“Afterlife”, described by Benee as a “diss track to the bitch who killed me in my dream” was inspired by a dream she had one night.
The track is structurally different to typical pop track, featuring a bridge before each pre-chorus, another example of Benee’s inclination to “cross genres (and) mix...
[Verse 1]
A silver gun in which I'm facin’
You've got this wrong, you are mistaken
Inject me with some kind of poison
Body shuts down and I'm left fallin’
Am I supposed to fight
And leave my soul behind?
Blank walls surrounding me
Stuck in between two scenes
And every part of me
Was left purple and green
One more lost lonely teen
Left broke down chasing dreams
[Pre-Chorus]
Now what am I to do?
In this state of feeling confused
Planning out my revenge on you
[Chorus]
In this afterlife
I see you as the killer
Pulling down on the trigger
Like I mean nothing to ya
In this afterlife
I will prove that you're ugly
And make your new boyfriend love me
'Til there's no one above me
[Post-Chorus]
In the afterlife, afterlife, afterlife
In the afterlife, afterlife, afterlife
In the afterlife, afterlife, afterlife
In the afterlife, afterlife, afterlife
[Verse 2]
A hooded man will be waitin'
To kill me right where I began
Then I will die for the third time
Then rise up limpin' like a zombie
Am I supposed to fight
And leave my soul behind?
Blank walls surrounding me
Stuck in between two scenes
And every part of me
Was left purple and green
One more lost lonely teen
Left broke down chasing dreams
[Pre-Chorus]
Now what am I to do? (Oh, what I am to do?)
In this state of feeling confused (Confused, confused)
Planning out my revenge on you (On you)
[Chorus]
In this afterlife
I see you as the killer
Pulling down on the trigger
Like I mean nothing to ya
In this afterlife
I will prove that you're ugly
And make your new boyfriend love me
'Til there’s no one above me
[Post-Chorus]
In the afterlife, afterlife, afterlife
In the afterlife, afterlife, afterlife
In the afterlife, afterlife, afterlife
In the afterlife, afterlife, afterlife
[Outro]
In the afterlife, afterlife, afterlife
In the afterlife, afterlife, afterlife
In the afterlife, afterlife, afterlife
In the afterlife, afterlife, afterlife
Afterlife was written by Josh Fountain & Djeisan Suskov & BENEE.
Afterlife was produced by Josh Fountain.
It was actually written about this dream I had. I was studying euthanasia at the time because I was at a religious high school and it was this weird fucked up dream that was kinda about purgatory. I ended up in this weird afterlife because this girl killed me for no reason and I was running around a...