Mitski // Crack Baby Lyrics (Lyric Video)

[@efwiggins7493]

This song reminded me of the existence of drug-addicted babies. Imagine being born and having withdrawal at such a tiny age, screaming and illness fill the hospital because you were BORN with drug addiction and there is nothing the people around can do to help. They can't give you what you're addicted to, they just have to stand and watch while your tiny body attempts to battle the absence. Because you really don't know what you want but it's something that you feel like you can't live without- and you don't know how to help yourself. It's actually something that really hits me hard.

[@yan4505]

YOOOOO THIS FKIN MAKE SENSE CAUSE THE SONG IS CALLED CRACK BABY TOO

[@crustybird5246]

I was a drug addicted baby, it’s effects every aspect of your life

[@efwiggins7493]

@@crustybird5246 i am so sorry to hear that, i hope you have been able to be strong enough to try to get better. I really do respect your efforts, i can only imagine how hard it was and is.

[@kykawaii803]

Yup

[@siomaras161]

it reminds you of drug babies maybe cause its about a crack baby lmfao, sure theres double meaning but thats literally what the song is about

[@bl00dthirstyvamp_.]

Mitski revealed the meaning of this song in an interview she said, "Happiness fucks you. Happiness is up, sadness is down, but one’s almost more destructive than the other. When you realize you can’t have one without the other, it’s possible to spend periods of happiness just waiting for that other wave."

[@kokomithefishhealer6500]

Relatable

[@chiarapiranej5724]

o🤣😀👨‍🍼😅🤨

[@physicslawss]

Bipolarity... the mania, and then the depression

[@lynn1370]

Waiting for the other wave that’s deep shit

[@gabby9025]

As a baby who was born addicted, this song means the world to me. Doctor’s had to slowly get me off the drugs I was born dependent to, otherwise my body wouldn’t have been able to live through the withdrawals. As a baby, I stayed in the hospital for over 6 months. They saved me, but I’m developmentally disabled. There is no cure. Thank you for raising awareness to this

[@gregoryspersonalbodyguard]

I teared up at this. Im sure you’ve been given all the apologies in the world, but I’m so sorry you endured this. Your story will stay with me

[@simpliiash2325]

Oh my gosh I hope your doing okay your loved❤ ones

[@celeztzai]

The meaning of crack baby wasn't literal

[@simpliiash2325]

@@celeztzai well their IS such things as crack babys

[@celeztzai]

@simpliiash2325 *there.. And I know that there are crack babies in real life. I'm not chronically online.. I literally just said that the meaning ISN'T supposed to be literal. Get a life

[@fishiefish2249]

CRACK BABY YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOU WANT BUT YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAD IT. ONCE AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU WANT IT BACK

[@cupquacks]

CRACK BABY YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOU WANT, BUT YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE NEEDING IT. AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU NEED IT BAD

[@coco6467]

the thing i like about mitski is that sometimes it feels like she crawled into my brain and wrote a song about everything she saw in there

[@riaaa_101]

Holy fuck thats true

[@SadSpaceCowboyClown]

.

[@H3lium2763]

Yes.

[@SlayescuPussafei]

You're not that Guy, trust me you're not that guy

[@uhhhhmaddi]

I lived with drug addict parents. Witnessed them get high and choose drugs over me several times. That's what this song reminds me of, the love I wasn't getting that I now can't accept. Wild horses running through my bones to me means watching as I destroy everything around me. I needed this song.

[@playlists_and_stuff]

I hope you feel better now. Even if you don’t, you’re strong just because you still leave. Because you don’t let your void swallow you completely. You’re strong because you wrote this comment what means you’re not scared to show your feelings. I wish you luck and simple human happiness

[@Cjayy23]

I feel so unlovable because of them I get they tried their best but I know I would’ve done better.

[@simpliiash2325]

Please stay strong DONT be like your parents trust me your way better than them

[@MARI.LILY.VALLEY]

same. I hope you can heal slowly but surely ❤ from someone who’s 11-13.

