Whether it’s the music video or her 2019 AMAs performance, Billie Eilish constantly sets the stage on fire with “all the good girls go to hell,” from her Billboard 200-topping album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?.
Billboard‘s 2019 Woman of the Year slickly twists traditional Christian symbolism, from the opening line “My Lucifer is lonely” to “Peter’s on vacation, an open invitation/ …Pearly gates look more like a picket fence,” while referencing climate change (“Hills burn in California”), an issue Eilish is very vocal about.
Check out the lyrics and fiery visual below.
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
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 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
(I cannot do this snowflake)
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Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Billie Eilish O’Connell, Finneas Baird O’Connell