"The track 'Georgia' comes from the fact that I dated someone from Georgia. I had never even been there before. I was just feeling super self-conscious in a relationship for the first time and just needing constant validation. That’s definitely what it’s about. That night [I’m singing about], there was a rainstorm, and he followed me to some weird coffee house. I think I played a bunch of Bright Eyes songs, actually. That’s the oldest song on the album. I was still in high school. Now, I feel a little separate from it. My songs are getting a little more similar to each other now. I know what my songs are going to sound like now instead of just setting out and writing and wondering what they’re going to sound like." ― Phoebe Bridgers[1]
"Georgia" is the second track Phoebe Bridgers' debut EP, Killer. It was released on April 28, 2015 through Pax-Am Records. It was re-released on September 22, 2017 through Dead Oceans as the seventh track on her debut studio album, Stranger in the Alps.
Background[]
According to Pitchfork, "Georgia" is one of Bridgers' earliest compositions. It dates back to Bridgers’ teenage years, when she crafted her own lyrics out of a misremembered Feist track. Telling the story of an early relationship, she builds to dramatic moments of catharsis like an artist attempting to win over an audience by the end of the song.[2]
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
Georgia, Georgia, I love your son
And when he gets older, he might be the one (Oh)
He might be the one
Georgia, Georgia, he has beautiful bones
And he never lies or picks up his phone
[Pre-Chorus]
And sometimes in the pouring rain
He'll fall in the mud and get back up again
[Chorus]
And if you find me, will you know me?
Will you take me or will you fall? (Fall)
[Post-Chorus]
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
[Verse 2]
Here is my day plan, here's my new machine
He's a fine new addition, so young and so clean
So young and so clean
He came up through the water without a sound
With my back to the shoreline, I dreamt that he drowned
I dreamt that he drowned (Oh)
[Pre-Chorus]
And sometimes, when he looks at me
I know he needs you, you're all that he sees
[Chorus]
And if I breathe you, will it kill me?
Will you have me or watch me fall? (Fall)
If I fix you, will you hate me?
And would you fuck this and let us fall? (Fall, fall)
[Outro]
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Audio[]
References[]
- ↑ Phillips, Lior (September 7, 2017). "Artist of the Month Phoebe Bridgers On Friendly Ghosts, Ryan Adams, and Sexting Demi Moore". Consequence.
- ↑ Sodomsky, Sam (September 23, 2017). "Stranger in the Alps". Pitchfork.
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| "Smoke Signals" • "Motion Sickness" • "Funeral" • "Demi Moore" • "Scott Street" • "Killer" • "Georgia" • "Chelsea" • "Would You Rather" • "You Missed My Heart" • "It'll All Work Out" |