[@imstillnewatthis1898]

I’ll try my best in my analysis. I think this song interprets no matter what you try you’re always going to be feeling that something is missing in your life. “It’s been a long hard twenty year summer vacation, all these twenty years trying to fill the void.” Even when you’re in a supposed” vacation” resting, at peace, there’s something missing, a void. So you search and search for that thing to fill that void and finally found something, crack. Whether your interpret it literally or interpret it as something else, it sends an extreme emotion onto your body. “Wild horses running through your hallow bones.” It’s like this thing, or crack, has made you felt like there are literal running horses on your empty bones,tingling you, making it feel like it’s filled up that hollow bone-like filling up a void. But after all those running horses pass, it doesn’t get filled up, so you try again and again,wanting to fill that void. But…you still can’t pin point something that you want: “crack baby you don’t know what you want, but you know you had it once and you know that you want it back.” You think that this crack is the thing that’s missing, you try it again , thinking it’ll finally fill the void, but it doesn’t give you that sensation that you felt when you first try it..so now you’re trapped in an addiction yearning for that same sensation, but you don’t know what you want , you never did, so you go back to it again, and again, and again..so after all that trying and repeating, no matter what you do, you still feel like there’s something missing.

[@trivianyj8724]

Omg thank you so much for describing this well 🥹🥹

[@sashahudson195]

you worded this beautifully.

[@ayshaabdalla1885]

damn

[@crntlygone]

and that "crack" could be anything. dude u did an amazing analysis

[@nevralange]

Beautifully put

[@cheesetlc]

Listening to this song BLASTING it while in my bedroom and drawing my Oc’s. its a respectable mood

[@Salomnyo]

Slay

[@alliyahantar493]

OMG I DO THE SAMEE

[@Bootyeater566]

Marry me

[@daylightAneurystic]

Same

[@daylightAneurystic]

HOMESTUCK

[@G0thBug]

This song feels like finding comfort in your low points. Even when you get better you still feel something is off, because all you knew for years was this hollowing sadness. And you know it’ll come back. You know your high point won’t last long, and you almost yearn for the sadness again. You’ve been in it for so long that it’s comforting. That weight on your chest isn’t suffocating anymore, it’s a weighted blanket of warmth. But when you hit your low, you find yourself desperately reaching out for help. It’s a vicious cycle

[@lilovuu222]

I find that really relatable and it actually matches with the song

[@DalwTheTeaDragon]

You described my whole life

[@ao_sssan]

why does it have to be so complicated

[@TacoHemingway.]

Everyone has their own interpretation of this song, but this song makes me think of the fact that I've felt like I can't fit in anywhere since I have been a child. No matter how much I've tried I don't feel like I fit in often. It's weird but I think that people view me as the most useless human being ever. I just want to fit in. I don't even feel like I fit in some friendgroup I have.

[@moneys1696]

I have no words but I relate to this on an extreme level and I understand how it feels and it hurts me to think of it

[@TacoHemingway.]

It really does suck and I'm sorry that you're also experiencing it. I don't think anyone deserves to feel like you and me do :(

[@abigfishinabarrenswamp]

thinking about how my body was filled with toxins while it was being made. thinking about how so many more babies will be born just like me now, after roe is overturned. broken, disabled in ways for life, seeing people swim while i drown in all directions. and with no real mom or dad to help them. because they’re in ultimate service to the toxins that they flooded their kids in the womb with. thinking about if i will make it. if i will ever learn how to swim in the direction i want. thinking about all the pain. this song could be a metaphor for some, but for me it is wholly literal. for me i know this is just sad truth i face in every problem i carry on my back.

[@itty2270]

I love you. I wish the best for you, dear.

[@Samlerpill]

It wasn’t overturned it was given to the states so move where it isn’t “overturned” aka not Texas lol. But yeah as if ppl aren’t going to have unprotected sex and get pregnant and have backdoor abortions…

[@mellohi390]

What I think this song is about: "All these twenty years tryin too fill the void", the person in the song trying too fill the emptiness of their emotions, "crack baby, you don't know what you want but you know you had it once, and you know that you want it back, crack baby you don't know what you want, but you know your needing it, and you know that you need it bad.." - to feel something, love possibly? Or happiness, something they hadn't had in so long since they lost it. "Wild horses running through your hollow Bones." - "wild horses" could be their thoughts hurting them and breaking them down too the point of y'know.., " went into your room thinking maybe you'll feel something, but all I saw was your burning body waiting. " - the singer entering the person's room and seeing their body. ------------------------------------------------- So I think this is about someone loosing something, going through horrible things, and committing no no life.. BUT THAT'S MY THEORY

[@dino-op5xt]

this is such a good anaylsis i also thinks it’s abt like being born w something that u cant fix at all or that’s not ur fault hence “crack baby” and the crack maybe is all your flaws, mental illness like depression anxiety etc..

