I love this song a lot, and i keep thinking about how she sings that the freight train is a buffalo replaced. Back when settlers took over the land, They thought the Natives were savages, so they started killing buffalos in hopes that Native Americans wouldn’t be able to survive. Eventually buffalos almost went extinct, and over the large empty plains settlers started building railroad tracks as their main source of transportation instead of having to use buffalos. So she compares the sound of the train as a “replacement” to the sound of the buffalos running through the fields, and I think that’s beautiful ☹️❤️
Songs were always meant to be poetry. Almost all of the old songs are poetry sang instead of said with background sounds, it’s the new era that brought the “my dear diary” type of lyricism into music industry that barely needs any media literacy or thinking to understand. Simple and barely a song
This is so relatable, it sounds like she interviewed me and used my answers as lyrics. Thank you mitski, your songs always speak to me in any situation. This is beautiful.
@@gray.mongrel Same, lowkey I kind of see it as a feeling of hope. "I have a hope though she's blind with no name" and "sometimes I think it would be easier without her, but I know nobody can hurt me when I see her sleeping face" the buffalo might be a metaphor for hope but idk
So sorry I never checked the comments😭 A few years ago, my life was so chaotic. Honestly I can barely remember a single thing, and I went through the same motions every single day. But then I met someone who made my life make sense. Like there was a reason I went through the motions for so long, was to find her. And my entire world was so bright. And I can remember everything so clearly from when she came. But now she's gone, and I'm still here, and I don't know what I'm doing anymore. I feel like the strange, chaotic lyrics to this song, paired with the serene music speaks to my life in a way I can't explain fully.
I was living in Edinburgh last year, a city where i left a big chunk of my heart. This was the opening song for the Amateur Mistake tour, where i attended almost a year ago. Of course, in Edinburgh (Queens hall to be specific). Im now back in my hometown, drinking the tea I used to drink in Edinburgh and listening to this song that, like all of the tracks from The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We, remind me of my time there. Thank u, Mitski.
Mosquitoes can enjoy me, I can't go inside I'm suckin' up as much of the full moon, so bright Fireflies zoomin' through the yard like highway cars Someone out here burnin' something, kids feelin' alive Freight train stampedin' through my backyard It'll run across the plains like the new buffalo replaced Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh... I have a hope and though she's blind with no name She shits where she's supposed to feed herself while I'm away Sometimes I think it would be easier without her But I know nothing can hurt me when I see her sleepin' face Freight train horn howlin' out mad and wild Headin' somewhere far away like the new buffalo replaced Ooh-ooh-ooh-oh-oh, ah-ah...
god this song just speaks to me on so, so many levels, unlike any of her other songs. it just feels like mine, like it was written for me, not that im claiming it in any way though. i've lived in LA most of my life with just my mom but we always used to visit Yuma very frequently to see family. there were freight train tracks right next to the road we always took in and out of Arizona, i can still see the train rolling along the rails. sometimes we'd camp out in that barren area, there were so many nats and mosquitoes, and sometimes you'd hear the stoplights for the train crossing if you were close enough to the city, but god the glow of the moon and the stars was like nothing you'd ever get to see in California. i still hear all the country songs my great aunt and uncle would play in their house when we'd stay with them, while they were cooking a Mexican buffet for somebody's birthday party. i remember once visiting a historical park in Apache Junction, a tour guide taught us about the indigenous tribe that land used to belong to, he said if we were lucky we might see a bison around the plains, though i never saw one in that city. i started high school the year of covid, and we stopped visiting Arizona, and thanks to the virus inflation absolutely killed us and our living predicaments. i was always a little spoiled, and that hadn't quite subsided that year despite the situation, i'm sure raising me became close to a chore for my mom. the entirety of the second verse is often how i feel my mom felt, even before covid, about raising me, about growing up with me, because i know now in many ways she was still a kid too. i spent my last year of high school with my grandparents in Yuma and am starting college over here. i still remember the drive over here from Burbank; my great aunt and uncle have since moved to Mesa, so we don't get to see them as often. my Nana told me that the railroad tracks that used to run by the road had since been demoed, along with the shipping units the trains traveled between. but i looked out towards where i used to see the trains and in its place i saw a grown bison and its baby. it was the most magical thing ever. it wasn't something i held onto after visiting that park in Apache Junction, but it felt like a sign, or a message. and now so does this song, bringing everything, my entire life up till now full circle, it feels like everything is connected, and i'm still listening on loop after a year, i'm not sure i'll ever tire of this song
