‘Breadwinner’ was the first single from Everything Everything’s 2018 EP, A Deeper Sea. The song was revealed by the Dutch radio station 3VOOR12 on February 23, 2018 but officially debuted on Annie Mac’s Hottest Record on February 26th, 2018.
Jonathan Higgs teased the release on his Twitter in Janua...
[Verse 1]
Breadwinner with the pixelated face
Like pepper, but I always carry mace
9/11, 9/11, 9/11, when?
I repeat it, I repeat it, I repeat again
Read me my marimba, my marimba, –rimba rights
I can tango but I can't put up a Zulu fight
So much apocalypse, you're finding it a bore
They prayed for murder, but you prayed a little more
[Pre-Chorus]
One flat earth, they were right, they were right
Hold my feet to the fire, to the fire
Hard liquor is my medicine
It must've happened when I hit my head
Hard liquor for my birthday cake
Power, power, power, power, power
[Chorus]
You've got to be kidding me
You've got to be kidding me
You've got to be kidding me
You've got to be kidding me
You've got to be kidding me
You've got to be kidding me
Now I see you're not
[Verse 2]
Pearl-clutcher with the heart-attack neck
Titanic, but you end up as a wreck
Bell-ringer in the red and white and white and blue
Palpitations of the belly on the barbecue
Vigilante, vigilante, see the smoking gun
Clear your browser, fix your face and get a number one
And walk into the wall like you're an NPC
You ate the crayon 'cause you thought that it was free
[Pre-Chorus]
One flat earth, they were right, they were right
Hold my feet to the fire, to the fire
Hard liquor is my medicine
It must've happened when I hit my head
Hard liquor for my birthday cake
Power, power, power, power, power
[Chorus]
You've got to be kidding me
You've got to be kidding me
You've got to be kidding me
You've got to be kidding me
You've got to be kidding me
You've got to be kidding me
Now you see the devil
[Post-Chorus]
Now you're gonna live with the devil
Now you see the devil
How you gonna live with the devil?
[Bridge]
And you thought it was, you thought it was your world
And you thought it was, you thought it was your world
And you thought it was, you thought it was your world
And you thought it was, you thought it was your world
And you thought it was, you thought it was your world
And you thought it was, you thought it was your world
And you thought it was, you thought it was your world
And you thought it was, you thought, you thought it was, you–
[Chorus]
You've got to be kidding me
You've got to be kidding me
You've got to be kidding me
You've got to be kidding me
You've got to be kidding me
You've got to be kidding me
Now I see you're not
Breadwinner was written by Michael Spearman & Jeremy Pritchard & Alex Robertshaw & Jonathan Higgs.
Breadwinner was produced by Everything Everything.
Everything Everything released Breadwinner on Mon Feb 26 2018.
This song was originally intended to be on their 2017 album A Fever Dream, but they couldn’t make it fit on the album. This was revealed in a Facebook post.