Phoebe Bridgers "I Know The End" Official Lyrics & Meaning | Verified

[@schemarr]

how does she have such a deep speaking voice and such a high angelic singing voice how does that work

[@adhiwirawandwip3948]

Ask justin vernon too about this. Those vocal range tho 🤯

[@amber_audrey444]

She sings in head voice :)

[@meramag]

it’s like the opposite of florence welch omg

[@mollytucker766]

and they’re both so beautiful :)

[@oddmnemosyne2869]

Head voice. My voice when speaking is that mid-lower register like Phoebe's but if I sing in my head voice it's quite high and soft (but kinda twee, my head voice is no where near this pretty.) If I sing from my chest the tone is closer to my speaking voice.

[@holly-ek9tv]

hearing a songwriter like phoebe break a song down is so so special

[@eleonora5134]

i know rightt

[@phoebe_ophie]

Yes

[@IbokRock811]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again!! She’s such a lyrical genius!!

[@mangakatanaka3067]

no she is speaking about the biblical end of the world wake up stop being a zombie

[@mangakatanaka3067]

@@IbokRock811 no she is not she is just speaking about the biblical end of the world wake up stop being a zombie. she probably has some satanic handler pulling her strings.

[@valenciansun]

"A haunted house with a picket fence / to float around and ghost my friends" is such a fucking good line

[@Doctoresq]

Chokes me up every time

[@dudeno5811]

I don't really understand that one as English isn't my native language, mind explaining it to me?

[@potentiallygone]

@@dudeno5811 usually a picket fence is used to signify a like "ideal life" because it's whats most common to see in a middle class suburban house so "a haunted house with a picket fence" is an oxymoron to show phoebe was okay with the end of the world, almost like death is ideal in her mind. for the second part everything is pretty much forward but ghost is used as slang, when used as slang it means to kinda avoid someone until they stop contacting you.

[@robf1557]

best line on the album

[@violette_grim]

don't know how intentional this was, but I love the imagery of the swing set followed by "I'm always pushing you away from me, but you come back with gravity"

[@dhanishta1451]

Shittttt good one...

[@hayleyb467]

brilliant

[@anuradhabebe]

you really think Phoebe is that dumb not to do it intentional? 😐

[@hayleyb467]

@@anuradhabebe rawr

[@ruth5460]

Damn that's such a good observation

[@lalfakzualahnamte2021]

Fleetwood Mac : breakup, hate each other, wrote diss tracks about each other Phoebe and Marshall Vore : breakup, still cool with each other, write sad songs together

[@mattwagner73]

It’s Marshall Vore btw

[@lalfakzualahnamte2021]

@@mattwagner73 omg hahaha.. i didnt realize what i typed lol..edited

[@rebe6132]

and both slap

[@bobpecker2156]

how does she have such a deep speaking voice and such a high angelic singing voice how does that work

[@austintrousdale2397]

Lol, never thought of Stevie, Lindsey, Mick, John and Christine singing or playing on "diss tracks," but hey, why not?

[@adamreginald7673]

I’ve cried way too many times to “Punisher”, Phoebe made a classic

[@adamreginald7673]

@Nautica Gibson ?

[@all4uuuu]

@Nautica Gibson ahhhh you maddddd

[@lillokee5105]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZXOpomIfbl0pJo.

[@kxngbazzlemusiq4608]

🙏kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnnNhqykrNKliJI

[@frncscbrqz]

@Nautica Gibson omg shut up 🙈🤩

[@carolynpriebe5715]

there's literally a story and so much thought behind every lyric. how is this woman on this same earth with us

[@gloriafloyd4323]

IKR it is so beautiful

[@phoenixryan1589]

dude every SINGLE song is a whole story

[@andypagano6545]

You are your own planet. Do something amazing too. What are you waiting for?

[@stephaniejackson9488]

I now understand what people mean when they say you don’t deserve to breathe the same air cause ?????

[@mangakatanaka3067]

no there isn't she is just speaking about the biblical end of the world wake up stop being a zombie. the aliens are the fallen angels/demons.

[@rociiiiiiioo]

all hail our emo mother

[@kxngbazzlemusiq4608]

🙏kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnnNhqykrNKliJI

[@ianhh23]

I hope she makes a skramz band

[@stormfischerr]

I just realized I’ve never heard Phoebe’s speaking voice and that is literally what I want my voice to sound like

[@hettievandyke6364]

i wish i had a deeper voice

[@adekiz]

my voice is like that, but sometimes i get made fun of for it by online friends 😔

[@Em-gj2sg]

This is what I want my voice to not sound like

[@peptobismolveins]

@@Em-gj2sg lol same, but with phoebe it clicks.