I disagree. Giving up on hope means you give up on helping and resign yourself to everything that happens. Hope is necessary for change, and you do have to be realistic, but there is nothing wrong with having faith
[Verse 1] Mosquitoes can enjoy me, I can't go inside I'm suckin' up as much of the full moon, so bright Fireflies zoomin' through the yard like highway cars Someone out here burnin' something, kids feelin' alive [Chorus] Freight train stampedin' through my backyard It'll run across the plains like the new buffalo replaced [Post-Chorus] Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh [Verse 2] I have a hope and though she's blind with no name She shits where she's supposed to, feeds herself while I'm away Sometimes I think it would be easier without her But I know nothing can hurt me when I see her sleepin' face [Chorus] Freight train horn howlin' out mad and wild Headin' somewhere far away like the new buffalo replaced [Post-Chorus] Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ah-ah, ah Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
I love this song a lot, and i keep thinking about how she sings that the freight train is a buffalo replaced. Back when settlers took over the land, They thought the Natives were savages, so they started killing buffalos in hopes that Native Americans wouldn’t be able to survive. Eventually buffalos almost went extinct, and over the large empty plains settlers started building railroad tracks as their main source of transportation instead of having to use buffalos. So she compares the sound of the train as a “replacement” to the sound of the buffalos running through the fields, and I think that’s beautiful ☹️❤️
look at mitski, studying history we stan
no bc i literally just learned about this in history
THATS SO COOL
Same. I'm learning.
@@wingsofkuiper1841 indeed.
I love when she said "it's Mitskying time" and Mitskied everywhere
Relatable
LITTERALY
😍😍😍😍😍😍
Bravo, Bufallo
Best thing she’s ever done
I love how her voice sounds on this one
I think she was inspired by Mitski
@@jimsaturday4945 I think you may be right
If you're here you probably know about Angel Olsen, but if not you'll probably enjoy her music too.
IKR 😘😘😘😘😘
I REMEMBER HEARING THIS AT THE PRE LSITEN, IT WAS DEF ONE OF MY FAVS IT WAS SO GOOD
SAME
im so jealouss
@@bellapaellatv7362COOL PFP
alr what it mean then. 5 sentences minimum lil guy
@@geneticprotocolwalter4772tf are you talking about
mitski writes songs like poetry
she is art.
Songs were always meant to be poetry. Almost all of the old songs are poetry sang instead of said with background sounds, it’s the new era that brought the “my dear diary” type of lyricism into music industry that barely needs any media literacy or thinking to understand. Simple and barely a song
@@wolframshibuya2693womp womp
" I have a hope, and though she's with no name"
MITSKI!!! something touch my heart 🥺
ALBUM OF THE YEAR ALREADY!!!!
Someone needs to make a 10 hour loop of Mitski wailing like a Scandinavian goddess
BEAUTIFUL SONG!!
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
This is so relatable, it sounds like she interviewed me and used my answers as lyrics. Thank you mitski, your songs always speak to me in any situation. This is beautiful.
May I ask what is the situation you are dealing with? I can't relate to this particular song/understand it but I wish to grasp it's meaning
@@gray.mongrel Same, lowkey I kind of see it as a feeling of hope. "I have a hope though she's blind with no name" and "sometimes I think it would be easier without her, but I know nobody can hurt me when I see her sleeping face" the buffalo might be a metaphor for hope but idk
I would also love to hear your interpretation and why you find this one relatable!
Me too, actually.
So sorry I never checked the comments😭
A few years ago, my life was so chaotic. Honestly I can barely remember a single thing, and I went through the same motions every single day. But then I met someone who made my life make sense. Like there was a reason I went through the motions for so long, was to find her. And my entire world was so bright. And I can remember everything so clearly from when she came. But now she's gone, and I'm still here, and I don't know what I'm doing anymore.
I feel like the strange, chaotic lyrics to this song, paired with the serene music speaks to my life in a way I can't explain fully.
I was living in Edinburgh last year, a city where i left a big chunk of my heart. This was the opening song for the Amateur Mistake tour, where i attended almost a year ago. Of course, in Edinburgh (Queens hall to be specific). Im now back in my hometown, drinking the tea I used to drink in Edinburgh and listening to this song that, like all of the tracks from The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We, remind me of my time there. Thank u, Mitski.
I like how the piano at 2:03 sounds like the train signal
Ela nunca decepciona
Giving me the feeling I had when I first heard Lush. My heart feels high
It's actually reminding me of Heat Lightning. One of my personal favorites of Inhospitable!
