“Envy” is the lead single of Afterlife’s sophomore album Part Of Me. Unlike the other songs on the album which were worked on for the majority of a day, it was written in pieces at the end of each day and came together at the end of a week. Frontman Tyler Levenson shared it was written about being j...
[Intro]
Envy
[Verse 1]
A fine line between bitter and better
You wanna be a saint, but you know you're a sinner
It's always what you want but not what you have
And once you manifest, there ain't no going back
[Pre-Chorus]
Be careful what you wish for
It isn't always greener on the other side, greener on the other side Be careful what you wish for
Stop looking at the world through somebody else's eyes
[Chorus]
Envy will tear you apart, eat you alive
From the inside out, from the inside out
Envy will tear you apart, eat you alive
From the inside out, from the inside out
[Verse 2]
Sit and reflect and now you lack the direction
Unable to define the dissatisfaction, you ask yourself what happened
Because the honey doesn't taste like before
But you've got everything you wanted and more
[Pre-Chorus]
Be careful what you wish for
It isn't always greener on the other side, greener on the other side Be careful what you wish for
Stop looking at the world through somebody else's eyes
[Chorus]
Envy will tear you apart, eat you alive
From the inside out, from the inside out
Envy will tear you apart, eat you alive
From the inside out, from the inside
[Bridge]
So what's it gonna be?
The life you have or the person that you wanna see, person that you wanna see
So what's it gonna be?
Will you continue to feed your greed?
So what's it gonna be?
[Breakdown]
Envy
Yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
You could not go back, no
[Chorus]
Envy will tear you apart, eat you alive
From the inside out, from the inside out
Envy will tear you apart, eat you alive
From the inside out, from the inside out
Envy was written by Zach Jones.
Envy was produced by Zach Jones.
Vocalist Tyler Levenson told RockSound TV:
‘Envy’ was made in the last hour in the studio every day that we had where we were just having fun. We pieced it out over a week, not stressing it at all. We were also playing a lot of DOOM at the time and listening to the soundtrack, which is heavy and fu...