[@GenF91]

My voice is deep but I sound like a little boy when I speak. I wish I had Phoebe’s voice.

[@alexjames2685]

This is my best friend y’all, she just doesn’t know it

[@madisyngifford3507]

I FELT this

[@daryo6999]

OMG we have a friend in common

[@LuciusGeronimo]

Same lmao

[@jacobmacdonald223]

yu9b are

[@kylier1973]

nice pfp lowkey tho

[@abookdreamer2809]

Why did it take genius so long to invite phoebe on here smh

[@fluebethers9617]

SERIOUSLY

[@chrispysthename]

They’re too busy cashing in on memes.

[@blchz0607]

Im your 999 like

[@tom-qe4cz]

she really is the moment

[@icedtimmy4663]

heyyyyy sunwoo!!

[@tom-qe4cz]

@@icedtimmy4663 OMG hi!

[@BEBEiiCR4Zii]

sunwoo

[@landa604]

tbz and phoebe? u have taste

[@tom-qe4cz]

@@landa604 omg thank you!

[@susie8799]

I interpreted this song a completely different way than she intended and I think that’s what’s beautiful about music

[@kurstin4203]

My exact thoughts when searching for this video

[@zoerosey]

2 years later, but if you don't mind, what was your interpretation?

[@ScotchDoggo]

Cool... I actually just deadass cried to this album last night. I teared to the other songs, but it was honestly this song that broke me into an uncontrollable mess. It still hurts, but thanks for helping me cope with a loss

[@lillokee5105]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZXOpomIfbl0pJo.

[@sukanya3216]

i hope you're feeling better now

[@alan-kn4sq]

Sorry to hear about your loss, hope you’re well

[@brokengirlsrus]

I saw somewhere that Phoebe Bridgers is Taylor Swift for the girls who have crumbs in their bed and I feel that in the depths of my soul

[@BearAwesome]

I always thought the "3 clicks and I'm home" was a Wizard of Oz reference

[@parisaha]

Especially with the additional references to tornadoes, it kinda reinforced that idea for me, too

[@oriol7339]

I think that the Wizard of Oz reference is so obvious that she preferred to focus on other details about the lyrics. She says "3 clicks and I'm home", "There's no place like (home) my room", and "I'm not gonna go down with my hometown in a tornado".

[@frankalbin1957]

Clicks are kilometers when I was in the army.

[@heyitskel2225]

My dumbass thought three clicks was the number of clicks she need to call an uber 💀💀

[@MRAAng-on2jg]

Thought the same thing!

[@gingerrubin8524]

hello fellow sapphics with anxiety

[@fern6998]

i can’t believe we’re all here

[@ceciliaaaaaa6918]

heyyyy

[@elyssofea378]

HELPPPP

[@hettievandyke6364]

hi it’s nice to meet u

[@dayvancowboy]

Hi

[@MAXIMUS-yk5vs]

“Romanticize a quiet life There’s no place like my room” FAVORITE LYRIC

[@katja3260]

This is my favorite song on the album. 10/10 masterpiece.

[@cameroncorp]

SOTY IMO

[@willkhanna4525]

You can't rate perfections :)

[@BrokenGodEnt]

@OneSilentGiant Savior Complex and I Know the End are amazing.

[@igyl2867]

100% song of the year yea

[@voidzminer1017]

@@BrokenGodEnttop 2 on the album fr

[@meghansmith7132]

this song really hits some deep, inner part of my psyche like. every time I hear it I start crying. I truly don't understand how she can do that she is sooooooo talented. how does it feel like she's speaking to me personally even though she's talking about something so incredibly specific to herself???

[@hayleyb467]

same♡ i just weep lol

[@riverlari]

I knowww! And not just that, most of the time i don't feel like she's speaking to me, i feel like i'm speaking to myself? Like i just never knew the words and the wrote it and handed my own feelings back to me. Haven't had another artist (other than Mitski) do that to me in an incredibly long time

[@hayleyb467]

@@riverlari well said♡

[@samanthak.2706]

the beauty of music. it's both personal and universal.

[@reneecwalker]

Same! This song makes me weep every time, brings up this deep emotion from down in my stomach.

[@Blondpampz]

I have “I know the end” tattooed on my body because this song is the only one that makes me want to start again and do not give up. Thank you Phoebe, I really love u and all you have done to me with your music

[@imogenbarham5729]

I have “let the ultraviolet cover me up”!

