“WHAT THE HELL ARE WE DYING FOR ?” was announced on June 8th 2023, only about 3 hours prior to its release.
The single’s cover art was also included on the announcement, and it depicts an authentic photograph of the New York City’s landscape, completely engulfed by an orange smoke haze. This smoke...
[Verse 1]
Smoke in the air, the city's burnin' down
I wanna speak, but I don't make a sound
Locked in my mind, you're all I think about (Mm)
I wanna save us, but I don't know how
[Chorus]
If we don't love like we used to
If we don't care like we used to
What the hell are we dying for?
If it doesn't cut like it used to
If you're not mine and I'm not yours
What the hell are we dying for?
[Verse 2]
I see it in the news, I see it in your eyes, oh
I try to let you go, then I choke, I change my mind
(Change my mind, ooh)
Let's face thе truth, I'm terrified (Ooh, ooh)
[Chorus]
If we don't lovе like we used to
If we don't care like we used to
What the hell are we dying for?
If it doesn't cut like it used to
If you're not mine and I'm not yours
What the hell are we dying for?
[Bridge]
Livin' without you
Is not livin' at all
[Chorus]
If we don't love like we used to
And we don't care like we used to
What the hell are we dying for?
If it doesn't cut like it used to (Doesn't cut)
If you're not mine and I'm not yours (I'm not yours)
What the hell are we dying for?
[Outro]
Livin' without you
Is not livin' at all
Livin' without you (Baby)
Is not livin' at all
So what the hell are we dying for?
WHAT THE HELL ARE WE DYING FOR ? was written by Shawn Mendes & Scott Harris & Mike Sabath & Eddie Benjamin.
WHAT THE HELL ARE WE DYING FOR ? was produced by Mike Sabath & Shawn Mendes.
Shawn Mendes released WHAT THE HELL ARE WE DYING FOR ? on Fri Jun 09 2023.
Started writing this song yesterday morning with my friends in upstate New York & finished it only a few hours ago..felt so important to me to share with you guys in real time.
–via Twitter (June 9, 2023)
“I feel like over the last year and a bit, I’ve just been really struggling in the studio to find my voice and to find myself musically and to even have the courage just to be in the room with writers or step into the booth and sing. I was upstate New York and just on the back end of feeling a lot o...