mitski - brand new city // lyrics

think my brain is rotting in places
i think my heart is ready to die
i think my body is falling in pieces
i think my blood is passing me by

honey, what'd you take? what'd you take?
honey, look at me
tell me what you took, what'd you take?

i think my fate is losing its patience
i think the ground is pulling me down
i think my life is losing momentum
i think my ways are wearing me down

but if i gave up on being pretty
i wouldn't know how to be alive
i should move to a brand new city
and teach myself how to die

[_lury_left_the_chat_]

The way she sings "I think my life is losing momentum" makes me levitate

[emma_bw]

"but if I gave up on being pretty, i wouldn't know how to be alive"

[seraphimyahweh]

"But if I gave up on being pretty
I wouldn't know how to be alive"
"I should move to a brand new city
and teach myself how to die"

this line demolishes me every time she sings it.

[-Wasabii-]

“If I gave up on being pretty. I wouldn’t know how to be alive.” Hits pretty darn hard in my case. Ever since reaching the age of 14 I’ve had a bit of teen acne. Yes, I wash my face twice a day, I put on moisturiser, I use face masks, I use a face cloth, I even use pills for teen acne. But at the end of the day, no matter how hard I try, I just have pimple prone skin, and no amount of skincare can change that. I want a clear skin, I want to be as pretty as the other girls. No, scratch that. I don’t want to be as pretty as the other girls, I want to be prettier than them, I don’t just want to be attractive, I want to be drop dead gorgeous, and I want the people who made fun of me to admire me, I want them to wish that they looked like me, but that’ll never happen and I know it.

[thelovewitch]

when mitsuki said "if i gave up on being pretty, i wouldn't know how to be alive " i felt that

[sage]

HONEY WHAT'D YOU TAKE WHAT'D YOU TAKE HONEY LOOK AT ME TELL ME WHAT YOU TOOK WHAT'D YOU TAKE

[jssecrethistory]

“I think my life is losing momentum, I think my ways are wearing me down” :, )

[pineappleshaha]

Tw

"Honey what'd you take " hits me so hard bc that's exactly what my mom said to me when I almost od on my sleeping meds.

[PrimeParadiso]

I love all of Mitski's tracks but this is my #1 and I just wanna see more rock from her 😭

I spend so much time seething over stupid shit and this feels like the one song that gets thatp

[faescottage]

1:30 BUT IF I GAVE UP ON BEING PRETTY I WOULDN'T KNOW HOW TO BE ALIVE I THINK ILL MOVE TO A BRAND NEW CITY AND TEACH MYSELF HOW TO DIEE

[blackie]

My fav song by her😭 I feel like ppl only know washing machine heart or my husband🧍🏾‍♀️

[hairy..discoballs]

"I think my brain is rotting in places I think my heart is ready to die " real

[anaivanovic]

This song literally could bring my energy from 5% to 99% literally anytime, AND IT MAKES ME FEEL SO MF INDEPENDENT AND CONFIDENT, I LOVE MITSKI SM, EACH SONG I LISTEN TO OF HERS MAKES ME FEEL SOMETHING DIFFRENT

[shootingstarfall]

Literally I love this song so much, Mitski has once again slayed

[shawtybaerawr]

Nah bc this is one of her best songs idc

[maya-oc]

This song reminds me of like having a mental breakdown when you’re trying to get ready cause of dysmorphia and js hating how you look

[bushrakausar]

I LITERALLY CANT STOP LISTENING AT THE PART OF THE START OMG

[Lilyz_andRozes]

My favorite part of the song is 0:01 - 2:09

[wsg]

OH ONE TWO, HONEY WHATS YOUR TAKE
I THINK MY BRAIN IS. ROTTING IN PLACES
I THINK MY HEART IS
READY TO DIE
I THINK MY BODY IS FALLING IN PEICES
I THINK MY BLOOD IS PASSING ME BY
HONEY WHATD YOU TAKE WHATD YOU TAKE
HONEU LOOK AT ME
TELL ME WHAT YOU TOOK
WHATD YOU TAKE
HENOEY WHATD YOU TAKE HONEU LOOK AT ME TELL ME WHAT YOU TOOK WHATD YOU TAKE
I THINK MY FATE IS LOSING ITS PATIENCE
I THINK THE GROUND IS PULLING ME DOWN
I THINK MY LIFE IS LOSING MOMENTUM
I THINK MY WAYS ARE WEARING ME DOWNNN
BUT IF I GAVE UP ON BEING PRETTY I WOULDNT KNOW HOW TO BE ALIVE
I SHOULD MOVE TO A BRAND NEW CITY AND TEACH MYSELF HOW TO DIE
HONEY WHATD YOU TAKE
WHATD YOU TAKE
HONEY LOOK AT ME
TELL ME WHAT YOU TOOK WHATD YOU TAKE
HONEY WHATD YOU
WHATD YOU TAKE
HONEY LOOK AT ME
TELL ME WHAT YOU TOOK WHAT YOU TOOK WHATD
YOU TAKE
HOENY WHATD YOU TAKE WHATD YOU TAJE HONEY LOOK AT ME TELL ME WHAT YOU TOOK WHATD YOU TAKEEEE
HONEY WHATD YOU TAKE WHATD YOU TAKE HONEU LOOK AT ME TELL ME WHAT YOU TOOK WHATD YOU TAKEEEE
I love this song.

[friendlyneighborhoodautist]

I love this song, most likely my favorite of hers