Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video)

“A Burning Hill” from the album Puberty 2 by Mitski.
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Realization by So Yong Kim and Bradley Rust Gray
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Lyrics:
Today I will wear my white button-down
I'm tired of wanting more
I think I'm finally worn
For you have a way of promising things
And I've been a forest fire
I am a forest fire
And I am the fire and I am the forest
And I am a witness watching it
I stand in a valley watching it
And you are not there at all
So today I will wear my white button-down
I can at least be neat
Walk out and be seen as clean
And I'll go to work and I'll go to sleep
And I'll love the littler things
I'll love some littler things
-
Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video)
#Mitski #ABurningHill #Puberty2

[@nicofish543]

saddest music video i've ever seen & nothing even happened

[@odenpetersen6028]

This song feels so short

[@LeonNeon30]

@@odenpetersen6028 because it is short

[@imperfectstars2151]

yeah

[@femaleserialkiller]

you can see the sadness in her eyes when she looks into the camera

[@dootdootanna]

@@odenpetersen6028 a

[@penis2020_]

dont forget mitski was originally a film major

[@judyelkadi]

this explains so much oh my god

[@gabrielborjas7923]

Is this for real?

[@penis2020_]

@@gabrielborjas7923 yep she went to hunter college in manhattan for film and then transferred to like pratt i think. this video was obviously shot in manhattan and lush was released while she was at hunter so i wouldnt be surprised if she filmed this for a project tbh

[@gabrielborjas7923]

@@penis2020_ that is so cool. I'm amazed at how much you know about her life haha

[@krapulanta]

definitely won't!!

[@alize0623]

I always thought of this as a prequel to Last Words of a Shooting Star

[@qpinica]

Yes oh my god

[@mchaggins3294]

i thought of it as a sequel, a nod to the fact that you were in pain but moving on from it. idk im just spitballing

[@nilantive]

They're in the same key too, I'm convinced

[@harleyaurora2280]

was crying before i read your comment and am now crying even harder

[@alize0623]

@@harleyaurora2280 just hear me out. At the end of the show she just takes it all in and says at least she’ll be clean and in Last Words of a Shooting Star she says she’s happy she left her house clean and neat. She’s happy because she finally got an out from the self destructive nature she’s singing about in this song. She’s getting dressed to go to the airport

[@swagmaster184]

Mitski has the ability to stare into my soul without even looking like she’s trying to

[@serdeczniepozdrawiam8588]

she probably gave you that soul

[@2toastedbagels]

@@serdeczniepozdrawiam8588 she probably created us

[@mitskilover_jenna]

@@2toastedbagels she *did* create us

[@RitardandoTheMailman]

fr

[@icepelt1001]

i remember seeing the post on tumblr that she made saying that this was “just a song i wrote at 4 AM when i was dead tired”. i was impressed then and i’m impressed now

[@anthony.andremusic]

I doubt she just haphazardly put this song together ... y’all are so gullible lmao

[@rokia7334]

@@anthony.andremusic she probably already had the lyrics on her mind and wrote it down??? Plus she might have also revised a few things???? Huh.

[@arianaaquino9691]

@@anthony.andremusic youre really flattering her there, even if that wasnt your intention... the song lyrics are really, really simple in comparison to her other works. i think anybody would be able to write something similar in an hour or less. (regardless of how long it took for her to write it, it's still a good song.)

[@karimdib4436]

@@anthony.andremusic its not a very complex song, to be honest

[@fink3920]

@@anthony.andremusic she obviously didnt play the instruments etc at 4 am. i write poetry at 4 am and thats what she means bruh.

[@HLMProduction003]

"I'm tired of wanting more/I think I'm finally worn". Mitski you are a beautiful human being, inside and out

[@kaceyobrien7462]

makes me cry sm

[@clairelouise2706]

Today I will wear my white button-down I'm tired of wanting more I think I'm finally worn For you have a way of promising things And I've been a forest fire I am a forest fire And I am the fire and I am the forest And I am a witness watching it I stand in a valley watching it And you are not there at all So today I will wear my white button-down I can at least be neat Walk out and be seen as clean And I'll go to work and I'll go to sleep And I'll love the littler things I'll love some littler things

[@cineural]

Thanks!