[@peribow]

As i have said before, punisher is a roadtrip album

[@cliogoodwin2066]

i listened to it on a road trip and let me tell you that is absolutely true, especially listening to i know the end on the 5 freeway that was pretty meta

[@peribow]

@@cliogoodwin2066 !!!!! A fellow intellectual thank u!!! Its such an insane feeling listening to I know the end on a roadtrip

[@malikaangel8063]

i drove 3 and a half hours away and i only listened to punisher

[@peribow]

Mm yes that is one of the best things on earth

[@DeniseSantos-qe5ee]

Facts

[@calebkeithley]

the way she so flawlessly stayed in key a capella is so impressive

[@funmisoroye4510]

She mentioned parents and immediately got too real for me

[@ela-cu8bw]

when she said America first rap country song for some reason old town road popped into my head

[@DeniseSantos-qe5ee]

Same kkkkkk

[@andypagano6545]

i was thinking Big and Rich Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy

[@jacob5989]

This..this comment...this song always reminds me of this damn comment

[@helen4876]

SAME 😭

[@user-op4ue9cc5v]

goodness i'm used to verified breaking down metaphors, not building an even more poetic background to the lyrics lol

[@meghansmith7132]

literally though, like she's got a whole movie plot going on in the background of this song and each line is its own mini-story. craziness

[@pilargonzalez4562]

i can't believe this woman is a real person

[@camtheunicorn]

Phoebe saying "Fuck Toby Keith" is everything I needed

[@princejuno5998]

i am in love with this woman

[@corlovell4297]

i once pulled an all-nighter so i could watch the sunrise and i sat out on my roof as the sun was coming up BLARING this song in my headphones. it was like a chilly ass morning in june and i was just watching the world waking up, listening to a song about it ending. different plane of existence on GOD

[@actuallynathalie4650]

I can only imagine

[@bloopdebloop]

she needs to do one on every song.

[@crazybabuskaman3923]

No bc fr I’m too slow and lazy to really get in there and understand the lyrics, they still sound amazing tho.

[@ananyasahay]

​@@crazybabuskaman3923genius website helps a lot haha

[@chillarypuff]

YES

[@max_mittler]

I'm so happy shes famous and taking over the music scene. She is so sincere and important. She's my emotional and creative role model

[@knavara7375]

this song 1000% sounds like the end of the world in a way that makes me want it to be the end of the world

[@doc8186]

I always interpreted "A slaughterhouse / An outlet mall / Slot machines / Fear of God" to be listing off twisted American values

[@lrrowley]

Same. Especially right after the lyric about the America First rap country song

[@truttret7681]

Is fear of God a twisted value?

[@NoName-mi7bd]

@@truttret7681 yes

[@coastervelocity3899]

@@truttret7681 It depends

[@GraphicEncounter]

@@truttret7681 i think the point is more that so much of american culture/american values are directly contradictory. christians, especially in america, boast a fear of god, yet so much of our culture is a rotten bastardization of the very values christianity champions.

[@exesdoesvideos7513]

this is the same show that interviewed the floss kid

[@sylviadieken8938]

I always imagine this song as a sort of dystopian wizard of oz

[@ananyadutta1154]

Her words "How you hate certain things about being on tour, and you hate it when you come home also" touched me somewhere painfully.

[@aricaaaa444]

seriously the best song writer in a while

[@CandiceLikes]

shes from my hometown of Pasadena! i saw her play when she was younger in a coffeeshop in south Pas a LONG time ago. so happy to see her success. she really deserves it

[@lemonbie9308]

Her music is the perfect equivalent of autophobia and liminality. I swear she perfectly captures the feeling of loneliness especially in this song when she talks about the end of the world. Honestly I'm so dissociated that I don't feel much fear anymore but her music makes me feel fear for loneliness again. I don't know if that's necessarily a good thing but it's good to feel something again.

[@twoeighteen4795]

literally an icon, Punisher is a classic

[@torstenatterberg5788]

Phoebe stans EATING

[@marcotedesco8954]

I've cried to this song so many times, it was sort of an emotional guidance for me in a particularly intense period (of the kind that makes you feel alive though, so it's all good). Somehow hearing mundane details about the origin of some lines made it even more poetic.

[@tthoreson664]

This song grew and grew and grew on me until I became fully a Phoebe Bridgers fan and started looking up all her stuff. Lovely music, lovely soul. Hope she keeps it up!

