Mitski-A burning hill [lyrics]

[eggs]

I can't believe Mitski invented hills for this song omg

[microwavenoises]

The fire is hurting the forest, the forest is being hurt, and the witness watches the fire hurting the forest.


I am hurting myself, I am being hurt, I am watching myself be hurt.

God that hurts my heart

[evalintene]

I am a forest fire (I'm hurting)
I am the fire (I am the problem)
I am the forest (I am my own victim)
I was a witness watching it(I can see I'm getting worse with my own actions)
I stand in a valley watching it
And you weren't there at all (he/she wasn't there to help, you were on your own while watching youself get worse with Ur actions and he/she wasn't there to help

That's how I interpret it :)

[AZ-bcwd]

and I've been a forest fire.
I am a forest fire.
And I am the fire, and I am the forest.
And I am a witness watching it.

[theboondoggliest]

"i can atleast be neat, walk out and be seen as clean"
that hit me hard for some reason, always primping yourself up to be seen as ok and to make sure you dont make people worry about you while also breaking on the inside and just wanting someone to notice and to ask "hey, are you ok" and being able to be honest with them.
but you cover it up because that's what you were told to do. don't tell people your feelings, help them with theirs, they wont like you if you dont service them, help them, i dont care that you're broken, help them, help me.
*help me.*

[jennaruud]

I am 36. My daughter is 15. She showed me this song. I love it. I love having a child that is at that awesome age (we sure squander our youth), that keeps me in the orbit of amazing and new birth of incredible fucking music. Thanks, kid.

[IDoDrinkWater]

Mitski's songs make me feel like an inside out sock.
Something about the songs she makes makes me feel a way that's not able to be explained...

[pictureparlourmitski]

and her new song "working for the knife" is also an unquestioned masterpiece

[banira]

Today my cat died and I wasn’t home.. she died alone. « And you are not there at all » broke me. I feel so guilty...

[jared]

Today I will wear my white button-down
I'm tired of wanting more
I think I'm finally worn
For you have a way of promising things
And I've been a forest fire
I am a forest fire
And I am the fire
And I am the forest
And I am a witness watching it
I stand in a valley watching it
And you're not there at all
So today I will wear my white button-down
I can at least be neat
Walk out and be seen as clean
And I'll go to work
And I'll go to sleep
And I'll love the littler things
I'll love some littler things

[pictureparlourmitski]

this illustration matches with mitski's voice. nice lyric video.

[uttrr]

I heard this song in my dream. I wasn’t even aware of it at the time. Mitski, you are beyond this human world.

[diana]

This song is something incredible, probably my favorite among all. Mitsky is a great singer.

[ORY]

I am the ashes that remain after the fire, which no one cares because the fire is out, the ashes thrown by a place that was once a forest, but there are only ashes left and no one will look at them, they will look at the rest of the precious forest, they will look at photos of the fire and avoid going through the ashes of the disaster, trying to forget what one day happened but without fixing it.

[orianamoore]

This is precisely what this most recent episode of depression was about.

[loafuwu]

I didn’t expect this to be so relatable.

[imactuallyjusthere]

my take on this in a pov:
you couldn’t help but think of anything except for just how much of a mess you’d become in such a short amount of time. you question yourself and your actions, repeating the words ‘did they really effect me that much?’ you disagree with your own thoughts, but can’t even escape them. you question ‘have i really just been watching it happen..? have i been watching myself fall apart..?’ realization hits. ‘it was never them. it was me the entire time. i’m the cause. i lit the fire.’ “i am the fire and i am the forest, and i am a witness watching it.” eying the white button-down in your closet, you think to yourself ‘at least i can be neat.’ this fire has gone on for far too long dammit. you can now only love the littler things. you will come to terms with living the littler things, and it’s because you are the hurt, you watch the hurt, and you’re getting hurt because of it.

[nswgovo]

this song makes me miss my mothers comfort

[eliberes]

This song Is extremely beautiful and poetic but every time i listen to it I feel sick

[juno]

i could listen to this song a million times.