[@ruru004]

during 80s and 90s there were children exposed to crack since birth, so-called “crack babies”, the song is about them

[@clipperdots9969]

@@ruru004 or feeling as addicted to something but confused as a "crack baby"

[@rainwatering]

crack baby will always be one of my favorite mitski songs

[@cleo6895]

i’d like to imagine this song from a heartbroken addicts point of view, since whenever i was dealing with heartbreak and addiction at the same time this was the only song i would relate and cry to. take the beginning lyrics “down empty streets sniffing glue me and you, blank open eyes watch the moon flowers bloom” -i take these lyrics as past tense of the now ex lovers being on a bender together the lyrics “all these twenty years trying to fill the void” -represents trying to fill the void of your darkest thoughts with drugs “crack baby you don’t know what you want, but you know that you had it once and you know that you want it back” -saying that your so deep in addiction that there’s no going back, but you always think about how you you want to go back and turn things around and be clean but it’s already to late. “with wild horses running through your hollow bones” -representing drug use/ being on drugs and feeling like it’s too late and the feeling of defeat . “went to your room thinking maybe you’ll feel something, but all I saw was your body burning waiting” -i took this as coming into your room to use, but only to see your now ex lover cheating, packing up to leave, ect. again i only based the meaning of this theory on personal experiences that i dealt with to make the song relate to the problems i was facing at the time, i’m not saying that this is the real meaning, but it’s a cool meaning to think about.

[@0krazy257]

Are you a literature student?

[@yalazu5767]

Cette chanson c’est la recherche du bonheur. On a tous gouté à l’innocence en étant enfant puis on est tombé dans la spirale de la vie. Cette sensation de vouloir retrouver un effet similaire qui arrangerait tout. C’est incurable comme une addiction tu cherches un moyen d’oublier l’existence en compensant par les schémas que tu as appris au fur et à mesure de ton existence. Tu te forces à rentrer dans le moule mais ces pensées ne disparaissent pas, tu abandonnes rêves, espoirs et tu perds dans cet entre vide ou t’aimerais recommencer ta vie, renaître et regoûter comme la première fois à l’innocence puis il y a avancer, changer et devenir quelqu’un malgré tout.

[@Miu-vw3qz]

I couldn't really understand what this song meant when I first heard it, but now I do, especially "went to your room thinking maybe you'll feel something,but all I saw was your burning body waiting".when I'm busy I feel like this bitterness would go away if vacation came, and when it does, it makes me feel emptier still, and I think I'll get better if I were busier, and the same cycle of repetition, I take breaks, bury myself by working hard, get tired, burnt out, try to get refreshed....nothing works...when I'm around people, I feel like being alone would feel better, when I'm alone, I think being with people would feel better....today, I woke up thinking, if sleep was supposed to make you feel refreshed, why do I feel so agitated? Then I realised, I had tried everything, and would blame anything and myself, but never someone. When I'm living my healthiest, 8 hours rest, regular exercise,bath, nap, prayer, I'm bitter, when I'm getting less sleep, not napping, not exercising, I'm bitter. I have a much better environment than a lot, but I just can't...or maybe the environment is bad and I can't understand,or I'm whining. Either way, I know I'll never be the same happy,person I was 3 years ago.....

[@lunnoriv]

real

[@user-ke4hi2el5k]

The way i understand this on a deeper level

[@ravenace7536]

I dont know about anybody else and maybe I'm 100% wrong, but this song reminds me of how when I was a kid, i always felt so much love from everyone. These days, all of those people are still here, but it doesnt feel genuine anymore. I cant laugh and have fun with my mom anymore. I cant have ice cream for breakfast with my dad while my mom pretends to be oblivious anymore. I cant go hang out with my friends at school everyday, hell, Im lucky to hear from some of them once a week. My best friend barely even texts me once a month. Im constantly seeing pictures of when i could do all of those things and its just a reminder that i can't have that anymore. Its all arguments and messages left on read. And i cant say anything about it or theyll feel hurt like its an accusation. Its not, i just want to feel like i did back then, even if i dont remember how it felt because I didnt pay attention and took it for granted.

