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Madison Beer

Dead

Release date: 2nd February 2018

From As She Pleases
Track 1
3:15
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About This Track

Released in May 2017 as the lead single from Madison Beer's debut EP 'As She Pleases', 'Dead' channels the exasperation of a one-sided relationship into a pointed rhetorical question. The track was written by Brittany Amaradio, Madison Love, and Michael Keenan, who also produced. Beer confronts a partner whose declarations of devotion ring hollow against his pattern of late-night appearances and empty gestures, the chorus turning his own hyperbole back on him: 'You say you can't live without me / So why aren't you dead yet?' The production frames her delivery with a clean pop-R&B architecture, letting the lyric's bite land without ornament. Beer moves between measured verses and a hook that sharpens frustration into sarcasm, the repetition of 'why, why, why, why?' underlining the absurdity of the mismatch between his words and his actions. The song accumulated over 30 million YouTube views and 150 million Spotify streams, establishing Beer's presence ahead of the EP's February 2018 release.

"Dead" is a single by Madison Beer, from the album As She Pleases, released 2nd February 2018. The track is 3:15 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 18 articles about Madison Beer.

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Madison Beer

Madison Beer

Lyrics

Dead

You could be here, but you're there
You could be anywhere
And these days I don't even care
No more

You only be showing me love
Whenever you've had too much
Whatever's been filling your cup
No more

Baby, no more showing up when you're not sober
At my front door just to say you're alone tonight
Yeah, tryna fuck me and my mind up
It's a reminder you're a liar and you know I'm right

You say you can't live without me
So why aren't you dead yet?
Why you still breathing?
If you say you can't live without me
Then why aren't you dead yet?
Why do you say that?

You could be here but you're not
I give whatever you want
But you just take it and run
You run (oh run, run)

And I give you so many shots
But you just drinkin' 'em all
You never give it a thought
Oh love (yeah)

Baby, no more showing up when you're not sober (sober)
At my front door just to say you're alone tonight (alone tonight)
Yeah, tryna fuck me and my mind up
It's a reminder you're a liar and you know I'm right

You say you can't live without me
So why aren't you dead yet?
Why you still breathing?
If you say you can't live without me
Then why aren't you dead yet?
Why do you say that?

Why, why, why, why?
Why, why, why, why?
Why, why, why, why?
Why aren't you dead yet?

Be careful what you say (you say)
Say only what you mean (you mean)
Mean to me then you're nice
You're nice, you're nice
It's nice to know you now
Now that it all went down (went down)
Down on your knees you cry (you cry)
You cry, you cry, yeah

You say you can't live without me
So why aren't you dead yet?
Why you still breathing?
If you say you can't live without me
Then why aren't you dead yet?
Why do you say that?

Why, why, why, why?
Why, why, why, why?
Why, why, why, why?
Why aren't you dead yet?

Why, why, why, why?
Why?
Why aren't you dead yet?

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Track details

From As She Pleases

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As She Pleases
As She Pleases
Madison Beer
2nd February 2018
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  1. 1Dead
    3:15
  2. 2Fools
    3:38
  3. 3HeartLess
    2:39
  4. 4Tyler Durden
    2:08

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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Delacey, Madison Love, Michael Keenan
    Producer
    Michael Keenan
    Additional Vocal Production
    Madison Love, Michael Keenan
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
    Ryan Jumper
    Background Vocals
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    Mastering Engineer
    Colin Leonard
    Mixing Engineer
    Miles Walker
    Video Director
    Darren Craig
    Vocal Producer
    Rob Kleiner
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