Burial Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Rumpoleisdead 

Cover art for Burial lyrics by Miike Snow

So I'm at a cafe, explaining to a friend my plan to commit suicide on my 80th birthday, pay for a wake on a cruise ship, invite everyone I've ever known, and then have the cruise ship sink with everyone on it; two hours later that friend comes across this song. Mike, you seem to have borrowed my idea. I hope you won't object when I use your song to narrate the movie retelling of my epic suicide-homicide. I would invite you to the wake, but now you know my plan.

Song Meaning

Ahem. Excuse me, I don't mean to be rude, but I just felt that I should point out a few things to you. I came here to check the lyrics of this song, one of my favorites on the album, and as always, I scrolled down to read a few of the comments below. I'm going to assume that you are not an avid fan of Miike Snow, but I feel that you should know these following things. Not only does 'Miike Snow' have two i's, but 'Miike Snow' is not a person. It is a group based in Stockholm,...