Lucy Dacus - "Thumbs" (Official Audio)

[@JuliaRoshambo]

lucy played this when she opened for Mitski in central park a couple years back. she asked the crowd not to film it-to my knowledge no one did. i was crying in the front row. i have been waiting for this to come out ever since.

[@shuggafoxx7205]

thank you. you saved my life.

[@leaf9975]

i'd forgotten about this memory thanks for this

[@katria1807]

Thank you for the lines "you two are connected by pure coincidence Bound to him by blood, but baby, it's all relative". It's a comforting thought for me, and I'm sure many people who had childhood trauma would find this relatable. We are all our own person no matter who we share our genes with, and yes, the apple can fall far from the tree and we are all worth loving 🖤

[@G625-s1c]

the subtle details of this song reveal so much. “your dad has come to town, he’d like to meet.” as in- he’s not calling to ask, or to tell them that he’s coming, he already showed up unannounced. this song does a very good job of illustrating the perspective of loving someone who’s been through shit. you don’t have to know every single detail to know how much this has impacted the person you love. it’s a level up from “i’d help you bury a body, no questions asked.”

[@erinelizabeth9554]

The first time I heard this song, it popped up on Spotify while I was driving and I thought, "What is this?" I had to start it over. It made me cry and I had to pull my car off the road. I've never had such a visceral reaction to a song.

[@Zanskarma]

That was exactly me today. It caught me by surprise listening to Spotify driving home from work. I had to get off the highway before the tears obscured my view of the road.

[@johnnycruzzz]

same sis. came up on my discover weekly on my way to work and i thought what the fuck is this??? and i couldnt stop crying. came out of nowhere and everybody like you good?? very grateful to have this come into my life.

[@phoebe_ophie]

Yep yep, same. Was driving from Okie City to Saint Louis and had to stop on the shoulder of I-44 because this song just... hit me, like a Mack truck or a 200-pound weight.

[@curtislindsey1736]

Me too, I didn't know anything about the song. I'm really digging boygenius and wanted to check out their solo work. My god this song wrecked me. I wasn't expecting it at all.

[@GnarlyCoward]

God the graphic imagery against Lucy’s beautiful and haunting voice is so so good

[@sylviamarie9170]

Wow. Those lyrics devoured my soul, spit it back out, and then your voice wrapped it up in a warm blanket. As someone who feels this sort of undiluted rage every day, thank you for putting it to words.

[@sef8630]

Holy fuck. The vulnerability and honesty of this song. I think that this might be one of the most important songs of my life. And this is listen one. I have never been more confident in my life. This song is going to be so important to me in so many ways. Thank you. Fuck. Thank you.

[@jacquin8511]

Wow. Never listened to Lucy before, hit the first track that came up on Spotify, and it's this. Wow.

[@PauloSilva-uv9dp]

You should listen to Night Shift...for me it's one of the best songs ever

[@MarsAro1223]

Ever find a song and think. “Huh. Someone really is out there and looking out for me?” That’s this song for me. I already knew boygenius but shoutout to PopCulture HappyHour for telling me Lucy had new music out. Sometimes we’re just at the right place, right time, paying attention. And the world actually gives you a comforting hand. Thank you Lucy - more than I can say.

[@Emmarens]

if nobody's got me, i know stephen from pop culture happy hour's got me

[@samgriffin8807]

Lyrics: You hung up the phone And I asked you what was wrong Your dad has come to town He'd like to meet I said "You don't have to see him" But for whatever reason you can't tell him no So we meet him at a bar You were holding my hand hard He ordered rum and coke I can't drink either anymore He hadn't seen you since the fifth grade Now you're nineteen and you're five-eight He said "Honey, you sure look great Do you get the checks I send on your birthday?" I would kill him If you let me I would kill him Quick and easy Your nails are digging Into my knee I don't know How you keep smiling I lovе your eyes And he has thеm But you have his 'Cause he was first I imagine my thumbs on the irises Pressing in until they burst I clear my throat And say we ought to get home He offers us a ride I reply "No, that's alright" When we leave You feel him watching So we walk a mile in the wrong direction I would kill him If you let me I would kill him Quick and easy Your nails are digging Into my knee I don't know How you keep smiling I don't know How you keep smiling I don't know How you keep smiling I wanna take your face between my hands and say "You two are connected by a pure coincidence Bound to him by blood, but baby, it's all relative You've been in his fist ever since you were a kid You don't owe him shit even if he said you did You don't owe him shit even if he said you did"

[@catherinewright1195]

i left this same comment under the tiny desk video, but "thumbs" was released on the night of my birthday when i turned 20. my dad ignored me for hours that night and i just remember hiding under the covers and counting down until it was midnight. thumbs was a good birthday present

[@nameforcomments4092]

As I listened to this song, it took me from 'oh maybe this would be a good track to introduce people to Lucy Dacus', to 'oh dear. Oh my. OH DEAR. I shouldn't go showing this around.', to 'How can I share this with as many people as possible? A lot of people NEEEEEED to hear this.'

