Smoke Signals
Phoebe Bridgers Lyrics

I went with you up to the place you grew up
I went with you to see where you spent your childhood and grew up

And we spent a week in the cold
We spent a week in cold weather

Just long enough to Walden it with you
It was just long enough to experience the same thing as Walden with you, without it becoming tedious

Any longer, it would've got old
If we had stayed longer, it would have become old and boring

Singin' "Ace of Spades" when Lemmy died
We were singing Ace of Spades when Lemmy, the lead singer of Motörhead, died

But nothing's changed, L.A.'s alright
Nothing has changed, Los Angeles is still okay

I'm sleepin' in my bed again
I'm back to sleeping in my own bed

And gettin' in my head and then
And then I start thinking too much

Walk around the reservoir
I take a walk around the reservoir

You You must've been lookin' for me Sendin' smoke signals Pelicans circling Burnin' trash out on the beach
You must have been looking for me and sending smoke signals, while pelicans were circling and people were burning trash out on the beach

One of your eyes is always half-shut
One of your eyes always seems to be half closed

Somethin' happened when you were a kid
Something happened to you when you were a child

I didn't know you then and I'll never understand Why it feels like I did
I never knew you then, and I'll never understand why it feels like I did

"How Soon Is Now" in an eighties sedan You slept inside of it because your dad Lived in a campground in the back of a van You said that song'll creep you out until you're dead
We listened to The Smiths' song 'How Soon Is Now' in an old car from the 80s, and you had to sleep inside because your dad lived in the back of a van in a campground. You said that song would creep you out until you died

And you Must've been lookin' for me Sendin' smoke signals Pelicans circling Burnin' trash out on the beach
You must have been looking for me and sending smoke signals, while pelicans were circling and people were burning trash out on the beach

I wanna live at the Holiday Inn Where somebody else makes the bed We'll watch TV while the lights on the street Put all the stars to death
I want to live at the Holiday Inn, where someone else will make the bed for us, and we'll watch TV while the bright lights outside make all the stars disappear

It's been on my mind since Bowie died Just checking out to hide from life And all of our problems, I'm gonna solve 'em With you ridin' shotgun Speeding 'cause fuck the cops
Ever since David Bowie died, I've been thinking about checking out of life and hiding from all our problems. But with you by my side, we'll solve them and speed away from the police

And you You must've been lookin' for me Sendin' smoke signals Pelicans circling Burnin' trash out on the beach
You must have been looking for me and sending smoke signals, while pelicans were circling and people were burning trash out on the beach

Mm-mm
Humming sound

I buried a hatchet, it's comin' up lavender The future's unwritten, the past is a corridor I'm at the exit, lookin' back through the hall You are anonymous, I am a concrete wall
I've buried the hatchet with someone, and now I'm moving on. The future is open, while the past is just a memory. I'm ready to leave the past behind and move on, while you don't even know who you are anymore