[@maiktxx4537]

To me this song feels like being born with addiction in your blood. Addicted to drugs the moment you were born, inheriting it and there was nothing you could do to prevent. And a baby has no idea what drugs even are, but they are having withdrawals and cravings for it as soon as they're in the world.

[@gabby9025]

You nailed it!

[@gooba2390]

Absolutely love this imagery and thanks for making this

[@radiotranslates2807]

[@miniontime233]

This song makes me want to cry

[@girthday-birl2000]

i actually listened to this song for 45 minutes straight one time

[@KhanhLy-iy2uf]

This song makes me think about a person who was loved once but had lost it (the person that loved them) and now yearning to find that feeling again.

[@ghostnorm]

this song is a silence breakdown trying to suppress your urge to just scream but just slowly breaking

[@-lvrsrock]

this song is so me fr🤣 (icantdothisanymore)

[@alyssak07]

words can’t describe how this song makes me feel

[@gothixm00nz]

This song makes me cry uncontrollably every time I hear it. I used to be heavily addicted to drugs when I was younger because I had chronic pain and the drugs helped numb me to the pain, but when my eldest brother and sister-in-law had their kids, I knew I had to stop because I wanted to be there for them and maybe even my own kids down the line...

[@duhblack359]

I grew up with addict parents my alcoholic and druggie father and my mother who was addicted to toxicity and I had had to do it all by myself and honestly mitski makes me feel heard like I was under the rubble of my parents relationship and expectations and she just pulled me out

[@catastrophe2155]

I am not crying like a little drowsy doughnut

[@iheartseals]

no one gets how much I love this song

[@sanaihii2024]

Literally girl I cannot stop listening to it

[@chemicalconceptoflove]

Down empty streets sniffing glue me and you Blank open eyes watch the moon flower bloom It's been a long hard twenty year summer vacation Both these twenty years trying to fill the void Crack baby you don't know what you want But you know that you had it once And you know that you want it back Crack baby you don't know what you want But you know that you're needing it And you know that you need it bad With wild horses running through your hollow bones Wild horses running through your hollow bones Went to your room thinking maybe you'll feel something But all I saw was your burning body waiting All these twenty years on a vacation Crack baby you don't know what you want But you know that you had it once And you know that you want it back Crack baby you don't know what you want But you know that you're needing it And you know that you need it bad Crack baby you don't know what you want But you know that you want it Yeah you know that you want it You know that you Crack baby you don't know what you want But you know that you need it And you know that you need it bad With wild horses running through your hollow bones Wild horses running through your hollow bones Wild horses running through your hollow bones Wild horses running through your hollow bones

[@bl00dthirstyvamp_.]

real

[@corrina1963]

trying to fill the void with fleeting experiences. never really feeling fulfilled. constantly chasing happiness, new experiences, or your next high, and never truly feeling content.

[@4ngeliina]

this song is amazing! ty!

[@radiotranslates2807]

yess!!

[@karnathefrogangel]

The beginning is pure gold. Like I mean the whole song is great but the beginning few verses hit so hard. Mitski’s vocals be going really heavenly. *you want your normal life back, even if yours is irreparable.*

[@xen1255]

Listening to song while crying because your birthday tomorrow is going to be ruined by everyone misgendering you (ftm)

[@azaleea.4924]

happy late birthday man:)

[@boipussy444]

damn Im sorry 🫂

[@zachityzachhh4394]

Happy late birthday dude from another ftm king 👑🏳️‍⚧️❤️

[@dean0mean0]

aw i hope things get better for you. happy late birthday !!!

[@eenviip5873]

happy (really late) birthday!!🥳 being misgendered is one of the worst feelings ever, i dont know you, but im here if you ever wanna talk about it /gen

[@Parkappa]

I interpret this song as someone having someone/something so sentimental to them, watching it crumble away, doing whatever to forget it, but still knowing they need it. like nicotine to an addict, so hard to quit or not think of even when off of it.

