“Fingers Crossed” was Billie’s second song released to her SoundCloud account, right before the upload of her breakthrough single, “ocean eyes” in 2015. “Fingers Crossed” was written by Billie and produced by her big brother, FINNEAS.
The lyrics are inspired by AMC’s television series The Walking De...
[Verse 1]
In the end, when they're all gone
When the world is silent and the days are long
Just you and I, we'll be alive
We made it on our own
[Chorus]
'Cause everybody makes it 'till they don't
And everybody wants to think they won't
'Cause everybody makes it 'till they don't
And everybody seems to think they won't, they won't, they won't, they won't
[Verse 2]
Maybe I'm still alive but my heart is beating slow
Baby, tell me I gotta know
Are you okay? You seem too far gone
Infected, standing there all alone
[Chorus]
'Cause everybody makes it 'till they don't
And everybody wants to think they won't
And everybody makes it 'till they don't
And everybody seems to think they won't, they won't, they won't, they won't
[Post-Chorus]
The best of me, the best of me is you
The best of me, the best of me was you
[Outro]
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Ladum, badum, mmmm
Fingers Crossed was written by Billie Eilish.
Fingers Crossed was produced by FINNEAS.
Billie Eilish released Fingers Crossed on Mon Sep 14 2015.
‘’..[].but then the first song I really wrote was one called “Fingers Crossed,” which is on SoundCloud. I wrote it about the zombie apocalypse, actually. I was in this songwriting class that my mom taught—she was a huge part of my and my brother’s songwriting habits, the way we learned—and the assig...