How do you even write a song like this? With that melody? Over those chords? And the lyrics? I can't wrap my head around this.

wise poet ... born wise, receptive and invulnerable in her vulnerability - beautiful

"don't take me for a fool... there's a woman inside of me, there's one inside of you too"

Sorry but this is essentially the best song I've heard in like 7 years. Life's been so tough on me recently and I can see my goals in sight. But it could be how exhausted I am right now, but this song came on my Spotify radio and I listened to the lyrics and just fucking broke down. Definitely a new fan. Thanks for this, I needed it.

One of the greatest songs of the 2010s. Just unreal writing.

Powerful lyrics about a very uncomfortable topic. Amazing ❤️

The chord changes sounds like a Bach piece.

This has a lovely Leonard Cohen vibe about it

@lioraharonoff5059

4 жыл бұрын

I just heard it for the first time, and that was my exact thought. Same rhythm. Came here to see if anyone else thinks that. Great song

@sophiafake-virus2456

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, and many have a Dylan influence. Can you hear the Kate Bush influenced part in this?

@dimitrikarhu7585

3 жыл бұрын

The beginning reminded me of famous blue raincoat.

@coltonc8562

2 жыл бұрын

@@dimitrikarhu7585 I definitely see that!

This is a powerful song

I think they're truly genius. They are from the same generation as me. I'm so glad that find their works that made me find myself.

Matthew, please do not regret With your silk in my hand And your heart in my sweat as you're Lighting the end of my last cigarette I will warm you Warm you These things that lonely ones do Baby that's what I'm here for I'll take care and make all your Wishes come true If you want to Do you want to? Don't take me for a fool There's a woman inside of me There's one inside of you, too There is an eating in my thighs Wherein thunder and lighting Men are baptized in their anger and fighting Their deceit and lies I've got lips like sugar Lips like sugar Holding my wrist to the bed He was thrusting and moaning And pressing his head To my temple His head was a temple I said you've got lips like sugar, daddy Lips like sugar Don't take me for a fool There's a woman inside of me There's one inside of you, too And she don't always do Pretty things

that 10 second break at 1:55 and i instantly swelled with tears and i love this song bruh

@IlNyaPasdOrchestre

5 жыл бұрын

what is this noise..? :/ May I ask what it means to you..

@Epicdino2912

4 жыл бұрын

꧁Basically a Ghost꧂ to me it sounds like train cars going by...

@waitzsauce

4 жыл бұрын

@@IlNyaPasdOrchestre To me it sounds like someone shaking an aluminum baking sheet

@berry1057

3 жыл бұрын

It sounds like an angry man coming home, swinging the door open and knocking things over

@jokey4619

3 жыл бұрын

For me it sounded like a dog who is really excited and jumping around. I miss my dog.

Big Thief - Pretty Things Lyrics Matthew, please do not regret With your silk in my hand And your heart in my sweat as you're Lighting the end of my last cigarette I will warm you Warm you These things that lonely ones do Baby that's what I'm here for I'll take care and make all your Wishes come true If you want to Do you want to? Don't take me for a fool There's a woman inside of me There's one inside of you, too There is an eating in my thighs Wherein thunder and lighting Men are baptized in their anger and fighting Their deceit and lies I've got lips like sugar Lips like sugar Holding my wrist to the bed He was thrusting and moaning And pressing his head To my temple His head was a temple I said you've got lips like sugar, daddy Lips like sugar Don't take me for a fool There's a woman inside of me There's one inside of you, too And she don't always do Pretty things