[@hsnaah9892]

"All these twenty years trying to fill the void Crack baby you don't know what you want But you know that you had it once And you know that you want it back"💔

[@ily3414]

This song makes me think bout the guy I'm obsessed with but idk what i want from him.we had a relationship nd i ruined it due to my insane mental health,I'm always insecure about myself nd everything i do so i don't think getting into a relationship is the answer as it is only gonna make me worse but i miss him sm nd ik that i wanna feel things again ,he deserves better so I'm not gonna make troubles again..i actually don't know what i want from him but ik that he can make the void inside me vanish ,he can make me feel things

[@ash-jh9cx]

I kin this song sm

[@boipussy444]

Real

[@hillectant7270]

i really listened to this song today and ive been having trouble getting it out of my head. and also to not scream crying about it

[@soup4220]

will always be my favorite mitski song

[@i_miss_autumn12]

CRACK BABY YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOU WANT BUT YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAD IT ONCE AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU WANT IT BACK.

[@sharlene1820]

ngl I keep trying to find stuff to relate too so I can feel understood but then reading people's analysis on this song and every other thing I found that I thought I could relate too makes me feel like I haven't lived enough to actually relate to it and what I'm feeling doesn't exist this has nothing to do with this song anymore but does anyone else feel the same? just me?

[@Miu-vw3qz]

I WAS LITERALLY THINKING THE SAME YOURE NOT ALONE-

[@andreacorrea3054]

People relate to things differently. Just because other people have different experiences that this song reminds them of, that doesn't mean that yours are not "valid" or "fucked up" enough for you to relate to this song. I myself was not a drug addicted baby, yet I too still feel like this song describes my feelings and experiences very well. Ultimately it's just a song, you can interpret it how you like.

[@simpliiash2325]

This is by far mitsiks best song!❤

[@Arianna_CM]

This song scratches the itch in my head.

[@ElishevaUnderTheBridge]

I’ve been going though so many hobbies for years, I did guitar for 2 1/2 years and I quit today, because I don’t want to learn it, it’s not for me, but I want to now that I don’t have it. I keep wanting things and then hating them and want and hate and want and hate. I don’t know what I want, I just want it now.

[@LillyonnaCrimbring]

I wasn't born one but when I was about 2 I had to take drugs because I was sick and it was heavier than just medicine so when I didn't have to take it anymore my Mom had to put me in rehab because I was addicted to them so now everytime I try to do something that can be addictive my mother always brings back about how easily I can get addicted to something with that story that's why I'm always to scared to risk the changes don't know how Mitski can literally know everything about my life

[@sojaaaaa]

this song gives me such “smelly cat” from friends vibes but in the best way possible

[@spuf9492]

This song cracks me up

[@ev7568v]

whenever i listen to this song, i just want to be free. i want to be happy, and free and living life instead of just existing in it. i feel like ive been robbed of so, so much because of what people have done to me. i think ill always have this undying desire to do something more, be something more, FEEL something more and i just don’t know what to do. I want to run, but i just don’t know to where or who. I want something that will make me feel normal again, but i dont know where it is.

[@faithsolis4752]

This song makes me feel like i’m levitating to the gods of mitski

[@trulyllama5465]

I love it so much

[@AmbzBecca]

What a amazing song!

[@theonlydrankenjuice]

Almost everyone's interpretation includes being addicted to drugs or something similar to that- which makes sense don't get me wrong, but now I feel stupid because I don't associate this song with drugs I relate it with something else. That's not a bad thing right?

[@ghal3094]

Not at all.

[@ei9298]

I feel like the general thing the song surrounds is how if a mother consumes any kind of alcohol, cigarettes or drugs while being pregnant the baby's brain will remember it. If in the future the “baby” ever tries what the mother had used they will get an addiction and all just because the mother used the stuff

[@andylupinblack9100]

no it's not, while a song does and can have original meanings, people are free to interpret that's one of the many wonders of music, it's definitely not a bad thing to relate it to smth different and interpret it differently than the original creator or sm1 else dw x

[@chips726]

in the words of mitski "my songs are your songs" something like that. i know she wouldn't have a specific interperetation

[@theonlydrankenjuice]

@@chips726 I never knew she said that, thank you :)

[@Bleh-vc8pu]

CRACK BABY YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT...BUT YOU KNOW THAT YOU NEED IT YEAH YOU KNOW THAT YOU NEED ITTTT 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@32.saibahelal21]

Wild horses running through your hollow bones.

