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Blue Light by Mitski

TRACK

Mitski

Blue Light

Release date: 16th July 2018

From Be the Cowboy
Track 13
1:44
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About This Track

Somebody kiss me, I'm going crazy: Mitski's plea on 'Blue Light' arrives near the album's end, a moment of unravelling after everything that came before. The track strips back to essentials, her voice urgent against minimal instrumentation, the lyrics laid bare. There's a rawness here that cuts through the album's contradictions, a naked admission of loneliness and the desperate need for connection. A Dork five-star record, 'Be the Cowboy' finds Mitski at her most candid, each song a diary entry delivered with unflinching precision. Whether she's channelling the explosive momentum of 'Geyser' or the unsettling domesticity of 'Washing Machine Heart', she moves between registers with absolute conviction. The production is clearer than her earlier work, her vocals less obscured, as if she's made peace with her yearning and can finally shout louder.

"Blue Light" is a track by Mitski, from the album Be the Cowboy, released 16th July 2018. The track is 1:44 long. It's filed under Indie Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Mitski.

About the Artist

Mitski

Mitski

Lyrics

Blue Light

Somebody kiss me, I'm going crazy
I'm walking 'round the house naked
Silver in the night
Singing

Do do
Do do
Do do
Do do
Do do
Do

Out there I'm a sharp knife
Are you that blue light?
Are you that blue light?
Are you that blue light?
Are you?

Do do
Do do
Do do
Do do
Do do
Do

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Track details

From Be the Cowboy

1:442018
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Album
Be the Cowboy
Be the Cowboy
Mitski
17th July 2018
Track number
13
Release year
2018
  1. 1Geyser
    2:24
  2. 2Why Didn't You Stop Me?
    2:22
  3. 3Old Friend
    1:53
  4. 4A Pearl
    2:36

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