@charleseads5167

4 жыл бұрын

To Charles From Destiny

It’s been 3 years and I still can’t figure out what this song means 😭

@dankestbae7685

3 ай бұрын

I think it's a depiction of two lonely people having a sexual encounter. The song is spent with the narrator painting a very seductive picture of not only herself but the scene- promises to make Matthew's wishes come true, of a place between her thighs which once entered may even be transformative! miss girl is promising life-changing coochie. She's not just some girl with a crush either. She's aware that she wants this because she craves connection and that Matthew seems like he needs it too. She ends the song by clarifying that for all the seduction and tenderness she is capable of, the "woman" inside her doesn't always do "pretty things" and because she asserts that Matthew's got a "woman" in him too he's guilty of the same. The song is about two flawed individuals getting wrapped up in an intimate fling isolated from the less flowery truth of who they are implied to be outside of it. that's just me tho 🤷🏾‍♀

can't stop listening...

these freaking lyrics

heights......... best and deepest song of this year

I adore Big Thief! Thank you for the upload!

Why do i feel like I'm listening to a female version of a modern day Bob Dylan in the weirdest and coolest way????

crying and throwing up

Yes...this is very fine.

Beautiful

Nice! Reminds me of Kristin Hersh.

yooo what what what

Here from Lana’s TikTok. Took me forever to find this

@BrendanCalliesComposer

3 жыл бұрын

😞😞😞

Song's so sad, it always makes me envision some Barbossa-ish figure sighing on the high seas of some alternate dimension as he croons something similar-only he calls it "Pirate-y things."

@jesusmartinezcruz3543

2 жыл бұрын

Stupid

This reminds me very much of Syd Matters

the guitar piece in the verses is reminiscent of bach’s prelude in c major, at around the halfway mark. nonetheless, both are wonderful music.

FUUUUUCK I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH

Who is the guy in the photo?, looks like Connor Jessup. ? I've fallen in love

@andyz9793

3 жыл бұрын

Adrianne Lenker’s uncle holding her when he was a teenager and she was a newborn

Too much nostalgia in their album covers

@josiahshank4355

7 жыл бұрын

what's the appropriate amount of nostalgia? Clearly you're the expert

@thomasblake8595

7 жыл бұрын

This whole conversation is an indication of the weakness of KZread.

@stevenjohnson3662

6 жыл бұрын

It took a while but I think I understand the cover

@David-dv5ov

6 жыл бұрын

Steven Johnson What do you think it means? I don't really understand

@myoclaire

6 жыл бұрын

David the baby in the photo is Adrianne Lenker, the person holding her is her uncle who strongly resembles her. It reminds me of their Mythological Beauty song, "there's a child inside of you trying to raise the child in me." I love the cover.

THIS SONG MAKES ME SAY FUCK OUT LOUD

Sounds like Julia Stone

Who's here because of Lana 👀

@LuisElAngelito

3 жыл бұрын

meee

@monasofia9944

3 жыл бұрын

Ummmm

@citrus4419

3 жыл бұрын

not me. i’m here from my good taste

@alliedelrey1130

3 жыл бұрын

Me lmao

@morrison3416

Жыл бұрын

Tmb

tragic

this is good, but even the wrost song of past album(masterpiece) sounds 100 times way better than the best song of this album. a little bit disappointed

@talaf6616

7 жыл бұрын

tommeeww this album I think was better, but barely. The storytelling on both is top notch, I wonder how they come up with this

@Lindsaylou1785

6 жыл бұрын

I agree to a certain extent but pretty things? such a beautiful song, too different to compare to the last album.

@50ShadesOfEndo

6 жыл бұрын

tommeeww You're so wrong

@myoclaire

6 жыл бұрын

And what was their worst song on their last album? Ive juat begun listening to this album and I think both are just different pieces you really have to sink into to truly appreciate. Her gut wrenching honesty and vulnerability isnt to be skimmed over.

It can't be just me but.... This is really bad.

@emmablank8791

4 жыл бұрын

Adrianne Lenker's voice is an acquired taste

@GhostGardens

3 жыл бұрын

Nah it's just you hunny

@felixwinter3173

3 жыл бұрын

It's good if you have taste.

@alliedelrey1130

3 жыл бұрын

@@felixwinter3173 literally

@alliedelrey1130

3 жыл бұрын

No it’s just you