[@jasper-does-not-exist.]

is it so much to ask to hold and to be held?

[@sofsof1101]

Ik that this song is about drugs (crack) addiction but i listen to it as like there Is something in your life that you left and you need it so bad even if it's another addiction (for me sh) or when I was single for a long time I accepted and was happy "vacation" but every now and then I want to be loved "and you know that you need it" so yeah 🤕 God I love this song

[@VictoriaHill._14]

mitski my mother

[@Amphitrite632]

This song is about mitski trying to be happy again with drugs she was a teenager when she wrote this. At least that’s what I heard

[@Cloudy.skies__]

Crack baby is my shit fr

[@assia7810]

My personal interpretation, is about drifting apart from someone or even having a romantic or friendship breakout. The stage where you are still with the person but drifting away, you know that you want something but you dont want a connection with the person they are right now, for me its about craving something you had in the past without being able to pinpoint it. Especially with older friends, the nostalgia that hit because you want your old friendship back but it feels weird because you’re still with that person but not in the same way.

[@sonder.1715]

BUT ALL I SAW WAS YOUR BURNING BODY WAIIITINNNGGG🙁

[@ev7568v]

This is gonna go so hard on my 20th bday

[@bella-hy3gd]

The pain is so real

[@Wafsspie]

0:34

[@Vickko_]

It feels like travelling

[@losojitosdeminmin]

mi canción

[@changbinsito]

mitski adoptame

[@WinterYu-u5q]

Ah ..❤had it once😢❤

[@Bot-qz5to]

Came here after listening to Child Psychology by black box. I love you mitski ❤🥹😭

[@LounaEzzee]

Cool❤❤❤❤

[@Ssspanfej]

what font do you use? It's so cute 😭

[@radiotranslates2807]

i guess it's called roboto-bold italic

[@lashawnasamuel3817]

crying rn

[@天使-v8f]

this song sometimes makes me feel left out.

[@TurboCeza]

💯

[@canalkann0]

🔥

[@pictureparlour000mitski]

💜🔥

[@theseventrials]

ur everywhere

[@ahlam.selenophile2740]

This will always remind me of my ex partner ; my first gf

[@ahlam.selenophile2740]

Things didn’t end well at all .. not even close

[@ahlam.selenophile2740]

Despite everything she’s done and what we’ve been through.. i would protect her and forever wish her only the best.. I love her wakha hadchi kamel. I hate to love her

[@sedat75757]

Müq.

[@antpzu]

this song hurts, but like in a good way

[@kyceraxviolet]

2:12

[@ENTP_gotubb]

Guys I need help I am mad for no reason idk why I guess bc I need that something but I don't know what is it I don't know

[@luverotomp]

1:25

[@celestiasheart]

miles edgeworth chooses death

[@soup4220]

sobs

[@honeydewof7975]

this song never fails to remind me of eleven from stranger things.

[@PrettyBoiShaneD]

She is my drug

[@loveisour]

Crack baby you don't know what you wantt :(

[@losojitosdeminmin]

aino awanta elegi la q era en inglés

[@KatieSmith-ee4pl]

Uhm so unrelated but issnt that the umbrella academy train from season four ???

[@joekuvorkian]

Whatever gets me there ahahaha

[@lalaa2]

This song kind of reminds me of hypersexuality

[@qw10rtz]

Fr

[@changbinsito]

umumumu

[@Maxie_POVS]

It giving tlou 😭😭

[@UrFungiinthesky]

Horse/ "wild horses"= heroin.

[@jellyjaidyn]

Resident meth baby here, this song hits hard.

[@Seween]

[@changbinsito]

nimodo

[@MatildaScott-j9j]

I have a friend who’s OWN MOTHER introduced him into pot and he now smokes it with her all the time he’s fifteen rn ☹️

[@joonjustmee8507]

guys my bf recommended me this song what is he trying to say please help me.

[@y_zmine]

ur cooked