[@joellakay]

that one dislike was someone having a very bad day because this song is the most beautiful thing

[@kurtstephan7039]

Much quieter than "Night Shift" but just as devastating.

[@julianahelennapier5536]

It is a beautiful and rare thing to find a song so pure and emotional. This is an incredible piece of art. Congratulations Lucy Dacus on this excellent creation.

[@sqttttt]

This song crushed me when I first listened carefully to the lyrics I am nineteen this year I am exactly five-eight My dad used to send me stuff at my birthday but we never talk I last saw my dad when I was in elementary school, I forgot which year, but I skipped fifth grade so that wasn't it All throughout my childhood people told my mom that I looked like my dad This song validated so many of the negative feelings I've had towards my dad for cheating on my mom and not caring about me. I am lucky to have gradually washed away the sense of obligation for holding a decent attitude towards someone simply because they contributed to half my DNA. And I am lucky to exist in the same space and time as Lucy. Thank you.

[@Krustenkaese92]

holy fuck dude. I want that new record right now. And Boygenius 2 as a dessert.

[@AnaOliveira_1986]

Don't we all? :)

[@Iknowthee_end]

will there be a boygenius 2? 😭

[@dwellerintheden7973]

@@Iknowthee_end guess what

[@pvlvnq]

i love how this song understood me better than even my dad did. thank you for creating such a masterpiece full of honesty.

[@firewordsparkler]

this encapsulates such a specific kind of rage and i love it so much and also want to fight someone

[@ednaarredondo510]

This song has shattered me into a million pieces but I still can’t stop listening.

[@Ana-ep5xt]

I love this song more than I love myself

[@sharkpark4704]

Hey didn't you comment ''What is this bestie?'' on the 'Hot and Heavy' video? I remember you bestie :D

[@themiserychick9219]

Thank you. Already sent this song to friends who really need these words right now. I wish i could make them better.

[@willz6401]

I love this song more than my Deadbeat dad!

[@VioletAOP416]

I sure hope so!

[@DEADENDSTREETS]

Lucy, I'm not sure if you will ever read this, but I need to write it down anyways. I was severely abused by my biological Father as a kid, but I was doing great and (slowly) recovering..... then COVID hit. It's been nonstop waves of depression, broken up only by flashbacks and panic attacks from the C-PTSD. Although my friends know what I've been through, I've pushed them all away this year. The abuse taught me that being vulnerable is a weakness for monsters like my Father to exploit, so I haven't properly talked to anyone in far too long. But one of my oldest friends just sent me this song, and it made me burst into tears. You're song is exactly what I needed to hear from them. I just know that they're telling me they get it, that they want to be here for me, that they are on my side despite everything.

[@xyddam7550]

ok wow i will never recover from this song

[@patchsticks]

i give this song two THUMBS up hahaha haha hahhaha hahaha

[@karolinanie5946]

You have great power, so please destroy those thumbs down!!! ❤️

[@sc4ml1kely]

So brutally honest, I'm uncomfortable in a very familiar way. No idea what I'd do if I heard this live

[@abih2239]

cry? maybe sway a little

[@alfrankensteinfeldman]

Saw this live 2 years ago. The whole crowd was silent at the end. It's an absolutely haunting track live.

[@kyraapaliski1771]

i saw it live i was in awe i’ve been waiting for to release it ever since

[@daniellerogers1352]

This makes me cry.

[@MachoDylySavage]

They're right, it's pin drop quiet when it's played

[@wurzelwaerk]

Thank you Lucy - your song can't stop the pain, but it can give power and strenght to survive and to withstand. Would love to see you live in Germany.

[@BluesyVlogs]

Hauntingly beautiful, Lucy really delivers gems with every album she releases. Stunning. 20 seconds into the song and i literally get goosebumps. Not many songs manage to do this to me...

