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Mitski – Wife
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[Verse 1] / You're home, you're home, you're home to me / So leave me, leave me, leave me a map / I'm here at my cliff looking down / [Chorus 1] / I cannot bear you a son / But I
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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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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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Genius English Translations – (G)I-DLE - Wife (English Translation)
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Leading as the pre-release single from their 2nd studio album, “Wife” by (G)I-DLE tells the story of a traditional housewife serving her husband and seemingly treating him like a
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Mitski – I Don't Smoke
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This song illustrates the parallels between the toxic and addictive habit of smoking with a toxic and addictive relationship.
She is completely aware of how unhealthy this person
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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 – 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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Mitski – I Bet on Losing Dogs
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[Verse] / My baby, my baby (Ooh-oh) / You're my baby, say it to me (Ooh-oh, ooh-oh) / Baby, my baby (Ooh, ooh-oh) / Tell your baby that I'm your baby (Ooh-oh, ooh-oh) / [Chorus
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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 – 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 – 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 – Real Men
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[Verse 1] / Real men don't need other people / And real men suck it in / Real men don't flinch or bleed in public / Oh, I think I'm a real man / [Verse 2] / Little boys cry and
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Mitski – Shame
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[Verse] / It feels so good, it feels so good / And right outside the door nobody knows / They're right outside the door and they don't know how it / Feels so good, it feels so good
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Mitski – I Will
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Mitski has said in interviews that she wrote this song to be a love song, but she didn’t have anyone to write it about, so she wrote it about the things she wanted to hear from
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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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Mitski – Class of 2013
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Recorded and self-released as a student project during her time at Purchase College’s Conservatory of Music, the title “Class of 2013” likely refers to Mitski’s own cohort of
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Mitski – Crack Baby
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In a press release, through her label Dead Oceans, Mitski explained that the theme in her record, Puberty 2, and therefore this song, is that:
Happiness fucks you. Happiness is up
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Mitski – Pearl Diver
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Pearl Diver, the final track of Mitski’s 2012 debut Lush, sees her describing herself or someone else as a pearl diver, constantly hunting for something more, with body free of
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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 – 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 – Cop Car
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Previously an unreleased song that Mitski had played live (the first song on this 2014 show, played live in studio for KVRX Radio and WNYU Radio) the song was recorded and released
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Mitski – Cop Car
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Previously an unreleased song that Mitski had played live (the first song on this 2014 show, played live in studio for KVRX Radio and WNYU Radio) the song was recorded and released
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Mitski – A Burning Hill
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“A Burning Hill” is the denouement to Puberty 2’s heartbreaking climax – a quiet and intimate examination of modern sadness.
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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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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 – My Body's Made of Crushed Little Stars
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In this rapid burst of punk rage, Mitski repeatedly juxtaposes existential ideas with the pedestrian concerns of life. This highlights the disconnect between the grand scope of her
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Mitski – Humpty
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Eggshells feature prominently as a metaphor for frailty and vulnerability in “Humpty”, whose title and coda allude to English nursery rhyme character Humpty Dumpty. Mitski spends
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Mitski – Brand New City
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[Intro] / One, two / Honey, what'd you take? / [Verse 1] / Think my brain is rotting in places / I think my heart is ready to die / I think my body is falling in pieces / I think
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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 – 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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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 – 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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Mitski – Fireworks
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In the words of Jon Caramanica, the fourth track on Mitski’s Puberty 2 is “an ode to stoic forgetting”, focusing on depression and the banality of triggers.
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Mitski – Door
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[Verse 1] / There is a door to me / I've never seen it / Sometimes I get closer to it / But I've never found it / At twilight, I almost had it / But then the night fell / I looked
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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 – Texas Reznikoff
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“Texas Reznikoff” is a reference to poet Charles Reznikoff, who lived in New York for most of his life with brief stints in Missouri and Hollywood.
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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 – Old Friend
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“Old Friend” sees Mitski trying to get back in touch with an ex. Even though they both have seemed to found respective new relationships, she still wants to meet up.
The
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Mitski – I Want You
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[Verse 1] / I want you / I hold one card / That I can't use / But I want you / [Pre-Chorus] / You're coming back / And it's the end of the world / We're starting over / And I love
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Mitski – Buffalo Replaced
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[Verse 1] / Mosquitoes can enjoy me, I can't go inside / I'm suckin' up as much of the full moon, so bright / Fireflies zoomin' through the yard like highway cars / Someone out
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(G)I-DLE – Wife
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Leading as the pre-release single from their 2nd studio album, “Wife” by (G)I-DLE tells the story of a traditional housewife serving her husband and seemingly treating him like 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 – Once More to See You
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[Verse] / In the rearview mirror I saw the setting sun on your neck / And felt the taste of you bubble up inside me / But with everybody watching us, our every move, we do have
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