Phoebe Bridgers
Phoebe Bridgers
Phoebe Bridgers
Phoebe Bridgers
Phoebe Bridgers
Phoebe Bridgers
Phoebe Bridgers
Phoebe Bridgers
Phoebe Bridgers
Phoebe Bridgers
Phoebe Bridgers
‘'I Know the End’‘ is the metalinguistic closing track of Phoebe’s sophomore album Punisher.
The apocalyptical folk ballad track reclaims the singer-songwriter narrative abilities and describes a desolated vision of the world in step with references to the American culture and its recent happenings...
[Verse 1]
Somewhere in Germany, but I can't place it
Man, I hate this part of Texas
Close my eyes, fantasize
Three clicks and I'm home
When I get back, I'll lay around
Then I'll get up and lay back down
Romanticize a quiet life
There's no place like my room
[Chorus]
But you had to go, I know, I know, I know
Like a wave that crashed and melted on the shore
Not even the burnouts are out here anymore
And you had to go, I know, I know, I know
[Verse 2]
Out in the park, we watch the sunset
Talkin' on a rusty swing set
After a while, you went quiet
And I got mean
I'm always pushin' you away from me
But you come back with gravity
And when I call, you come home
A bird in your teeth
[Chorus]
So, I gotta go, I know, I know, I know
When the sirens sound, you'll hide under the floor
But I'm not gonna go down with my hometown in a tornado
I'm gonna chase it, I know, I know, I know
I gotta go now, I know, I know, I know
[Verse 3]
Drivin' out into the sun
Let the ultraviolet cover me up
Went looking for a creation myth
Ended up with a pair of cracked lips
Windows down, scream along
To some America First rap-country song
A slaughterhouse, an outlet mall
Slot machines, fear of God
Windows down, heater on
Big bolt of lightning hanging low
Over the coast, everyone's convinced
It's a government drone or an alien spaceship
Either way, we're not alone
I'll find a new place to be from
A haunted house with a picket fence
To float around and ghost my friends
No, I'm not afraid to disappear
The billboard said "The End Is Near"
I turned around, there was nothing there
Yeah, I guess the end is here
[Outro]
The end is here
The end is here
The end is here
The end is
I Know the End was written by Phoebe Bridgers & Marshall Vore & Conor Oberst & Christian Lee Hutson.
I Know the End was produced by The Trilemma & Phoebe Bridgers & Ethan Gruska & Tony Berg.
Phoebe Bridgers released I Know the End on Thu Jun 18 2020.
From an interview/breakdown of each song on Punisher with Stereogum, Bridgers said:
So, Marshall and I started it around the same time we started “I See You.” The lyrics were totally different, it was kind of just about depression. Then as I went on tour and my depression changed to be tour-related...
This is a bunch of things I had on my to-do list: I wanted to scream; I wanted to have a metal song; I wanted to write about driving up the coast to Northern California, which I’ve done a lot in my life. It’s like a super specific feeling. This is such a stoned thought, but it feels kind of like pur...
I think it was a concept-first, where I was, like, “I want this record to end in screaming.” And then, there was this song that I had started writing with my ex-boyfriend, who plays drums with me, we’re extremely co-dependent, I feel like our relationship was very seminal to my whole adult life, I w...