[@knifekryptid]

way to tear my heart out oh my god,,, this is so beautiful wha t??

[@MunaOron]

i held it together until "i don't know how you keep smiling" im so hard on myself so that im always perfect and no one can criticize me bc it feels like i've had a whole life of being put down but when someone tells me this it breaks me every time. it hurts to acknowledge.

[@sibbes85]

Protect her at all cost.

[@dakotakeller1606]

How can you not cry listening to this song?

[@fraubeatrix1388]

Somebody give me a hug. This hurts.

[@lizziebrick1966]

this is the definition of beautiful :) I love you Lucy Dacus

[@vin.9.11]

I've been listening to this song nonstop recently

[@alondradelgado5184]

I love the emotion of this song pls its so perfect thanks

[@asmrmania5895]

I’m crying Lucy!!! 💙

[@HighRoadMusician]

Incredible. Jaw dropping actually

[@squareroot9423]

This is what I want to call the Chosen Family by Rina Sawayama of 2021. This song is able to balance it's universality and encapsulate it in a very specific yet very again, universal manner in it's core. The amount of empathy and understanding of the pain expressed in these songs makes them perfect as some of the best anthems I have ever heard in my life and just.....thank you Lucy. Just thank you.

[@Elmo_Galupe]

Very powerful and scary on how your actions can make an impression on a child.

[@carmen2667]

Lucy Dacus just has such a way with words

[@reed1159]

ms. dacus PLEASE.

[@OakesDesign]

Nice track! Hauntingly beautiful, the feeling I get from this track reminds me of John Wayne Gacy, Jr. by Sufjan.

[@12d474]

I had the same thought

[@car_go_vroom_vroom_vroom]

Mine is dead now; I haven't spoken to him since I was 11yrs old. But it applies to the mom too. We only are related by coincidence. This song spoke to my heart.

[@raulabreu11]

this is a gem

[@flower3380]

LUCY DACUS YOURE KILLING ME

[@vitoriagomes6816]

nem tava triste, mas depois dessa musica eu fiquei

[@august6387]

hits different when you dont have a nice relationship with your dad

[@curtislindsey1736]

Fuck me, what a heartbreaking & beautiful song. I just started listening to boygenius and wanted to check out some of their solo work and didn't have any idea what this song was about. I was crying before the first verse finished. It's so personal, but so relatable to those of us with a shitty parent. It's been a long time since a song made me openly weep.

[@Tetkowski]

Fucking brilliant. Both harrowing and lovely.

[@nessaaaaaaa7]

oh my god this was SO good

[@SalzwedelKempCaleb]

Grossly Beautiful, Disgustingly Heartwrenching, Sign Me Up

[@caliracer1]

My was #28 ! thank you thank you. Best! Always.

[@LadyLightner1]

Wow. Amazing.

[@arturomontilla5073]

¡WOW! Beauty in vulnerability by a strong woman.

[@johnjones4218]

So, song of the year confirmed?

[@hopeamaryah1635]

This song has so much emotion. I know how it feels to feel like you hate someone and I feel like in some ways I am that friend. I am less communicative, and even when I do they don't always take me seriously. I don't think I am right to hate people when I felt that way exactly, but it's hard.

[@martindutton8436]

This fills a hole I havent found a way to fill since the first Tori Amos album.

[@biancasicich7898]

the one dislike is the loser dad in the song

[@giantfisher]

I am the loser dad yet Jane's Addiction's 'Had a Dad' makes me feel worse than this (this song sounds way prettier, though). This chicks just psycho, dude should run from her and his loser dad, they're both toxic. (Coincidence he ends up with a brain-case girlfriend after having a crappy childhood? Yeah, ditch the co-dependency (why was she even at his meet with loser dad?) then he should run, alone, straight to a therapists office. BTW I'm your 53rd thumb-up, you may be right and at this time there are 28 dislikes, none are me. Be well.

[@biancasicich7898]

@@giantfisher Interesting, how'd you find out about this song?

[@giantfisher]

@@biancasicich7898 It was in a KZbin mix of otherwise fun, upbeat indie songs. I must say again this song is lovely in it's delivery and certainly paints a vivid picture. Some dead beet dads get their Shht together and begin (again) contributing positively to their [adult] child's life. Also there are, as with most things, widely varying degrees of loser dad-dom. Be well.

