There isn’t another artist in the industry today quite like singer-songwriter Mitski.
Across eight albums—including her most recent, the critically acclaimed Nothing’s About to Happen to Me—the artist has developed a unique style with raw, honest lyricism and a bold indie rock sound at the forefront, and her message only gets stronger with time. We simply can’t get enough, and if you feel the same, keep scrolling for 20 of her best yearning lyrics to use as your next Instagram caption.
For when there’s too much pressure on being perceived:
“I’d never live in a small town. I’ve made too many mistakes.”
-“In a Lake”
For defining yourself before anyone else decides who you are:
“You gotta write your book early or it gets written up in your place.”
-“In a Lake”
For appreciating the freedom of nature:
“But in a lake, you can backstroke forever, the sky before you, the dark right behind.”
-“In a Lake”
For the anonymity of the big city:
“In a big city, you can start over.”
-“In a Lake”
For losing your cell phone again:
“Where did it go? Where’s my phone?”
-“Where’s My Phone?”
For learning that only you can save yourself:
“I keep thinking, ‘Surely, somebody will save me.’ At every turn, I learn that no one will.”
-“Where’s My Phone?”
For making your intentions clear:
“I won’t leave you ’cause I still love you, so it’s up to you if you choose to go.”
-“Cats”
For when it’s never been hard for you to love:
“You say, ‘It’s so hard,’ but it feels simple to me.”
-“Cats”
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For lamenting the end of things:
“If I leave, somebody else will love you, but nobody else could forgive me quite as often as you.”
-“It I Leave”
For finding no light at the end of the tunnel:
“I ride through a tunnеl. It’s still dark the whole way.”
-“It I Leave”
For avoiding the real world:
“I’m not here, I’m where nobody can reach.”
-“Instead of Here”
For wallowing on purpose:
“So excuse me, I’ll be opening my box of old friend misery, my secret treat to feel like myself again.”
-“Instead of Here”
For losing more than a relationship:
“How do I let our love die when you’re the only other keeper of my most precious memories?”
-“I’ll Change for You”
For when desperate times call for desperate measures:
“‘Cause I’ll do anything for you to love me again. If you don’t like me now, I will change for you.”
-“I’ll Change for You”
For having a cathartic cry:
“But I’m only crying ’cause it feels good.”
-“Rules”
For that drastic transformation:
“I’ll have a new haircut, I will be somеbody else.”
-“Rules”
For feeling like you’re helping the spirits of your haunted house:
“Maybe, with enough time tending to that ground, she can heal the heart of her house.”
-“Charon’s Obol”
For appreciating the dreary weather:
“Lightning hits so close, sounded like a big tin can. All hail the rain.”
-“Lightning”
For yearning to return as rain:
“When I die, could I come back as the rain? See the world again, to fall again?”
-“Lightning”
For embracing the darker parts of life:
“If I’m dark, all the better to reflect the moonlight. If I mourn, all the better to behold the sunrise.”
-“Lightning”
For realizing you’re not the only one:
“Tell your baby that I’m your baby.”
-“I Bet on Losing Dogs”
(This Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We via Dead Oceans)
For recognizing the beauty of youth:
“I’m beautiful, I know ’cause it’s the season, but what am I to do with all this beauty?”
-“Liquid Smooth”
For feeling alone:
“And I don’t want your pity, I just want somebody near me.”
-“Nobody”
For when love has you seeing the world through rose-colored glasses:
“I love everybody because I love you.”
-“Strawberry Blond”
For when they don’t care for you the way you care for them:
“Do-mi-ti. Why not me? Why not me?”
-“Washing Machine Heart”
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For when you’ve been feeling emotional:
“I cry at the start of every movie.”
-“Working for the Knife”
For thinking love was going to be easy:
“All of this turbulence wasn’t forecasted.”
-“Last Words of a Shooting Star”
For spending all your time with a special someone:
“It’s always been just him and me together.”
-“Me and My Husband”
For when you don’t feel you’ve matured emotionally:
“I find that lately, I’ve been crying like a tall child.”
-“First Love / Late Spring”
For when you’d rather put off thinking about the future:
“Can I dream for a few months more?”
-“Class of 2013”
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For when yet another relationship ends badly:
“I bet on losing dogs.”
-“I Bet on Losing Dogs”
For seeing the consequences of your actions:
“I always thought the choice was mine, and I was right, but I just chose wrong.”
-“Working for the Knife”
For the one who never seems to do any wrong:
“You’re the sun, you’ve never seen the night.”
-“Your Best American Girl”
For dreaming of contentment:
“I’m tired of wanting more.”
-“A Burning Hill”
For when you only want their attention:
“I love it when you look my way.”
-“Strawberry Blond”
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For moving forward with caution:
“Carefuly, I was going to live.”
-“Last Words of a Shooting Star”
For when you used to feel like an old soul:
“Carefuly, I was going to live.”
-“First Love / Late Spring”
For examining the fleeting nature of life:
“I steal a few breaths from the world for a minute and then I’ll be nothing forever.”
-“Me and My Husband”
For badly missing someone:
“I don’t know what to do without you. I don’t know where to put my hands.”
-“Francis Forever”
For when no one can take away the love you feel:
“‘Cause my love is mine, all mine.”
-“My Love Mine All Mine”
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