In the chorus, Bridgers sings, “What if I told you I feel like I know you?” This is a feeling that many fans have about their favorite musicians. In the next verse, she wishes she could say the same about herself. “And here, everyone knows you’re the way to my heart, hear so many stories of you at the bar, most times, alone, and some, looking your worst, but never not sweet to the trust funds and punishers,” Bridgers sings about her admiration of Smith, how according to stories he was always sweet to fans, even the less than pleasant ones. This song, according to Bridgers, encompasses themes of depression and the neighborhood of Silver Lake in Los Angeles but centers around her imagining her interactions as a fan with Eliott Smith if he was alive. Bridgers said she often fears she would be a punisher to her heroes if she met them. Is it all a lie? Is she really deserving of it? The answer is obviously yes but appears Bridgers isn’t sure a common theme of this album.Ī punisher is a term used for a fan who talks to a musician excessively after a show. Her lies seem to refer to her imposter syndrome around her life and career. There is also some anger and resentment behind the lyrics-lyrics like “I don’t forgive you, but please don’t hold me to it” that seem to refer to Bridgers’ strained relationship with her father.īridgers closes the song by repeating that she is a liar. Going to Japan and touring is something she has always thought she wanted but here she wonders, “does the reality live up to her expectations?” “Dreaming through Tokyo skies, I wanted to see the world, then I flew over the ocean and I changed my mind,” sings Bridgers. One of the more uptempo songs on the album is “Kyoto,” a song about imposter syndrome and daddy issues backed by joyful trumpets and upbeat drums.īridgers wrote this song while on tour in Japan for the first time, something she said she feels like didn’t feel real, as she often dissociates when really bad but also really good things happen to her, she told Apple Music. The deep voice of her 6’7 Dutch tour manager in the chorus can possibly represent these dark manifestations and fears. If you’re afraid of something all the time, you’re going to look for proof that it happened,” Bridgers told Apple Music. “It’s about all your good thoughts that you have becoming real, and all the shitty stuff that you think becoming real, too. You can choose to see the beautiful garden or the darkness that allowed it to grow. Like the garden growing where her possibly murdered neighbor is, this song is about choosing what you want to see. The dreamy looping guitar and steady drum beat can make you glance over how Bridgers is singing about murdering her neighbor. In “Garden Song,” Bridgers sings, “Someday, I’m gonna live in your house up on the hill and when your skinhead neighbor goes missing I’ll plant a garden in the yard, then.” The album has ten tracks on it and every song is worth a listen-just be prepared to cry alone in your bedroom while staring at the ceiling.īridgers’ soft and almost whisper like the voice has an ability to camouflage her dark and sometimes twisted lyrics. Her lyrics have a way of wrapping around the most bruised part of your heart and poking at the wound. The Los Angeles native gained popularity with her single “Motion Sickness” off her debut album “Stranger in the Alps,” one of her more rock-heavy about her emotionally abusive relationship with musician and music producer Ryan Adams.īridgers’ music is known for being casually melancholic with inspirations such as Elliott Smith and Conor Oberst-the latter she collaborated with in their band Better Oblivion Community Center. Hope you like it,” is how indie rock artist Phoebe Bridgers announced on twitter that her sophomore album “Punisher” would be releasing a day early. “I’m not pushing the record until things go back to ‘normal’ because I don’t think they should.
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