[@ChicaneryBear]

@@giantfisherthere is no dude lmao

[@jazz_turtle]

@@giantfisher Sorry, but that’s a horrible take. Don’t project your own biases onto other people’s experiences. Also, this song describes a platonic friendship, and was written by a queer woman, so…

[@wah3094]

Stunning

[@matheuscamargo9181]

beautiful.

[@asenathrose2827]

what does this say about me to have on infinite loop

[@madindog]

this is so so good

[@bayan01pdf]

what a journey!!!

[@evellynlichnov]

Yes. I love it

[@のりごん-t7y]

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💕fromJapan

[@friendzorlovers]

It hurts because the pain is shared. "I will kill him." Her voice sounds a bit unsteady, shaky perhaps? The silent rage wrapped in those syllables show the self control you'd feel every time you encounter this kind of hellish presence. I have so many thoughts, because I can relate. I wish I was lucky enough to grow up without one parent, and the same goes to loved ones. Blood doesn't mean shit, the fact it isn't spilled is what matters. You're entitled to your feelings, you needn't give anyone shit because of some fucking title they think they get to have by default. You earn someone's trust, and you did everything in your power to lose something verily precious. The audacity I have witnessed from relatives is amazing, for how stupid they can be.

[@gustavocastro706]

Yes yes yessss

[@tyronemckie4628]

beautifully haunting

[@coldengrey12]

FINALLY YESSSSSS

[@محمدامینکمیجانی]

Which software is the easiest to make a motion graphic thing like this??

[@hawigizachew3446]

I like it i never litsen that before beautiful voice

[@chriswsz]

[@floral.z2848]

A New song !♡

[@monco3512]

Wow.

[@catwonuu3274]

AHHHHHHH LUCY

[@zoeadrien2205]

this song makes me so nauseous and sick to my stomach like this is my second listen and i kinda feel like vomiting. i adore it tho

[@nisaseto]

thank you lucy

[@milkdoritos2108]

listening to this after my brother has a violent mental breakdown 👍

[@alondradelgado5184]

for a song this specific its oddly relatable...

[@martinuvchaos5030]

why do i see so many phoebe kyoto references?

[@lona7540]

Hey first of all I love your username! I love Sharp Objects too! Second of all, yep, this seemed a bit similar to me too 'cause it talks about someone's careless father and as the commenter above me said, it feels like it's been told from the perspective of the partner of the narrator in 'Kyoto'. Also, in both the songs the narrators are willing to kill the father lol.

[@lona7540]

@@meredithdelong5821 hey Swiftie! What's up lol

[@moophette9457]

because phoebe is pretty cool ngl

[@earlisonline]

maybe it’s because the song is somehow told in the perspective of the friend of the narrator in Kyoto

[@Scoops_slinger]

AYYYYYYYY

[@workingtoseethelight8244]

God that one hurts Lucy, but when we meet...

[@nopedic]

I wish you were my friend, Lucy

[@loulag1710]

A random stranger recommended this like 30 minutes ago, if you are gere leave a reply hahahaha

[@FreyTheAnimal]

I keep trying to reply to you but youtube is deleting my comments :/ hopefully this one goes through on my other account

[@loulag1710]

@@FreyTheAnimal hello, love your songs btw

[@FreyTheAnimal]

@@loulag1710 thanks! :)

[@youthofyesterdayrecords]

Story of my life...

[@leilabaxter3290]

so what if i am crying that is none of ur business

[@swift-horse2242]

This is sad my eyes are watering up.

[@stefanocaiazzakindergartenchef]

Lucy Dacus Divine

[@pdawg4216]

WOW

[@feaudio8324]

Wow

[@secret.dog.powers]

Not everyone who relates to this song wants to hear it ✍️ got it

[@Thereedsandnettles]

New record? New record?

[@alfrankensteinfeldman]

It's been in the works for awhile. Expect it soon.

[@dogsonshadylane]

Luccyyy fuck yes

[@Lewa263]

While the musical qualities are totally different, the lyrical content reminds me of Black by Okkervil River. That's another song from the perspective of somebody who fantasizes about killing the abusive father of a woman they care about, although the woman in Black has moved on, unlike the one in this song.

[@ava-rj3du]

the 43 dislikes are triggered dads threatened by lucy

[@savannam7681]

Bro I just got caught in freaked 4 k like what?! I did not expect to get -5 damage in song I found from tik tok… send help.

[@workingtoseethelight8244]

Keep

[@cinzia32926]

I too would want Lucy to hold my hand whenever I have to see my shitty dad