could be bottled There'd be swimming pools filled by models Told a tight dress is what makes you a whore If "I love you" was a promise Would you break it, if you're honest Tell the mirror what you know She's heard before I don't wanna be you I don't wanna be you I don't wanna be you Anymore
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on this next one, there's gonna be one part where I'm gonna -- Damn, you're all sitting. Could you all stand real quick? I'm sorry to make you get up, I know what it's like. But if everyone could just stand for this one. And it's only because we're gonna do one thing -- it's gonna be fun, okay? I hope you're down. So, for you guys, it'll be easy. But listen, there's gonna be one part of this song where I'm gonna ask everybody in this room to bend down. Okay? So, you're all gonna get as low as you can get, and then when it comes back in, I want you to jump like some kangaroos. Just for this song, okay? Bear with me, moms and dads and everybody, okay? Just give me at least one, that's all I'm askin' for. You're down, and then when it comes in, just gimme one, okay? It's all I want. Yes? Okay.
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This is "Copycat."
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Don't be cautious, don't be kind You committed, I'm your crime Push my button anytime You got your finger on the trigger But your trigger finger's mine Silver dollar, golden flame Dirty water, poison rain Perfect murder, take your aim I don't belong to anyone but everybody knows my name By the way You've been uninvited 'Cause all you say Are all the same things I did Copycat trying to cop my manner Watch your back when you can't watch mine Copycat trying to cop my glamour Why so sad, bunny, can't have mine?
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Call me calloused, call me cold You're italic, I'm in bold Call me cocky, watch your tone You better love me, 'cause you're just a clone By the way You've been uninvited 'Cause all you say Are all the same things I did Copycat trying to cop my manner Watch your back when you can't watch mine Copycat trying to cop my glamour Why so sad, bunny, can't have mine? All right, everybody bend low.
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Everybody get as low as you can go. I would hate to see you go Hate to be the one that told you so You just crossed the line Little bit lower, come on. You've run out of time I'm so sorry, now you know Sorry I'm the one that told you so Sorry, sorry I'm sorry, sorry Sike, bih! By the way You've been uninvited 'Cause all you say Stop! Are all the same things I did Let's go!
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Copycat Trying to cop my manner Watch your back when you can't watch mine Copycat trying to cop my glamour Why so sad, bunny, can't have mine?
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Beautiful!
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When I was older I was a sailor On an open sea But now I'm underwater And my skin is paler Than it should ever be Hmm I'm on my back again Dreaming of a time and place Where you and I remain the best of friends Even after all this ends Can we pretend? I'm on my I'm on my back again It's seeming more and more Like all we ever do Is see how far it bends Before it breaks in half and then We bend it back again Guess I got caught in the middle of it Yes I've been taught, got a little of it In my blood In my blood Memories burn like a forest fire Heavy rain turns any funeral pyre to mud In the flood When I was older I was a sailor On an open sea But now I'm underwater And my skin is paler Than it should ever be I'm watching movies back to back in black and white I never seen anybody do it like I do it any better I'm goin' over you, I'm overdue For new endeavors Nobody lonely like I'm lonely And I don't know whether You'd really like it in the limelight You'd sympathize with all the bad guys I'm still a victim in my own right But I'm the villain in my own eyes, yeah
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When I was older I was a sailor On an open sea
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Okay, do you feel good?
