“What They Call Us” is the first single from Fever Ray’s third album Radical Romantics. The song, likely written for the second album, Plunge, had the lyrics revealed in 2020 in Plunge Psychics Zine, a magazine exploring the wild visual world of Plunge, created by Karin Dreijer and designer Alexey L...
[Verse 1]
First I'd like to say that I'm sorry
I've done all the tricks that I can
Cinnamon bun in the oven
There's a fire in my hand
[Verse 2]
Did you see the light this morning?
Sometimes there's this extra air
Sometimes I can keep my mouth open
I will stay if I dare
[Chorus]
Did you hear what they call us?
Did you hear what they said?
My plan was flexible
Don't get stuck anywhere
[Verse 3]
Can I just hold you for a minute?
Some things just ain't easy to repair
The person who came here was broken
Can you fix it? Can you care?
[Chorus]
Did you hear what they call us?
Did you hear what they said?
I've got a plan that's flexible
Just don't stop anywhere
[Verse 4]
It's a common misperception
This is not a band
Ready for a dissection
Now Mommy's gotta work, see the land
[Chorus]
Did you hear what they call us?
Did you hear what they said?
I've got a plan that's flexible
Just don’t stop anywhere
What They Call Us was written by Karin Dreijer & Olof Dreijer.
What They Call Us was produced by Karin Dreijer & Olof Dreijer.
Fever Ray released What They Call Us on Wed Oct 05 2022.
For “What They Call Us,” the video we did is some kind of outsider perspective, and the song is telling us something about it. It’s a very urgent feeling and an urgent situation, that something is about to happen. Both Martin and I have worked in offices where we have found ourselves feeling quite c...