In mitski we trust 🙏 (I will never recover from this song)
The guitar makes me feel things and her voice
smiles as a tear drop falls from my eye.... rolling down my cheek....
this made me think about my mom's experience while raising me up by herself and i started crying
Mosquitoes can enjoy me, I can't go inside
I'm suckin' up as much of the full moon, so bright
Fireflies zoomin' through the yard like highway cars
Someone out here burnin' something, kids feelin' alive
Freight train stampedin' through my backyard
It'll run across the plains like the new buffalo replaced
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh...
I have a hope and though she's blind with no name
She shits where she's supposed to feed herself while I'm away
Sometimes I think it would be easier without her
But I know nothing can hurt me when I see her sleepin' face
Freight train horn howlin' out mad and wild
Headin' somewhere far away like the new buffalo replaced
Ooh-ooh-ooh-oh-oh, ah-ah...
happy’s younger sibling, personifying hope instead of happiness. trains, chasing enjoyment, watching the moon. love love love!!!
this and my love mine all mine have already become some of my favorite mitski songs ever. so good.
This song is so underrated
0:48 i love this part
THIS ALBUM IS SO GOOD IM IN LOVE
*It is absolutely criminal that this masterpiece hasn't got 40 million views yet.*
DIOS AMO ESTE ALBUM ES HERMOSO😭💗
This song is slept on😭
LITERALLY MY NEW FAVORITE SONGG!!❤
Took the last hour at work to learn this on acoustic. Totally worth it.
the song and the video both remind me of a dream i couldn’t remember when i woke up
Beautiful song I love it so much
Thank you for the art mitski
This song deserves wayyyyyy more recognition
"But I know nothing can hurt me when I see her sleeping face" 🥺🥺🥺
AMO TANTO ESTE ÁLBUM COMO NO TIENEN IDEA
YO
YOOOOOO
YOOOOOOOOOO
Just saw her show in Dublin yesterday. Thanks for the memories Mitski🤗🤗
A VOZ DELA É TAO ANGELICAL MEU DEUS, ESSA MUSICA TA MARAVILHOSA
MUITO MEU DEUSKSKKSKSKKSKSKEJIEIE
ELA FALANDO MOSQUITOS ME QUEBRA SEMPRE, TAO AMORZINHO
Mitski no decepciona 😿❤️
SO AMAZINGGG
I remember Mitski like 90's vibe and warm cold nostalgia
Do I smell the most underrated mitski song...which also happens to be one of my favourites from this album....
this is literally one of her best songs
This song is so Home Depot-core ❤
Pls what does this mean 😭🙏
PERFEITAAAAA COMO SEMPREEEEEEE 💕💕💕💕
I love mitski 🤞🔥
MITSKI GRACIAS POR INVENTAR LA MÚSICA, te amamos mucho
One of my top 3 Mitski songs ever I can’t stop listening to it!
sounds like Tori Amos and Mitski combined - my favourite of the album. absolutely beautiful
Little Massy Star vibes as well.
YOUR VOICE IS JUST SO MAJESTIC!!
ITS BEAUTY ITS GRACE ITS THE GREATEST ALBUM OF ALL TIMEE
AMO TODAS LAS CANCIONES DE ESTE ÁLBUM DIOS
REALLL SON PERFECTAS
Seeing this live was amazing
I LOVE THIS I LOVE THIS I LOVE THIS AND I LOVE YOU MITSKI
The imagery in this song is so beautiful
SIEMPRE CREANDO ARTE MITSKI 💕💕💕
ITS FINALLY HERE
OMG Incredible rhythm
One of the best songs on the album
I LOVE BUFFALO REPLACED.
AAAAAART!
THIS IS SO GOOOD
me alegra escucharte cantar de nuevo, me hace muy feliz
god this song just speaks to me on so, so many levels, unlike any of her other songs. it just feels like mine, like it was written for me, not that im claiming it in any way though. i've lived in LA most of my life with just my mom but we always used to visit Yuma very frequently to see family. there were freight train tracks right next to the road we always took in and out of Arizona, i can still see the train rolling along the rails. sometimes we'd camp out in that barren area, there were so many nats and mosquitoes, and sometimes you'd hear the stoplights for the train crossing if you were close enough to the city, but god the glow of the moon and the stars was like nothing you'd ever get to see in California. i still hear all the country songs my great aunt and uncle would play in their house when we'd stay with them, while they were cooking a Mexican buffet for somebody's birthday party. i remember once visiting a historical park in Apache Junction, a tour guide taught us about the indigenous tribe that land used to belong to, he said if we were lucky we might see a bison around the plains, though i never saw one in that city.
