 Genius Meanings
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Mitski – That's Our Lamp
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The 11th track on Mitski’s Laurel Hell, “That’s Our Lamp”, closes the standard release of the album. The song itself sounds a bit like a goodbye, as it reminisces on the time when
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Mitski – Heat Lightning
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The third promotional single from Mitski’s sixth studio album, Laurel Hell, “Heat Lightning” follows “Working for the Knife” and “The Only Heartbreaker”.
Mainly focused on
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Mitski – Everyone
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“Everyone” sees Mitski speak on her music career and her sudden rise to fame in a metaphorical manner.
Mitski breaks down the inspiration for the song’s production and the
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Mitski – Your Best American Girl
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“Your Best American Girl” is the lead single on Mitski’s 4th album, Puberty 2. The song represents the turmoil that one feels when they experience a relationship that brings them
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Son Lux (Ft. David Byrne & Mitski) – This Is A Life
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[Intro: Mitski & David Byrne] / Ooh / Ooh / [Chorus 1: Mitski] / This is a life / Free from destiny / Not only what we sow / Not only what we show (We) / [Chorus 2: Mitski, David
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Mitski – Love Me More
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On, “Love Me More”, Mitski reflects on the choice she made to become an artist. While the song was written before the COVID-19 pandemic, it explores themes of isolation that have
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Mitski – Blue Light
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“Blue Light”, the thirteenth track off Be the Cowboy, portrays a sense of unease, a part of Mitski’s slow unraveling at the latter end of this album.
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Mitski – My Love Mine All Mine
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In “My Love Mine All Mine,” Mitski recognizes the beauty of her love and asks the Moon to capture it, for it to shine down and preserve even after her passing. It was the third
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Mitski – Me and My Husband
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“Me and My Husband” is the seventh track of Mitski’s fifth studio album Be The Cowboy released in August 2018.
Like earlier tracks on the album such as ‘Nobody’, ‘Me and My
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Lana Del Rey (Ft. Father John Misty) – Let The Light In
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“Let The Light In” is the twelfth song on Lana Del Rey’s ninth studio album Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd. It features Father John Misty, with whom Lana has
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Mitski – Abbey
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[Verse 1] / I am hungry / I have been hungry / I was born hungry / What do I need? / I am something / I have been something / I was born something / What could I be? / [Chorus
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Mitski – A Pearl
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[Verse] / You're growing tired of me / You love me so hard and I still can't sleep / You're growing tired of me / And all the things I don't talk about / [Refrain] / Sorry, I don't
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Mitski – Valentine, Texas
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[Verse 1] / Let's step carefully into the dark / Once we're in, I'll remember my way around / [Chorus] / Who will I be tonight? / Who will I become tonight? / [Post-Chorus] / I'll
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Mitski – Should've Been Me
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“Should’ve Been Me” is the ninth song from Mitski’s sixth album, Laurel Hell.
The song describes one of Mitski’s relationships and the isolation she felt as a consequence of poor
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Mitski – Liquid Smooth
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[Verse 1] / I'm beautiful, I know 'cause it's the season / But what am I to do with all this beauty? / Biology, I am an organism, I'm chemical / That's all, that is all / [Chorus
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Mitski – Pink in the Night
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“Pink in the Night”, the tenth track off Be the Cowboy, is an atmospheric love ballad centered around:
…this visual of someone glowing pink because they’re so infatuated."
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Phoebe Bridgers – Garden Song
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Since Phoebe’s 2017 debut album, Stranger in the Alps, Phoebe Bridgers makes her solo return with the lead single “Garden Song” for her sophomore album Punisher.
In an interview
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Mitski – I Guess
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[Verse 1] / I guess, I guess, I guess this is the end / I'll have to learn to be somebody else / It's been you and me since before I was me / Without you, I don't yet know quite
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Mitski – Francis Forever
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With a powerful melody carried by a tired voice, “Francis Forever” presents itself as a dark soft ballad that builds towards an epic ending, with some grunge influences.
Like in
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Mitski – Remember My Name
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“Remember My Name” is the sixth track from Mitski’s fifth studio album Be the Cowboy, released in 2018.
