The rousing “DumDum” opens Biffy Clyro’s ninth studio album The Myth of the Happily Ever After. The cynical mantra of “this is how we fuck it from the start” is very much not a prophetic characterization of the quality of the music that follows, but instead, marks a fresh start for the Scotland trio...
[Verse 1]
Everything's great
It's all been a pleasure
Nothing has changed
Life couldn't be better
[Pre-Chorus]
I will ignore
All of the bodies piled up at my door
All my convictions, they soften the blow
Softened for no one but me
[Chorus]
This is how we fuck it from the start
[Verse 2]
Everything's fake
They're all under pressure
To lie and report
The truth would upset us
[Pre-Chorus]
I will ignore
Only the past can provide us a show
All my reactions come right from the source
And nobody knows it but me
[Chorus]
This is how we fuck it from thе start
This is how we fuck it from the start
This is how we fuck it from thе start
This is how we fuck it from the start
This is how we fuck it from the start
DumDum was written by Simon Neil.
DumDum was produced by Simon Neil & Ben Johnston & James Johnston (Biffy Clyro) & Adam Noble.
Biffy Clyro released DumDum on Fri Oct 22 2021.
This was one of the tracks that kick-started the record. Musically, it’s something out of left field for us. I sampled all my vocals and created these soft sounds, which was a different way of writing. The song is about my exasperation that people are so sure of themselves. Especially in this world...