Deathtrap started out as a slightly ill-fitting solo for What Are You For, and I already had the project set up for a more rock-y sound. What Are You For started out as two lyrical ideas I had when I couldn't sleep and ended up expressing my everlasting rage at the ruling class, and specifically one prime minister who liked to party while people died by the thousands.
What Are You For features Georgia on the vocals.
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Lyrics - What Are You For
Burn everything down
Turn it all to ash
So you can wear the crown
Of this island of trash
Bodies piling high
No-one's left alive
You're selling out our future
Just to give your mates some cash
Parties, wine, lockdown's fine
Parties, wine, lockdown fine
Parties, wine, lockdown's fine
Parties, wine, lockdown fine
Parties, wine, lockdown's fine
Parties, wine, lockdown fine
Parties parties parties parties
Parties parties parties fine
Wide awake, alone with my thoughts
Everything I saw, everything I lost
Here you are, always by my side
But it's all a lie, yeah it's all a lie
No more, we all know the score
Pack your case of shame and close the door
Grinning wide, miles away from war
What are you for, what are you for?
Castles made of sand
Falling one by one
Vultures circling over your head
Wherever you stand
Power makes you high
So easy to lie
You may have your loyal minions
But do you have a friend?
Parties, wine, lockdown's fine
Parties, wine, lockdown fine
Parties, wine, lockdown's fine
Parties, wine, lockdown fine
Parties, wine, lockdown's fine
Parties, wine, lockdown fine
Parties parties parties parties
Parties parties parties fine
Wide awake, alone with my thoughts
Everything I saw, everything I lost
Here you are, always by my side
But it's all a lie, yeah it's all a lie
No more, we all know the score
Pack your case of shame and close the door
Grinning wide, miles away from war
What are you for, what are you for?
There's only one thing I want to know
There's only one thing you need to show
And we're all waiting for you to go
What are you for, what are you for?
What are you for?
What are you for?
What are you for?
What are you for?
What are you for?
What are you for?
What are you for?
What are you for?
What are you for? (Parties, wine, lockdown's fine)
What are you for? (Parties, wine, lockdown fine)
What are you for? (Parties, wine, lockdown's fine)
What are you for? (Parties, wine, lockdown fine)
What are you for? (Parties, wine, lockdown's fine)
What are you for? (Parties, wine, lockdown fine)
What are you for? (Parties parties parties parties)
What are you for? (Parties parties parties fine)
Wide awake, alone with my thoughts
Everything I saw, everything I lost
Here you are, always by my side
But it's all a lie, yeah it's all a lie
No more, we all know the score
Pack your case of shame and close the door
Grinning wide, miles away from war
What are you for, what are you for?
Lyrics - Deathtrap
And your brain is a death trap on most days
And my brain is a death trap, we're both the same
Each day an adventure, but that's okay
'Cause even from death traps, we can escape
We'll find a way
Yeah you were down, you're stronger now
And you can find your way out
The death trap sprang, you're still around
And now you start to see the light
Yeah you were down, you're stronger now
And you can find your way out
The death trap sprang, you're still around
You're here, and that's what really counts
And my brain is a death trap on most days
And your brain is a death trap, we're both the same
Each day an adventure, but that's okay
'Cause even from death traps, we can escape
We'll find a way
Yeah you were down, you're stronger now
And you can find your way out
The death trap sprang, you're still around
And now you start to see the light
Yeah you were down, you're stronger now
And you can find your way out
The death trap sprang, you're still around
You're here, and that's what really counts
Insert sick solo here
Yeah you were down, you're stronger now
And you can find your way out
The death trap sprang, you're still around
And now you start to see the light
Yeah you were down, you're stronger now
And you can find your way out
The death trap sprang, you're still around
You're here, and that's what really counts