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Good! Because, um... Baby, I don't feel so good Six words you never understood I'll never let you go Five words you'll never say -Aww! - I laugh alone like nothing's wrong Four days has never felt so long If three's a crowd and two was us One slipped away I just wanna make you feel okay But all you do is look the other way Unh I can't tell you how much I wish I didn't wanna stay I just kinda wish you were gay Is there a reason we're not through? Is there a 12 step just for you? Our conversation's all in blue Eleven "Heys" - Hey, hey, hey, hey - Ten fingers tearing out my hair Nine times you never made it there I ate alone at 7, you were six minutes away How am I supposed to make you feel okay When all you do is walk the other way Unh I can't tell you how much I wish I didn't wanna stay Ooh I just kinda wish you were gay To spare my pride To give your lack of interest an explanation Don't say I'm not your type Just say that I'm not your preferred sexual orientation I'm so selfish But you make me feel helpless, yeah And I can't stand another day Stand another day I just wanna make you feel okay
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But all you do is look the other way I can't tell you how much I wish I didn't wanna stay Mm I just kinda wish you were gay I just kinda wish you were gay I just kinda wish you were gay
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What is it about them? I must be missing something They just keep doing nothing Too intoxicated to be scared Better off without them They're nothing but unstable Bring ashtrays to the table And that's about the only thing they share I'm in their second hand smoke Still just drinking canned coke I don't need a xanny to feel better
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On designated drives home Only one who's not stoned Don't give me a xanny now or ever Waking up at sundown They're late to every party Nobody's ever sorry Too inebriated now to dance Morning as they come down Their pretty heads are hurting They're awfully bad at learning Make the same mistakes, blame circumstance I'm in their second hand smoke Still just drinking canned coke I don't need a xanny to feel better On designated drives home Only one who's not stoned Don't give me a xanny now or ever Please don't try to kiss me on the sidewalk On your cigarette break I can't afford to love someone Who isn't dying by mistake In Silver Lake What is it about them? I must be missing something They just keep doing nothing Too intoxicated to be scared
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My Lucifer is lonely Standing there, killing time Can't commit to anything but a crime Peter's on vacation, an open invitation Animals, evidence Pearly gates look more like a picket fence - Once you get inside 'em - I got friends but can't invite them Hills burn in California My turn to ignore ya Don't say I didn't warn ya All the good girls go to hell 'Cause even God herself Has enemies And once the water starts to rise And heaven's out of sight She'll want the devil on her team My Lucifer is lonely Look at you needing me You know I'm not your friend without some greenery - Walk in wearing fetters - Peter should know better Your cover up is caving in Man is such a fool, why are we saving him? - Poisoning themselves now - Begging for our help, wow! Hills burn in California My turn to ignore ya Don't say I didn't warn ya All... Sing it! - All the good girls go to hell - 'Cause even God herself Has enemies And once the water starts to rise And heaven's out of sight She'll want the devil on her team My Lucifer is lonely There's nothing left to save now My god is gonna owe me There's nothing left to save now
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Told you not to worry But maybe that's a lie Honey, what's your hurry? Won't you stay inside? Remember not to get too close to stars They're never gonna give you love like ours Where did you go? I should know, but it's cold And I don't wanna be lonely So show me the way home I can't lose another life - Hurry - I'm worried - The world's a little blurry Or maybe it's my eyes The friends I've had to bury They keep me up at night Said I couldn't love someone 'Cause I might break If you're gonna die, not by mistake So, where did you go? I should know, but it's cold And I don't wanna be lonely So tell me you'll come home Even if it's just a lie Give me that nod, everybody, come on, like I was sayin'. Tried not to upset you Let you rescue me the day I met you I just wanted to protect you But now I'll never get to - Hurry I'm worried - Where did you go? I should know, but it's cold And I don't wanna be lonely Was hoping you'd come home I don't care if it's a lie
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Sittin' all alone Mouth full of gum In the driveway My friends aren't far In the back of my car Lay their bodies Where's my mind Where's my mind They'll be here pretty soon Lookin' through my room for the money I'm bitin' my nails I'm too young to go to jail It's kinda funny Where's my mind Where's my mind Where's my mind Where's my mind Let's go! Maybe it's in the gutter Where I left my lover What an expensive fate My V is for Vendetta I thought that I'd feel better But now I got a bellyache Everything I do The way I wear my noose Like a necklace I wanna make 'em scared Like I could be anywhere Like I'm reckless Mm But I lost my mind I don't mind Where's my mind Where's my mind Maybe it's in the gutter Where I left my lover What an expensive fate My V is for Vendetta I thought that I'd feel better But now I got a bellyache Jump with me this time. You ready?! Maybe it's in the gutter Where I left my lover What an expensive fate My V is for Vendetta I thought that I'd feel better But now I got a bellyache
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I've been watching you For some time Can't stop staring At those oceans eyes Burning cities And napalm skies Fifteen flares inside your ocean eyes Those ocean eyes No fair You really know how to make me cry When you gimme those ocean eyes I'm scared I've never fallen from quite this high Falling into your ocean eyes Those ocean eyes I've been walking through A world gone blind I can't stop thinking of your diamond mind Careful creature Made friends with time He left her lonely with a diamond mind And those ocean eyes No fair No fa-a-air You really know how to make me cry When you gimme those ocean eyes I'm scared I've never fallen from quite this high Falling into your ocean eyes Those ocean eyes So much ocean
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No fair Ahh You really know how to make me cry When you gimme those ocean eyes I'm scared I've never fallen from quite this high Falling into your ocean eyes Those ocean eyes
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Thank you. I was like -- I was very skeptical before I came out here, and I was worried you guys weren't gonna like me, so thank you for liking me.
