Brand New City is the third track off of Mitski’s debut album, LUSH. The song follows a similar theme to Liquid Smooth, detailing the overarching feeling of being “in your prime” but only dreading the fall yet to come, in which both physical and mental condition begin to decay due to both aging and...
[Intro]
One, two
Honey, what'd you take?
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
Honey, what'd you take? What'd you take?
Honey, look at me
Tell me what you took, what'd you take?
Honey, what'd you take? What'd you take?
Honey, look at me
Tell me what you took, what'd you take?
[Verse 2]
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
[Bridge]
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
[Chorus]
Honey, what'd you take? What'd you take?
Honey, look at me
Tell me what you took, what'd you take?
Honey, what'd you take? What'd you take?
Honey, look at me
Tell me what you took, what'd you take?
Honey, what'd you take? What'd you take?
Honey, look at me
Tell me what you took, what'd you take?
Honey, what'd you take? What'd you take?
Honey, look at me
Tell me what you took, what'd you take?
Brand New City was written by Mitski.
Brand New City was produced by Scot Moriarty.
Mitski released Brand New City on Tue Feb 07 2012.
In June of 2016, Mitski discussed the song briefly in an interview with Chicago Reader. Interviewer Brian Sulpizio commented on “Brand New City” being a kind of predecessor to Bury Me at Makeout Creek. Mitski replied:
“I haven’t thought about that record for a long time. I think that record is all...