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by Billie Eilish (b. 2001)

What Was I Made For?
Language: German (Deutsch) 
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I used to float, now I just fall down.
I used to know, but I’m not sure now,
What I was made for.
What was I made for?

Taking a drive, I was an ideal.
Looked so alive, turns out I’m not real,
Just something you paid for.
What was I made for?

‘Cause I, ‘cause I,
I don’t know how to feel.
But I wanna try,
I don’t know how to feel.
But someday, I might.
Someday, I might.

When did it end? All the enjoyment.
I’m sad again, don’t tell my boyfriend,
It’s not what he’s made for.
What was I made for?

Think I forgot how to be happy.
Something I’m not, but something I can be.
Something I wait for,
Something I’m made for.

Text Authorship:

  • by Billie Eilish (b. 2001) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Jennifer Lucy Cook (b. 1988), "What Was I Made For?" [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-09-05
Line count: 22
Word count: 128

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