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All I say -- or, all I wanna say is, um... My request, I guess, would be that we all try to live in this moment, and even if that's a bad moment, if it's a good moment, whatever, if you feel horrible, if you feel amazing, I want you to live in that because it's the only feeling you get to live in right now, that's all you got, so, um...
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Basically, this is the only moment we get, to be in this moment, it's going to go away in, like, two seconds, so let's be here, yes?
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Don't you know I'm no good for you? I've learned to lose you, can't afford to Tore my shirt to stop you bleedin' But nothin' ever stops you leavin' Quiet when I'm coming home and I'm on my own I could lie, say I like it like that, like it like that I could lie, say I like it like that, like it like that -Love you! - Don't you know too much already? I'll only hurt you if you let me Call me friend but keep me closer - Call me back! - And I'll call you when the party's over Quiet when I'm coming home and I'm on my own And I could lie, say I like it like that, like it like that Yeah, I could lie, say I like it like that Like it like that But nothing is better sometimes Once we've both said our goodbyes Let's just let it go Let me let you go Quiet when I'm coming home and I'm on my own I could lie, say I like it like that, like it like that I could lie, say I like it like that, like it like that
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- Billie - What do you want from me? Why don't you run from me? What are you wondering? What do you know? Why aren't you scared of me? Why do you care for me? When we all fall asleep, where do we go? Come here Say it, spit it out - What is it exactly - You're payin'? Is the amount Cleanin' you out, am I satisfactory? Today, I'm thinkin' about The things that are deadly The way I'm drinkin' you down like I wanna drown Like I wanna end me Step on the glass, staple your tongue - Ahh - Bury a friend, try to wake up - Ah-ah-ahh - Cannibal class, killing the son - Ah - Bury a friend I wanna end me
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I wanna end me I wanna, I wanna, I wanna - End me - I wanna, I wanna Sing it! - What do you want from me? Why don't you run from me? What are you wondering? What do you know? Why aren't you scared of me? Why do you care for me? When we all fall asleep, where do we go? - Listen - Keep you in the dark What had you expected? Me to make you my art And make you a star and get you connected? I'll meet you in the park I'll be calm and collected But we knew right from the start That you'd fall apart 'cause I'm too expensive Your talk'll be somethin' that shouldn't be said out loud Honestly, I thought that I would be dead by now Calling security, keepin' my head held down Bury the hatchet or bury your friend right now For the debt I owe, gotta sell my soul 'Cause I can't say no, no, I can't say no Then my limbs all froze and my eyes won't close And I can't say no, I can't say no Careful -- step on the glass, staple your tongue - Ah - Bury a friend, try to wake up - Ah-ah-ah - Cannibal class, killing the son - Ah - Bury a friend I wanna end me
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I wanna end me I wanna, I wanna, I wanna End me I wanna, I wanna, I wanna What do you want from me? Why don't you run from me? What are you wondering? What do you know? Why aren't you scared of me? Why do you care for me? When we all fall asleep, where do we go?
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Thank you guys! I was 13 -- obviously, we're siblings. This is my brother -- I was 13, he was 17. And -- right? -Mm-hmm. -And, um, like, there was no -- there wasn't really like a, "Let's do this, let's do this, let's -- blah-blah-blah," it was like, we both wrote music and we loved music, and, um... It kind of started off as, like, he had written this song, and I sang it, and then I had written this song, and then we recorded that,and we just put both of 'em out, and it wasn't really, like, it wasn't any expectation, it wasn't for any reason besides the fact that we just wanted to. And then we, um -- he wrote the song "Ocean Eyes," and we put it out, and... Got huge! I, like, was so, so not okay for, like, a very long time, and, um, didn't honestly think I'd... ever be okay. So, it's...it's very cool that I'm finally okay. - Step on the glass, staple your tongue - Ahh - Bury a friend, try to wake up - Ah-ah-ahh - Cannibal class, killing the son - Ah - Bury a friend I wanna end me
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I wanna end me I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, - End me - I wanna, I wanna, I wanna - What do you want from me? Why don't you run from me? What are you wondering? What do you know? Why aren't you scared of me? Why do you care for me? When we all fall asleep, where do we go?
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Thank you, guys!
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