[@frogdude327]

💛

[@kaceyobrien7462]

i thought at the end it said "and all of the littler things, all of some littler things" i could be wrong though

[@hami5544]

@@kaceyobrien7462 i hear that too, but i think the love one makes more sense

[@emilyloxton]

thank you- may both sides of your pillow be cold

[@nevermnid]

I loved the underwater part.

[@dwalkmusick]

Ophelia!

[@toby1004]

i've always interpreted this song to be about someone realizing how bad things have gotten for them, but not being able to do anything to fix it, so all they can do is watch as things continue to get worse (i usually view it as mental health, but it really could be whatever you want tbh)

[@broncored]

agreed! I relate to this interpretation and I also relate to the song for different reason!!

[@saraira]

Idk always thought of as a person's mental health as "the burning hill" and still trying to go with daily tasks like nothing is happening "I'll wear my white button down" but knowing all that's happening in their life. "I'll walk out and be seen as clean". It is a metaphor for thinking that acting normal like their mental health isn't terrible so that people will think they're fine. "I'm tired of wanting more I think I'm finally worn " I think it's a metaphor of $ucide and not wanting to do anything.

[@pascalrp7664]

so much emotional catharsis from so little

[@ostolero]

thanks mitski for my life

I have listened to this song over and over, even sing it in the shower. Just so lovely.

[@dakotahope599]

We listen to the same music :)

[@allieallieallie596]

am cry

[@pulchritudinousness]

yes

[@wee3075]

yes

[@demiclown]

yes

[@marissaburdock6550]

Yes

[@orpheus.]

yes

[@phoebexxlouise]

I was not prepared for how profound that was

[@Papismackmyassss]

Me neither

[@katbrechtel499]

It's incredible how much this song means to so many people, and how there are as many different interpretations as there are people. To me it's such a specific mood. It's looking at your life and expectations and realizing that the things you have been burning for rely on other people, and those others keep failing to show up, keep making promises they aren't able to keep. It's watching yourself burn in hope and unfulfillable need over and over. It's being too big, too much, and being unable to want to stop. It's the painful process of realizing your expectations and passions are too much for the circumstances of your life, and finally, finally accepting that. It's the moment after the collapse, the fall, when you're still alive, even if you feel smaller, sadder, less. It's the getting back up after, because what else can you do, and it's the building of meaning outside of the furious cycle of hope and disappointment.

[@minhkhanhnguyen4699]

the way she sings "and you were not there at all" breaks my heart

[@emmao3362]

I SCREAMED WHEN I SAW THIS! It's genuinely beautiful, simple, and it gave me tons of emotions. Amazing work as usual.

[@_gerb0t]

So depressing, but at the same time it uplifts me.

[@saturnprinc3sss]

i wonder if mitski knows how much she means to me, she’s saved me, she really really has

[@lucidunham3968]

This song really hitting this Christmas Eve

[@gabyfloreaytreal9857]

ISTG ITS THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS

[@littlestoryblog]

"im tired of wanting more/i think im finally worn" for me translates to finally being done with standards, finally being done with wanting to better yourself after you've tried so hard to change yourself. you can finally be enough for yourself and love littler things

[@thepickle-ish4310]

the “what mitski song are you” quiz sent me here, i feel personally attacked.

[@pickleboss69]

cant believe she invented hills for this song we heart you mitski 🫶

[@ilovestrawberries26]

This made me cry for hrs, made me realize some things, and im so tired. I love you, Mitski. Thank you for existing.

[@yepisuredolikecats3979]

this is like a glass of fresh water in the spring

[@marspIanet]

this song is so beautiful

[@null6457]

deserves more recognition

[@Galaxygirl6219]

Every time I hear this song I can’t help but think this is a beautiful way to express the emotions I feel when I am emotionally exhausted from life and how I refuse to give up on my dreams.

[@skull-knight-420]

It will be worth it, I hope this song always find you in those times ✨

[@iamkenpores]

And just like this song, that sounds long but actually short once it ends, what's eating you up right now will end all of a sudden and you'll play a different song. Dont rush the pace of healing..

[@Dryadics]

aaaaaaaa!!! I absolutely love this song. I'm so glad it got a video, and it's so simple yet so beautiful. I'm in love with the minimalism, and the underwater footage is perfectly perfect and ties up the video amazingly.

