Mitski - Shame (Official Video)

"Shame" from the album Retired from Sad, New Career in Business by Mitski.

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Credits:
Music - Mitski
Video shot and edited - Alan Wertz
Starring - Kevin Hillocks
Song originally written for Robert Lewis in the Big Evil Collective's dance film, "Dalliance"

Lyrics:
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

I never was very good
I haven't been so good
But 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

And I don't need anything other than you

#mitski #shame #retiredfromsad

[endmeplease]

growing up on the internet i didnt have a lot of restrictions so i could do whatever i wanted online and got away with talking to a lot of older guys. this song kind of resonated with me in the sense of using such an unhealthy (in my case, sexual) coping mechanism right under the noses of my family. the high and release of tension it gave, but the guilt and disappointment in one’s self by spending your reserved time doing something that is volatile in the eyes of others. something forbidden and disgusting in the eyes of my mother, but she didn’t even pay attention or care about what was going on. they don’t understand or know why i was doing what i was doing, or even notice that i was doing it. i didn’t even understand and i still don’t.

[fabriciomichel]

this is literally a masterpiece, the conection between the feeling and the rythm, all the instruments, mitski translated a fucking feeling into a song

[rowanh]

when i first heard this song i interpreted it as the literal shame around expressing female sexuality

but it also feels like a song about self destructive behaviors that you turn to as a coping mechanism that only end up hurting you in the end

[mcflopkin]

This song belongs in layers of fear, beautiful yet kinda creepy

[feya]

i interpret this song to be about self destructive habits, like drugs or self harm. specifically for me with self harm, because it does feel good. but it's a shameful thing that i hide, and nobody knows about it. it's my little shameful secret.

love this song sm

[kopnijmnie]

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

I never was very good
I haven’t been so good
But 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

And I don’t need anything other than you.

[damianweav]

Shame is meant to bring attention not just to S/H, but really any behavior that would be considered Shameful to others, but to you feels amazing. They’re right there, they could see and hear how you feel about it if only they opened that door

[starthng]

to me this song is about bathing in your own self loathing. when it feels good to bask in the guilt and shame, especially as a symptom of depression. when she says “i haven’t been very good” it feels like the realization of your imperfections and moral inadequacy

[layla]

since the first time i listened to this, i've interpreted it as the feeling when you're m*sturbating. especially when you know that your parents or siblings are awake. there's such dread while you're doing it, that somehow someone will find out, like they will walk in the door or hear you. "i haven't been so good//but right outside the door nobody knows" just speaks to me. you always feel like you're doing something wrong. and the last line: "and i don't need anything other than you" doing it can also be so liberating and "it feels so good." sometimes i feel like it's the only thing keeping me together, the only pleasure i feel. i love seeing everyone else's interpretations, though. mitski songs always have a million different interpretations <33

[mariavictoriabrizuela]

listening to this song in public feels so wrong for some reason

[d-]

I see everybody has their own interpretations, but I feel like the song is just about shame. The intense and painful feeling of shame. If it helps you cope with any specific trauma that involves shame like me, I’m glad it helps you cope. A lot of Mitski’s music changes meaning with whatever I’m dealing with, so it’s interesting to come back to certain songs and see how I’ve changed

[im_behind_you.]

mitski after dropping the most worrying, traumatizing, anxiety inducing song ever

[vieanly]

This reminds me of my habits caused by my eating disorder. I purge myself and it feels good. I starve and it feels good. But my family will never know.

[bridgetflynn]

Just when I think Mitski couldn't possibly sound more beautiful, she does

[spiltmilk]

Everything you make is so hauntingly beautiful.

[lgeshf]

i’m gonna go out on a limb and say that i think this song is about a literal murder. the creepy background just adds into my beliefs

[embrace]

I cant stress enough how much I love the last line 'And I don’t need anything other than you' mostly because of the tune, the way she sings it and the lyrics. Its just so sad and heartbreaking, , it's so beautiful i can cry

[joyunderhiswings]

Tw for unhealthy coping mechanisms;


Personally, I take shame as a song about addiction or an unhealthy coping mechanism in general, s/h, porn/masturbation, sex, binge eating; really it can be about the guilt and pleasure you feel doing any of those things and the guilty buildup during the act and just the fucking " and I don't need anything other than you " can mean alot, like feeling like you only need a certain person, object or food??? Shame broke my legs and made me cry.

[zzzzzz-msgy]

This song is about when youre a kid in your room and look up "girls kissing"

[prod]

this song makes me feel uneasy in the best way possible. a masterpiece