“Punches” is the final track on MØ’s third studio album Motordrome. The theme of the song is retribution. A new day comes with it’s new challenges, MØ doesn’t want to dwell on her past struggles, she instead prefers to treat every day as a new challenge, one where she needs to cross its threshold.
[Verse 1]
I tried so hard to control it
Like it was something I could tame
I thought I did it for the right reasons, but
They got lost on the plains
[Pre-Chorus]
Let me roll with the punches
Reach the threshold, go across it
That's why we crashin', that's why we blossom
Baby, roll with the punches
[Chorus]
It's a brand new day, sing my favorite song
Teachin' me to be bold
It's a brand new day, swing it back around
Learnin' quickly how to roll with the punches
[Post-Chorus]
With the punches
[Verse 2]
They say we're livin' in the dark age
But I see fire in the streets (Fire in the streets)
They try and kill it with that old water tank (Hey)
But thеy can't wash away me
[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause we just roll with thе punches
Reach the threshold and go across it
That's why we crashin', that's why we blossom
Baby, roll with the punches
[Chorus]
It's a brand new day, sing my favorite song
Teachin' me to be bold
It's a brand new day, swing it back around
Learnin' quickly how to roll (Learnin' quickly how to roll)
In the motordrome or on the highway, I
Drive my truck under a purple sky
Brand new day, swing it back around
Learnin' quickly how to roll with the punches
[Post-Chorus]
With the punches
Oh, with the punches
Yeah, yeah
[Bridge]
All my heroes, they keep on crushin'
I hear Bikini Kill and now I'm blushin'
Praise the riot, not forgotten
Baby, roll, like a goddess
[Chorus]
It's a brand new day, sing my favorite song
Teachin' me to be bold (Teachin' me to be bold)
It's a brand new day, swing it back around
Learnin' quickly how to roll with the punches
[Post-Chorus]
I roll, I roll, I roll with the punches
Yeah, with the punches
With the punches
Punches was written by Søren Breum & Goss & Yangze & Ronni Vindahl & MØ.
Punches was produced by Yangze.
If you roll with the punches and don’t let them kill your spirit, but instead let the experiences develop you, maybe you will come to grow. It’s also a song to myself about remembering who I am and who I was. Remembering what the important thing about artistic creation is to me: To create magical mo...