In “bellyache,” Billie tells a fictional story about murder from the perspective of a psychopath. The song focuses on themes of guilt, as revealed by Billie in an interview with Vice:
‘Bellyache’ is about the concept of guilt, when you do things in the moment because you feel so strongly about them...
[Intro]
Mind
Mind
[Verse 1]
Sittin' all alone
Mouth full of gum
In the driveway
My friends aren't far
In the back of my car
Lay their bodies
[Pre-Chorus]
Where's my mind?
Where's my mind?
[Verse 2]
They'll be here pretty soon
Lookin' through my room
For the money
I'm bitin' my nails
I'm too young to go to jail
It's kinda funny
[Pre-Chorus]
Where's my mind?
Where's my mind?
Where's my mind?
Where's my mind?
[Chorus]
Maybe it's in the gutter
Where I left my lover
What an expensive fake
My V is for Vendetta
Thought that I'd feel better
But now I got a bellyache
(Mind)
[Verse 3]
Everything I do
The way I wear my noose
Like a necklace
I wanna make 'em scared
Like I could be anywhere
Like I'm reckless
[Pre-Chorus]
I lost my mind
I don't mind
Where's my mind?
Where's my mind?
[Chorus]
Maybe it's in the gutter
Where I left my lover
What an expensive fake
My V is for Vendetta
Thought that I'd feel better
But now I got a bellyache
(Bellyache, bellyache, bellyache, bellyache
Bellyache, bellyache)
Maybe it's in the gutter
Where I left my lover
What an expensive fake
My V is for Vendetta
Thought that I'd feel better
But now I got a bellyache
bellyache was written by Billie Eilish & FINNEAS.
bellyache was produced by FINNEAS.
Billie Eilish released bellyache on Fri Feb 24 2017.
[“Bellyache” is] flat-out a song about murder. We have a bunch of songs like that: crazy stories about these fictional [situations]. We like to write about stuff we’re going through and things that people relate to, but it’s also really fun to put on a character and act a certain way. That character...
In an interview with Vice, Eilish said:
It’s obviously fictional. When me and my brother are writing we find it fun to put yourself into character or become someone else, to write about something we’ve never done before. ‘Bellyache’ is about the concept of guilt, when you do things in the moment be...
The end of the video finds Billie face to face with a police officer, caught red-handed in her act. The twist ending shows that no matter what she does, she cannot escape the guilt that’s chasing her. Karma always finds you in the end.
The officer stands stock-still facing Eilish, not trying to pur...
In an interview with NME, Billie revealed that the song was partly inspired by instances where she shoplifted or took toys from friends as a child:
I’d leave and want to throw up with guilt. I used to think the police were going to come to class and take me away from my parents. It was completely i...
Yes. The track was certified 2x platinum on December 20th, 2019.