► “why are you here” is Kelly’s first release since deciding his next album would be completely composed of singing and live instruments, a strong difference from the hip-hop career that led to his success. The musical switch-up was first hinted at in June 2019, when Machine Gun Kelly tweeted: “Ten years later, people still don’t understand this one simple fact: you can’t box me into one genre.”
The pop-punk, angsty sour-love track recalls Kelly’s encounter with a former fling, as they both arrive at the same concert paired up with someone else. The lyrics recall their brief, drug-fueled romance while MGK comes to the conclusion that they “can never be friends.”
► why are you here – Machine Gun Kelly – Lyrics:
I hate that I saw you again last night
You were with somebody and so was I
Met you in the bathroom at 12:05
And I f–ked you again
We can never be friends, yeah, yeah, yeah
I’m not myself
I’m not myself when you’re around, no
Can’t be helped
We are insane, that’s just the way it goes
I’m a demon in the night
She’s an angel with the white
Told me keep on all the lights
I’ma show you what you like
Help you put back on your clothes
Make sure nothing’s on your nose
Ain’t even tell my closest homies, nobody knows
I hate that I saw you again last night
You were with somebody and so was I
Met you in the bathroom at 12:05
And I f–ked you again
We can never be friends, yeah, yeah, yeah
I couldn’t cry
I need to smoke, I’m feeling sick inside
From seeing you next to a friend of mine
We didn’t speak but I read your mind
Both telling lies, our alibis didn’t work this time
I’m a demon in the night
She’s an angel with the white
Told her keep on all the lights
You can show me what you like
Help me put back on my clothes
Make sure nothing’s on my nose
Can’t even tell my closest homies, nobody knows
I hate that I saw you again last night
You were with somebody and so was I
Met you in the bathroom at 12:05
And I f–ked you again
We can never be friends, yeah, yeah, yeah
We can never be friends, yeah, yeah, yeah
(We can never be friends, yeah, yeah, yeah)
We can never be friends
We can never be friends, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, I know that I said I was at home
Okay, yeah, you caught me
I thought that you said you were all alone
Look at you lying
I hate that I saw you again last night
You were with somebody and so was I
Met you in the bathroom at 12:05
And I f–ked you again
We can never be friends, yeah, yeah, yeah
We can never be friends, yeah, yeah, yeah
(We can never be friends, yeah) Yeah (yeah, yeah) yeah
We can never be friends
We can never be friends, yeah, yeah, yeah
