There’s Nothing Left for You
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There's nothing left for you, nothing in this room
Try and go outside, nothing waits for you
You had it once before, not anymore
So go on to that sweetheart's door
And find a new you
[Chorus 1]
Give her all the love
You saved for it
[Bridge]
You could touch fire, you could fly
It was your right, it was your life
[Chorus 2]
And then it passed to someone new
It'll keep passing on long after you
But you're the only one
She's counting on
[Outro]
There's nothing left for you
About
There’s Nothing Left Here for You – changed on digital streaming platforms shortly after the album’s release to “There’s Nothing Left for You” is the eighth song off of Laurel Hell. In it, Mitski sings about feeling like she has nothing left to give; whether it be the love that she once felt toward a partner, or her feelings about the music industry (a theme that echoes throughout the album).
Q&A
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I just used the narrative of somebody who had spent most of their life pursuing one singular goal, and I envisioned a person who could no longer pursue this one thing that they had spent their entire life pursuing – and realized they have nothing else. I wrote this song basically as I finished my last show. So that was, I guess, the end of something that I had been working towards feverishly, and I guess I was reflecting on that.
— Mitski via Pitchfork Song x Song video (February 2022)
- 3.Stay Soft
- 4.Everyone
- 7.Love Me More
- 8.There’s Nothing Left for You
- 10.I Guess
- 11.That’s Our Lamp
