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Though the lyrics are vividly detailed, they do offer a zoomed-out view of unhealthy relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Produced by Bridgers, Tony Berg, and Ethan Gruska, <em>Punisher<\/em> follows the singer\u2019s 2017 debut, <em>Stranger In The Alps<\/em>. And \u201cMoon Song\u201d offers a glimpse of one stranded in the geography of a cavernous and harsh romance. Still, one partner willingly returns for more punishment while the other continues to dish it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Moon Song\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DXqZ66XK3z8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>I Had To Carry You<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Bridgers writes about caring for someone with low self-esteem. Her partner wants to walk her home, but instead, she supports him. And his despair is bottomless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You asked to walk me home,<br>But I had to carry you.<br>And you pushed me in,<br>And<\/em><em>\u2005now<\/em><em>\u2005my feet can\u2019t<\/em><em>\u2005touch the bottom of you<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When someone is spiraling in waves of depression, they tend to be cruel to others around them, especially the people who are closest. But like a dog, she returns with unconditional love and, with it, emotional abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Stuck your tongue down the throat of somebody,<br>Who loves you more.<br>So I will wait for the next time you want me,<br>Like a dog with a bird at your door<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Killer Doesn\u2019t Understand<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An in-joke and a slam against Eric Clapton\u2019s soft rock ballad, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/eric-clapton\/tears-in-heaven\">\u201cTears In Heaven\u201d<\/a>. (Clapton\u2019s four-year-old son died after falling out of a high-rise apartment window in New York.) Regardless of how one feels about the song\u2019s mawkishness, she acknowledges the unspeakable pain of Clapton\u2019s loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We hate \u201cTears In Heaven\u201d,<br>But it\u2019s sad that his baby died.<br>And we fought about John Lennon,<br>Until I cried<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, Bridgers appears to use a metaphor of a small, dead bird. And how its killer cannot escape its nature. 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