[@arohavalentine6349]

the thumbnail looks like me when i ft my friends after a manic episode

[@Mr.Loverman_n]

silly mitski! ur not a forest fire!!!! (mascara is running down my cheeks)

[@sachi7399]

i feel so full rn

[@sunshineyrainbows13]

To me this song is realizing just how alone you are in your mental health struggles when you are surrounded by a family who is just as sick or plain uncaring.

[@Alisitapousita]

TE AMO MITSKI

[@katherinerivera3520]

please keep making more official videos, these are amazing you are extremely talented, just keep being you and shine on 🤗

[@URMOTHERRAAAAHAHAHAHAH]

My new favourite song.

[@jxri._579]

i love you mitski. you changed my life completely. i met your music a few years ago on instagram. it was a edit of one my favourite characters from a game called identity v. the edit audio was washing machine heart and i fell in love with the song. and i started getting more into your music. you have saved my life. and the more i dug into your music realised i has heard you before. thank you for being here. idk where i’d be without you. or your songs.

[@unknown.oddity]

[@clo7135]

hope she's doing well

[@IamSydneySpencer]

this song makes me feel so happy and hopeful about the future and not empty or depressed whatsoever

[@gioispunk]

yeah being in the last year of high school and not knowing what to do after that feels exactly like this :') thanks mitski you're the love of my little life

[@josuecarreno7632]

Mitski te amo.

[@MartinEscola]

I just wanna hug this song

[@sonianovoselova9665]

The underwater scene reminds me so much of Tarkovsky's Solaris... Beautiful.

[@sheilabernal6621]

I love mitski are you my life :'

[@k4eru20]

i relate to the lyrics a lot,, it reminds me of this time i was alone at home and i had an anxiety attack because i couldn't turn off the alarm and i was just sobbing and screaming as loud as i could and digging my nails into my skin unable to stop but another me was watching from inside indifferently wondering why i couldn't stop

[@goddessofham]

I hate my life in way that is beyond description

[@ve_xxy]

My interpretation of a burning hill the idea that the narrator is the fire, the witness and the forest is that her relationship is being destroyed by her self sabotaging and the line “and you’re not there at all” is that the partner had broken up with the narrator. I’ll love some littler things is that you just accept this is the way you are, nobody will love you, so you have to embrace yourself and love yourself for the way you are. The white button down and feeling neat and clean is pretending that it never happened and you just wanna feel normal for a while til the post relationship pain goes away.

[@woahjade3709]

me when i will wear my white button down

[@t0matinh0]

TE AMO MITSKI TE AMO

[@irawdom.]

"I love some littler things"💕

[@somebodywho_see7940]

Yeah ! ❤️

[@aliveesz]

she’s a god

[@cassieandjoslyn]

Listening on repeat. ❤

[@andromeda8197]

This is calming...

[@Diana-hw7sl]

Me encanta la metáfora de: "Soy un incendio forestal, y soy el fuego y soy el bosque y soy un testigo viéndolo"

[@anaelicilenneojedadelgado4428]

te amo mitski

[@carolc9728]

ugh mood everyday..

[@max-ty2me]

i know i might sound like every other comment , but i love everyone's view on this song . for me personally , its abt my self destructive behavior that leads me to get into bad relationships and then get attached to that person . once i start to fall in love they leave , or i leave them . i am doomed to never have the relationship i want due to these self destructive tendencies stemming from my parental issues , but deep down i know i can stop most of my problems if i come to terms with the fact that i am doing this to myself no matter how much my parents hurt me or put these ideas in my head .

[@LordMatria]

Can't stop listening

[@lunajsu]

i love this woman

[@trashtvinternational]

OMG! Love it, so pure!

[@danna93]

i love you

[@nuuuabo]

a great closer to one of the best albums ever imo

[@coralinaacamii3064]

I LOVE THIS SONG I LOVE U MITSKI

[@SuniKayLou]

This song makes me cry; it feels like tender resignation

[@krazier15]

YES PLEASE

[@zey8952]

We need to study mitski in schools

[@meandmadarastwogiantballsa5638]

finally, a subject i can not only pass but also excel in

[@shininszci]

best thing

[@mniejszao7756]

I am the fire and I am the forest

[@sushi9775]

im crying

[@claudiag.9307]

Wow. I have no words

[@ingieopyie]

Wow...

