Mitski - A Pearl

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Lyrics:
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
Sorry, I don't want your touch
It's not that I don't want you
Sorry, I can't take your touch
It's just that I fell in love with a war
And nobody told me it ended
And it left a pearl in my hand
And I roll it around
Every night, just to watch it glow
Every night, baby, that's where I go
Sorry, I don't want your touch
It's not that I don't want you
Sorry, I can't take your touch
There's a hole that you fill
You fill, you fill
But it's just that I fell in love with a war
And nobody told me it ended
And it left a pearl in my hand
And I roll it around
Every night, just to watch it glow
Every night, baby, that's where I go
Just to watch it glow

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Me:

[puppycatandbee]

i hate it when i discover amazing songs like TWO YEARS LATER?? THIS ISNT FAIR??

[fionagallagherapologist]

when mitski said "sorry i can't take your touch" it hit so fucking close to home

[thekinkshamer]

Everytime I hear this song I just instantly think of the relationship of me and mother, I never had a good relationship with her. She suffered so much but she emotionally abuses me so much that I need to project my emotions in a negative way just to get my point across. She has hurt so much that I grew use to it. Now she wants to repair the damage relationship we have but I just can’t seem to ignore the past and I’ve just gotten so use to arguing and the abuse that I feel that’s the only form of love I get from my mother. She completely breaks me when she tells me she loves me, I want to believe her but every cell in my body doubts that she even know the concept of loving her only son.

[m.g.]

im addicted to this kind of melancholy

[TheGriffinArts]

It's taken me 2 weeks of listening to this song to realize that "a pearl" is likely a metaphor for trust issues. A pearl is created when a particle, usually sand, gets stuck in an oyster and the oyster builds layers and layers of calcium around it. It's building walls around what hurts/irritates it- bruh.

[bunny]

If i could still cry i would sob to this song.

[brick]

"sorry i cant take your touch"

same

[izzybizzy]

I’m seeing so many arguments about what she wrote the song about and how who’s wrong about what. Does anyone stop and think about the beauty of publishing music is that it’s up to interpretation, it’s an art it’s opinionated. It doesn’t have to mean the same thing to you as it did for her when writing it. It hits everyone in different ways.

[danielaclaro]

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
Sorry I don't want your touch
It's not that I don't want you
Sorry I can't take your touch
It's just that I fell in love with a war
Nobody told me it ended
And it left a pearl in my hand
And I roll it around
Every night, just to watch it glow
Every night, baby, that's where I go
Sorry I don't want your touch
It's not that I don't want you
Sorry I can't take your touch
There's a hole that you fill
You fill, you fill
But it's just that I fell in love with a war
And nobody told me it ended
And it left a pearl in my hand
And I roll it around
Every night, just to watch it glow
Every night, baby, that's where I go
Just to watch it glow

[trishuna]

(For those too lazy to read the description)

You’re growing tired with me.
You love me so hard, and I still can see...
You’re growing tired with me, and all the things I don’t talk about.

Sorry I don’t want your touch.
It’s not that I don’t want you.
Sorry I can’t take the touch
It’s just that-

I fell in love with a war,
And nobody told me it ended!
And it left a pearl in my head,
And I roll it around every night, just to watch it glow
Every night, baby, that’s where I go...

Sorry I don’t want your touch.
It’s not that I don’t want you.
Sorry I can’t take the touch...

There’s a hole that you fill, you fill, you fill...

Well, it’s just that,

I fell in love with a war,
And nobody told me it ended!
And it left a pearl in my head,
And I roll it around every night, just to watch it glow.
Every night, baby that’s where I go...

Just to watch it glow...

[moved-sorry]

Mitski could slap me with her bare hands and I would thank her, thank you for posting this masterpiece😍😍😍

[RESILIENTBUTTERFLIE]

“ it’s just that I fell in love with a war, nobody told me it ended” That part never fails to tear me up how bad I can relate to it:, )

[erisgro]

OKAY THIS IS MY INTERPRETATION:

THE WAR IS TRAUMA, AND SHE NEVER HAD SOMEONE TO REASSURE HER THAT SHE WAS OKAY AND THAT IT WASNT STILL GOING ON, SO WHEN SHE SAYS "I FELL IN LOVE WITH A WAR NOBODY TOLD ME ENDED" SHES SAYING THAT SHES STILL FIGHTING A WAR WITHOUT KNOWING THAT ITS OVER

[bigdaddy]

screaming, crying, shaking, jumping on my bed, falls of stairs, biting pillows and crying again THIS IS A MASTERPIECE😭😭😭😭😭😭

[paxton]

“I fell in love with a war and nobody told me it ended” I absolutely love how much this line put me back to that feeling

[NostalgiaArtist]

This song is one of the only things that makes all of my trauma feel seen. Like granules of sand it accumulated over the years, inflaming the inside of my skull, forcing me to try to coat it and make me it into something "beautiful", or really less unbearable. I roll it around in my hand, hypnotized by the sheen of this new shape it's taken. I don't know if it's better or healthier for me, but it makes me a bit more in control of when I engage with it and that's all that matters.

[driedbabyraisns]

“It’s just that I fell in love with a war, and nobody told me it ended” chills

[clry_exe]

It was just a platonic relationship but God damn this hits close. Especially "sorry i don't want your touch" and "i fell in love with a war". If you want me to elaborate then i'll explain everything

[generalkenobi]

She is the female equivalent of Kurt Cobain. I can’t compare the two however, because of how BEYOND unique Mitski is! I know it’s an obvious statement, but she created all of this, it all came from her brilliant mind! She deserves 10x the recognition she is getting now. She should be all over the radios and top 100 charts. She’s got more talent in her eyelashes than most of the current top musical icons do at all. Please make music until you die Mitski!

[soniakisser]

this describes the relationship I have with my mother