mitski- liquid smooth || lyrics

hope this doesn’t flop i spent a long time on it

from Mitski’s 2012 album Lush

[rayferd]

I'm beautiful, I know cause it's the season
But what am I to do with all this beauty?
Biology, I am an organism, I'm chemical
That's all, that is all
I'm liquid smooth, come touch me, too
And feel my skin is plump and full of life
I'm in my prime
I'm liquid smooth, come touch me, too
I'm at my highest peak, I'm ripe
About to fall, capture me
Or at least take my picture
Kuzurete yuku maeni
I'm pulsing, my blood is red and unafraid of living
Beginning to end
I'm liquid smooth, come touch me, too
And feel my skin is plump and full of life
I'm in my prime
I'm liquid smooth, come touch me, too
I'm at my highest peak, I'm ripe
About to fall
How I feel this river rushing through my veins
With nowhere else to go, it circles 'round
I'm liquid smooth, come touch me, too
And feel my skin is plump and full of life
I'm in my prime
I'm liquid smooth, come touch me, too
I'm at my highest peak, I'm ripe
About to fall, capture me

[MM-tkzo]

ive always interpreted this as her being tired of being objectified yet still craves validation especially because of the lyrics “i’m an organism, that is all” she wants to feel like people see her as a human but also wants to be seen as beautiful “come touch me too”

[bonecag]

I started listening to Mitski bc of her more popular songs and now I’m binging all her songs lmao, I’m thriving

[minkaa]

as a sa victim, i constantly feel objectified as if the only reason a man would talk to me is to manipulate into me giving my body in. yet every day i try my hardest to feel pretty, just feel worth. i relate to this song so much, and the lyric "at least take my picture" is so good, i just want someone to notice me of my effort.

[fairyintheblue]

this song gives a meaning that she's a woman and in this society is only seen like she has something to give when she's "ripe" or at her "prime". basically she's interperting that women are seen only for their beauty but not for their feelings, thoughts, themselves or being a human in general. "how i feel this river rushing through my veins" she feels her blood, she feels as a human being but others can't see that or feel that so that's why it circles round and doesn't get to anyone. nobody wants to acknowledge that she is a human being too, that she can give more than her beauty. that's why she's liquid smooth

[GRCELL]

Ok but, HOW THE HELL DID SHE PUT SO MUCH INTENSITY INTO A SONG THAT SOUNDS SO SOFT HOLY— 😭🙏

[mxeverey]

i see this song as not being able to see your worth unless youre sexualizing yourself for validation and feeling like youre only needed if youre pretty. like the line “or at least take my picture” is so findhsjdhdhdnhfbd

[cloudivity]

as someone who is constantly objectified this is just comfort for me.

[changomangito]

this song is so underrated to be honest

[hayden]

that one “i’m” gets me every time i stg

[Palmtree]

this song means so much to me because i'm very young and beautiful and very ill. it's ironic to fall apart this early. i'm in my prime

[thnumber]

as a woc i honestly relate to this song so much by the way i look at it. like im so stereotyped and expected to have these perfections and when i finally do, im asking everyone to love me before i fall back until my old cycle.

[stanlunarsolar]

one of the best songs ive heard in my life to be honest

[manalimukherjee]

i’m a woc and to me this song feels like that feeling when you find yourself beautiful and worthy of love, but others are chasing something else, most often, a white girl (your best american girl, lol). it’s like this yearning for people who won’t recognize your beauty when you still want love and to feel like you are something to be loved, if that makes sense. and when enough people start not loving you despite this, your own belief that you are pretty starts to waver. it feels almost feels like a “i’m soft and i’m pretty too, i’m young, love me too” to people who won’t look beyond the color of your skin before deciding that you’re not worth loving.

[hisoka]

Or at least take my picture~ hits different when you're feeling pretty.

[upontaintedsorrow]

The line ‘I’m in my prime’ rlly gets me since i know I’m only 14 and not in my prime yet. However, I also know once I’m in it I will desperately try to hold onto it, refusing to grow.

[rubynguyen]

singing this song makes me go whoa especially hitting those notes

[vanessapr]

i interpret this (as a 20 y/o who has never been in a romantic relationship) being someone knowing that they are “in their prime” and their body should be appreciated now, but mourning their past body and how it was innocent and not viewed as an object. but also mourning their future body because they only have this short moment in time where they will still be beautiful in societies eyes. it feels rushed, desperate, and sad, but is sung with notes that crack mimicking moans or wailing which both indicate strong positive and negative feelings.

[gneal]

this reminds me of my sa. just the whole song captures the drowning feeling of it

[chauffeur]

I think this song may be about how there is a prime for a woman's beauty. She doesn't want her beauty to wasted because it will soon fade and soon people's attraction will go away. She doesn't want her beauty to be wasted so she wants someone to appreciate it and use it while it's still there. Society and culture do not want actors or people who are older in age because they are less attractive and less beautiful than those younger in their "prime".