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Alewife by Clairo
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On “Alewife,” Clairo expresses her gratitude to her friend Alexa, who helped stop her from ending her life when she was in the eighth grade. Intially dubbed, “Eighth Grade,” the song is named after a train station in Massachusetts, near the town where Clairo spent most of her childhood.
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Alewife Lyrics
[Verse 1]
In Massachusetts
Only 30 minutes from Alewife
I lay in my room
Wonderin' why I've got this life
I met you by surprise
You were hangin' out all the time
But you know you saved me from doin'
Something to myself that night
[Verse 2]
You called me seven times
One, two, three, four, on the line
I didn't mean to scare you
Just had the thoughts in my mind
They showed up to my door
My parents didn't know what for
Swear I could've done it
If you weren't there when I hit the floor
[Verse 3]
It's been so long
And you've been my sister all along
But you know I'll be alright
Eighth grade was never that tight
Alewife Q&A
Who wrote Alewife's ?
Alewife was written by Clairo.
What did Clairo say about "Alewife"?
I didn’t want to make a sad song. I just wanted to get those emotions out. I needed to tell this story, about how this person got me out of such a horrible time, and how there are lots of people like her out there.
Why is the song called "Alewife"?
When talking about the track for Song Exploder in 2019, Clairo said:
Naming it “Alewife” became really important. I mention “Alewife” only once in the song and its not necessarily about it. Alewife was a train station in Massachusetts that I would drive to from my small town. I’d park there and I...
What else has Clairo said about the song?
That song is extremely special to me, just because it’s about an experience that I never really shared with a lot of people. In eighth grade, I was having a really hard time dealing with my depression that’s been on and off my whole life, and there was a time where I really felt like I didn’t want t...
What was Alexa's reaction to the song?
I was sitting in the dining room with my mom, and I get a text from Claire. And she goes, ‘I wrote a song about you’ and I was like, ‘Okay, wait, what?’ She sent me the demo, and I go, ‘Okay Mom, I’m gonna play something Claire sent me.’ I play it off my phone, and we both just started crying.
I ju...