[@junobeard1731]

made me cry thanks mitski

[@maybeiwasntthere]

i'm associating this one with me starting college soon without my dad being around .. all my older siblings got into college, graduated haighschool+college with him being around but not me . it is prettty tough but i'm trying to get over that feeling (some jealousy too) and this song (to me) is like getting through all of this and becoming a thing .. something ig .. that i can be proud of .. yikes now i'm crying more

[@potato.pancake]

i will never get over this video

[@ritaruiz1166]

i love you mitski

[@annabananafofanaahs]

thank you for helping me through the loss of a loved one. thank you for making such beautiful music and thank you for existing ❤️

[@jolenevice]

i’m so happy mitski invented lyrics

[@e.p.8725]

my favorite mitski song :)

[@m-shizzle3129]

great song, and also an incredible album closer it really ties the whole thing together with the brevity, simplicity, and bittersweetness "I'll love the littler things" ;_;

[@lwis13]

art

[@emwithaar1264]

I once read that Mitski doesn’t think she’s cool. Ma’am you are a film major indie rock artist.

[@victoriasalcedo7938]

I just discovered you today and I'm in love

[@bkakac8745]

That looks like Texas wild rice endemic to the San Marcos River!!

[@PERBub95]

this song is so beautiful! I mean the whole album is but still

[@Someone-fn3ij]

i hope today mitski is loving the littler things :')

[@Jovisthebat]

Why does it make me cry? So much?

[@dominicaaaaa5547]

beautiful ending to an amazing album

[@nathlxs]

i love this song so much :(

[@ageofnoon]

this is beautiful. mitski never fails

[@ameliethefroglover5257]

Mistki I cannot do this today babes- 😫 😭

[@Kaiisalittleconfused]

0:49 Ok, so this part made me feel so many just because she was staring at me Something about this staring changes the feeling of the song itself for me It felt like she could ACTUALLY see me. Like, really see me. And at first i thought she was judging me me then the staring turned comfortable.

[@Fernanda-hq1ss]

Me pondré mi camisa blanca e iré a la escuela, sonreiré y me mostraré tranquila y serena para ser vista como la buena alumna, limpia y ordenada...esas pequeñas cosas que importan realmente, el saber que eres un incendio forestal dentro de ti y saber la vista que tienen los demás de tu estado porque realmente eres el bosque que ellos observan y sabrán que un incendio arrasa dentro de ti...al final no eres la chica que pensabas o querías aparentar ser, pero hoy, solo hoy seré una chica limpia y ordenada que se abotonará su camisa

[@nimsimartin24]

icon.

[@sleepybee_6143]

She's so much more than washing machine heart....so much more

[@giselasdf]

aghhhhhhh im so fucking excited to see you next month for the second time this year!!

[@sasasun9861]

*Llora*

[@satulagi9738]

A burning hill Mitski A burning hill Горящий холм Today I will wear my white button-down Сегодня я надену свою белую рубашку, I'm tired of wanting more Я устала желать большего. I think I'm finally worn Кажется, я наконец-то устала. For you have a way of promising things Ибо ты знаешь, как обещать что-то, And I've been a forest fire А я была лесным пожаром. I am a forest fire Я - лесной пожар. And I am the fire and I am the forest И я - огонь, я - лес, And I am a witness watching it И я свидетель пожара, смотрящий на него, I stand in a valley watching it Я стою в долине, наблюдаю за ним, And you are not there at all А тебя там вообще не было So today I will wear my white button-down Что ж, сегодня я надену свою белую рубашку,, I can at least be neat В крайнем случае, я могу стать аккуратной. Walk out and be seen as clean Прогуливаться и выглядеть чистой, And I'll go to work and I'll go to sleep И я пойду на работу, и я пойду спать, And I'll love the little things И я буду любить всякие мелочи. I'll love some littler things Я буду любить некоторые мелочи.

[@pictureparlour000mitski]

The most advanced American songwriter.

[@Someone-fn3ij]

i know you mean no harm but you kinda just erased half of her identity. she was born in japan and her mom's japanese (dad is white american yes) but i agree she's a phenomenal artist :')