Sprained Ankle
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Sprained Ankle by Julien Baker
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Julien BakerAbout
“Sprained Ankle”, a simple, honest track rested on a single guitar, sees Julien Baker working through recovery. In an extended metaphor, she wishing to be a “sprinter”, or solve her problems more easily, but comes to terms with her identity as a “marathon runner” whose “ankles are sprained”: an encu...
Sprained Ankle Lyrics
[Verse]
Wish I could write songs about anything other than death
But I can't go to bed without drawing the red, shaving off breaths;
Each one so heavy, each one so cumbersome
Each one a lead weight hanging between my lungs
Spilling my guts, sweat on a microphone, breaking my voice
Whenever I'm alone with you, can't talk but
"Isn't this weather nice? Are you okay?"
Should I go somewhere else and hide my face?
A sprinter learning to wait
A marathon runner, my ankles are sprained
A marathon runner, my ankles are sprained
Sprained Ankle Q&A
Who wrote Sprained Ankle's ?
Sprained Ankle was written by Julien Baker.
Who produced Sprained Ankle's ?
Sprained Ankle was produced by Michael Hegner.
When did Julien Baker release Sprained Ankle?
Julien Baker released Sprained Ankle on Fri Oct 23 2015.
What has the media said about the song?
In 2018, NPR ranked this as the #156 greatest song by a female or nonbinary artist in the 21st century, saying:
‘Sprained Ankle’ is, like many of Julien Baker’s songs, relatively simple: It rests mostly on a harmonic, looped guitar riff and Baker’s unflinching honesty. Woman songwriters who prefer...