It deals with the clash between Mitski’s deep desire to be immortal
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Mitski – Townie
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In this song, Mitski captures the self-destructive fatalism of youth coupled with coming-of-age attitudes of anarchy against parental principles.
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Josh Thomas – My Love Mine All Mine (Christian Rewrite)
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[Verse 1] / God created light / King of Glory reign on high / Here before and after me / Shining down on me / God, show me how to / Love them the way You do / Thought I would die
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Mitski – Bag of Bones
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“Bag of Bones” is said to be Mitski’s first-ever song, and details her outlook on a hollow relationship, most likely based solely around sexual gratification.
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Mitski – There's Nothing Left for You
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Mitski – Two Slow Dancers
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“Two Slow Dancers” is the closing track from Mitski’s fifth studio album, Be the Cowboy (2018). The song was released as the third single of the album a week before its release.
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Mitski – Thursday Girl
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In this haunting song about self destructive behavior, Mitski sings about the rawness of the night and the desperation for someone to care enough about her to help her end this
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Mitski – Geyser
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“Geyser” is the first song from Mitski’s 2018 album Be the Cowboy, released on May 14th along with a music video. “Geyser” had previously been played live at shows (like this one
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The Crane Wives – The Moon Will Sing
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[Verse 1] / Tell me once again / I could have been anyone, anyone else / Before you made the choice for me / My feet knew the path / We walked in the dark, in the dark / I never
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Mitski – Stay Soft
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[Verse 1] / Fury, pure and silver / You grip it tight inside / Like a knife / It glints in your eye / [Verse 2] / It's why I've arrived, your sex god / Here to take you where / You
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Mitski Examines The Nature Of Love On New Songs “Heaven” and “Star”
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Both appear on her forthcoming album ‘The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We.‘
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Genius Brasil Traduções – Mitski - Working for the Knife (Tradução em Português)
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[Verso 1] / Eu choro no começo de cada filme / Eu acho que talvez seja porque eu queria estar fazendo coisas também / Mas eu trabalho para a faca / [Verso 2] / Eu costumava pensar
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Faye Webster – Kingston
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[Verse 1] / The day that I met you I started dreaming / Now I write 'em down if I remember in the mornin' time / I don't know that much about Kingston / But I like the sound it
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Mitski – Star
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[Verse 1] / Remember when we met? / We acted like two fools / We were so glad / So glad to have found it / [Chorus] / That love is like a star / It's gone, we just see it shinin
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Mazzy Star – Blue Light
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[Verse 1] / There's a blue light in my best friend's room / There's a blue light in his eye / There's a blue light, yeah / I wanna see it shine / [Verse 2] / There's a ship that
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Mitski – The Deal
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[Verse 1] / There's a deal you can make on a midnight walk alone / Look around, listen close, hear it fall from above / It will ask what you'd give and what you'd take for it in
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Mitski – Love Me More (Demo Version)
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[Verse 1] / If I keep myself at home / I won't make the same mistake / That I made for fifteen years / I could be a new girl / I will be a new girl / I wish that this would go away
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bôa (UK) – Duvet
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The opening theme of the 1998 anime series Serial Experiments Lain, released as the 3rd track to Bôa (UK)’s 1998 album The Race of a Thousand Camels and later the first track on
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Genius Brasil Traduções – Mitski - The Only Heartbreaker (Tradução em Português)
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[Verso 1] / Se você fizesse ao menos um deslize / Como seria um alívio / Mas eu penso, que enquanto estivermos juntos / Eu serei a única quebra-corações / [Refrão] / Eu serei a
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Mitski – Why Didn't You Stop Me?
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“Why Didn’t You Stop Me?” is the second track off of Be the Cowboy. It deals with themes of dependency, self-knowledge, and unhealthy idealization.
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Mitski – Happy
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“Happy” is the opening track on Mitski’s album Puberty 2. The track, along with the album, has received widespread acclaim. Speaking with NPR, Mitski talked about some of the
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Train – Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)
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“Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)” was the lead single from Train’s second studio album, Drops of Jupiter, released in 2001. Taking the music industry by storm, the song catapulted Train
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