i started high school the year of covid, and we stopped visiting Arizona, and thanks to the virus inflation absolutely killed us and our living predicaments. i was always a little spoiled, and that hadn't quite subsided that year despite the situation, i'm sure raising me became close to a chore for my mom. the entirety of the second verse is often how i feel my mom felt, even before covid, about raising me, about growing up with me, because i know now in many ways she was still a kid too.
i spent my last year of high school with my grandparents in Yuma and am starting college over here. i still remember the drive over here from Burbank; my great aunt and uncle have since moved to Mesa, so we don't get to see them as often. my Nana told me that the railroad tracks that used to run by the road had since been demoed, along with the shipping units the trains traveled between. but i looked out towards where i used to see the trains and in its place i saw a grown bison and its baby. it was the most magical thing ever. it wasn't something i held onto after visiting that park in Apache Junction, but it felt like a sign, or a message. and now so does this song, bringing everything, my entire life up till now full circle, it feels like everything is connected, and i'm still listening on loop after a year, i'm not sure i'll ever tire of this song
ES QUE EL INICIO ES HERMOSO Y EL FINAL LO ES
THIS WAS BEAUTIFUL MITSKI I LOVE YOU SO MUCH
GERARD?
MITSKI I LOVE YOU SMMM
i heard this in person at the concert yesterday. it was amazing.
ITS SO GOOD I LOVE YOU MITSKI!!!
shout out to mitski for inventing buffalos, mosquitos, freight trains, fire, kids, the moon, and cars just to write this song
I CAN'T THIS SONG IS AMAZING
Consuming tennis balls RN bc mitski makes life so consuming tennis balls core🎾
Just saw this live yesterday so good
Su musica es tan hermosa como siempre, la amo tanto 💗
love love love
I want to eat this song omg you don’t understand. im going to cry oml
one of my fav songs.
one of her best songs in my opinion
MITSKI ERES UNA DIOSA, TODO LO QUE CANTAS ES ARTE, TE AMO TANTO 💓💞
I love this
I love the chords
I LOVE IT ALREADY
SO SO SOOOI PERFECT I SWEARRR
AMAZING!!!!!
MITSKI I LOVE THIS
OMGGGG THIS IS VERY BEAUTIFUL ❤️❤️❤️ I LOVE YOUUUUU MITSKI 💐💐
TEMAZO
MITSKI I OOVE U SM I LOVE YOU YOURE SO TALENTED
I LOVE MITSKI
An inspiring woman said on the TV the other night: "it's time to move past hope, hope has done nothing to help humanity
What we need is realism"
I disagree. Giving up on hope means you give up on helping and resign yourself to everything that happens. Hope is necessary for change, and you do have to be realistic, but there is nothing wrong with having faith
I love all her albums fr
I love you so much, your music makes me so happy
Hoy revivió el arte, gracias mitski te amo mucho
[Verse 1]
Mosquitoes can enjoy me, I can't go inside
I'm suckin' up as much of the full moon, so bright
Fireflies zoomin' through the yard like highway cars
Someone out here burnin' something, kids feelin' alive
[Chorus]
Freight train stampedin' through my backyard
It'll run across the plains like the new buffalo replaced
[Post-Chorus]
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
[Verse 2]
I have a hope and though she's blind with no name
She shits where she's supposed to, feeds herself while I'm away
Sometimes I think it would be easier without her
But I know nothing can hurt me when I see her sleepin' face
[Chorus]
Freight train horn howlin' out mad and wild
Headin' somewhere far away like the new buffalo replaced
[Post-Chorus]
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ah-ah, ah
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
can someone explain to me what are these lyrics about? can't understand her point lol, but i love this track
@@uzser_ Genius Lyrics has it. It's a website.
@@uzser_its about how buffaloes were almost extinct when invaders came into america, and replaced by trains.
Pensé que había comentado aquí pero al parecer no pero necesita más vistas esta canción es hermoso me enamore desde que salió 🤧😍
ILY MITSKI ❤
YA SALIOOOO VAMOOOOOS CON TODOOOO
LOS SONIDOS DE CADA CANCIÓN SON TAN PERFECTOS 😭
ALL YOUR SONGS ARE BEAUTIFUL, I LOVE YOU
I love mitski so MUCH