It’s no secret that we’re all suckers for a sad song here at The Honey POP! And there’s no one who knows how to tug at our heartstrings quite like Phoebe Bridgers. Every line she writes manages to hit us in just the right way! In honor of Phoebe’s 30th birthday, we’ve compiled a list of her 30 most devastating lyrics. TBH, if we could’ve included her entire discography here, we would’ve. But in order to spare us all the time and tears, 30 for 30 will have to do!
From Stranger in the Alps
“We’ll watch TV while the lights on the street
Put all the stars to death
It’s been on my mind since Bowie died
Just checkin’ out to hide from life”
– ‘Smoke Signals’
“The future’s unwritten, the past is a corridor
I’m at the exit, looking back through the hall
You are anonymous, I am a concrete wall”
– ‘Smoke Signals’
“I hate you for what you did
And I miss you like a little kid
I faked it every time, but that’s alright
I can hardly feel anything
I hardly feel anything at all”
– ‘Motion Sickness’
“I have emotional motion sickness
I try to stay clean and live without
And I wanna know what would happen If I surrender to the sound”
– ‘Motion Sickness’
“I have a friend I call
When I’ve bored myself to tears
And we talk until we think we might just kill ourselves
But then we laugh until it disappears”
– ‘Funeral’
“When I think too much about it, I can’t breathe
And I have this dream where I’m screamin’ underwater
While my friends are all waving from the shore
And I don’t need you to tell me what that means
I don’t believe in that stuff anymore”
– ‘Funeral’
“I don’t wanna be stoned
I don’t wanna be stoned anymore
I don’t wanna be alone
Don’t wanna be alone anymore”
– ‘Demi Moore’
“Do you feel ashamed When you hear my name?”
– ‘Scott Street’
“I hope you kiss my rotten head
And pull the plug
Know that I’ve burned every playlist
And I’ve given all my love”
– ‘Killer’
“We’re both very sick, our muscles all worn down
It’s as if we are one hundred, know I won’t still be around
Because I’ve fallen, yes, I’ve fallen right into the love I’ve found
Long before I reach one hundred, I’ll have fallen to the ground”
– ‘Chelsea’
“Come to find out
I’m a can on a string, you’re on the end
We found our way out
Of the suicide pact of our family and friends
In the background, I’ll be waiting”
– ‘Would You Rather’
“Listening to her scream, listening to her cry
A feelin’ of relief came over my soul
I couldn’t take it any longer and I lost control”
– ‘You Missed My Heart’
“The most poetic dream came flowin’ like the sea
Laying there, my lifeblood draining out of me
A childhood scene, the night sky and moon beams”
– ‘You Missed My Heart’
“Now, the wind is high and the rain is heavy
The water’s rising in the levee
Still, I think of her when the Sun goes down
Never goes away, but it all works out”
– ‘It’ll All Work Out’
From Punisher
“And when I grow up, I’m gonna look up
From my phone and see my life
And it’s gonna be just like my recurring dream
I’m at the movies, I don’t remember what I’m seeing
The screen turns into a tidal wave”
– ‘Garden Song’
“I don’t know how, but I’m taller
It must be something in the water
Everything’s growing in our garden
You don’t have to know that it’s haunted”
– ‘Garden Song’
“I don’t forgive you
But please don’t hold me to it
Born under Scorpio skies
I wanted to see the world
Through your eyes until it happened
Then I changed my mind”
– ‘Kyoto’
“I love a good place to hide in plain sight”
– ‘Punisher’
“Man, I wish that I could say the same
I swear I’m not angry, that’s just my face
A copycat killer with a chemical cut
Either I’m careless or I wanna get caught”
– ‘Punisher’
“Always surprised by what I do for love
Some things I never expect”
– ‘Halloween’
“Took a tour to see the stars
But they weren’t out tonight
So I wished hard on a Chinese satellite
I want to believe Instead, I look at the sky and I feel nothing
You know I hate to be alone
I want to be wrong”
– ‘Chinese Satellite’
“And if I could give you the moon I would give you the moon”
– ‘Moon Song’
“You are sick and you’re married and you might be dying
But you’re holding me like water in your hands
When you saw the dead little bird, you started crying
But you know the killer doesn’t understand”
– ‘Moon Song’
“Baby, you’re a vampire
You want blood and I promised
I’m a bad liar
With a savior complex”
– ‘Savior Complex’
“I’ve been playing dead
My whole life
And I get this feeling whenever I feel good
It’ll be the last time”
– ‘ICU’
“I used to light you up
Now I can’t even get you to play the drums
‘Cause I don’t know what I want
Until I f!ck it up”
– ‘ICU’
“So we spent what was left of our serotonin
To chew on our cheeks and stare at the moon
Said she knows she lived through it to get to this moment”
– ‘Graceland Too’
“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”
– ‘I Know The End’
From Miscellaneous Releases
“I wanna be the power ballad that lifts you up and holds you down
I wanna be the broken love song that feeds your misery
And I can wish all that I want, but it won’t bring us together
Plus I know whatever happens to me, I know it’s for the better”
– ‘Waiting Room’
“She’ll be the best you ever had if you let her”
– ‘Waiting Room’
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