[@hannahjoyukulele]

not me listening to the first verse and pretending i'm a singer and hate being on tour too

[@hannahott9185]

The best thing about some music is that it can mean so many things to so many different people...especially Phoebe's music, because it is so interpertive. I think that the ability to make people feel like a song is written just for them is something really special and beautiful. She is truly a gifted human.

[@StephanieHasNoFriend]

“the end is here” me: the world is ending 😈😈😈 phoebe: its the end of the album🥰

[@mangakatanaka3067]

no it's literally ending the song is about the biblical end of the world. the aliens are the fallen angels and demons.

[@mangakatanaka3067]

no she is singing about the biblical end of the world wake up stop being a zombie. she has satanic handlers who made the lyrics for her.

[@ethangalvan400]

Bruh me too 😂

[@agiamalvic7348]

hello lgbtq community

[@johnpartington5910]

underrated comment

[@skye1989]

LMAO hi

[@localgrandparent1007]

I've been summoned

[@justadolphin8932]

hello

[@arianastande4046]

heyyy

[@mundaneamazing]

Kinda cracks me up how literal her songwriting process is..

[@melissamireles9451]

she really did something with this record

[@axd0045]

I interpreted the first verse in a really weird way. I was thinking about the whole Germany Texas thing, and the line “3 clicks and I’m home” reminded me of going on Google maps in my room, envisioning all the places I’d never been to and seeing them online rather than in actual life.

[@ImrdIstt.SH.]

man I wish she'd gone more into "a slaughterhouse, an outlet mall, slot machines, fear of God". I'm really curious to know what those lyrics mean to her

[@lorrainelovesalpacas]

From my understanding it’s stuff you literally see driving on the 5 freeway

[@sofiaguerrero0969]

That’s the line that I was most curious about too

[@gabrielaaustin7797]

LITERALLY

[@stahpjenny]

To me she's spurting out random stuff that affects people in their daily life (pre-apocalypse), and now that the end is happening, you see them being eaten away by the apocalypse. Suddenly, they don't matter anymore.

[@eth4n_c4in]

i think shes singing about things she sees while driving down the highway/freeway. it ties in with "the billboard said the end is near" and how she drove away from the end of the world until she couldnt anymore idk

[@giorgiagiunco413]

this song is one of the best song i’ve heard in my life, everytime i listen to it i can’t help but cry like a baby

[@juliannawalsh6735]

IVE BEEN WAITINF FOR THIS FOR SO LONG

[@lemzini]

ME TOO I'M SO HAPPY

[@fluorescentheights6771]

love this woman with my entire existence

[@Aqtalni]

She sounds older than she looks which I love

[@DaughterOfChrist1997]

mature queen

[@fletch777]

she is so special. she actually owns my heart !! underrated queen

[@dawnfyre3337]

I've been obsessed with the entire record and especially this song for 2 weeks now.

[@ssg2689]

did anyone else come watch this *while* listening to Phoebe's music lmao

[@loveovertakingme]

@OneSilentGiant i love that like every phoebe fan is also a mitski stan

[@joaovitorkoproski6312]

came from the ASMR vid she did

[@DaughterOfChrist1997]

@OneSilentGiant WOWZA thank u :)

[@nicematerial]

A real singer doing this series is electrifying. You're looking at one of the most important artists in a long time.

[@sunshineramirez7766]

First time I listened to this song it triggered a two day mental spiral and several anxiety attacks and I’d still give my liver to hear it for the first time again

[@kellynoble7125]

She is everything

[@notsilvi]

this song... i can't even describe how it makes me feel i can't i can't

[@AllyS2001]

This is my favorite song rn I cannot get enough of the feeling it gives me.

[@daniaguzman3473]

she’s so comforting it’s scary

[@francyy-ug1qr]

I go back to this regularly because I’m so impressed by the amount of things, stories and messages in this song

[@ewelllle]

Greatest song of all time on a perfect album

[@nidjiunanatshi]

Our girl is finally out in the light. I'm so happy.

[@spartangmoney]

This album is such a mood for the times we’re in

[@musikusmaximus]

What a move to publish this video on election eve. Let's hope for the best!

[@ilonag1728]

was thinking the same thing !!!!

[@madisyngifford3507]

Pheobe, you never fail to give me goosebumps.

[@hium8716]

I love to listen to this song while I'm traveling. it's calming, bringing up my home sickness, and makes feel nice as i look out the window and reminisce about home

[@person9305]

I’ve played this song way too many times

[@hann4h3]

watching this while she's on tour rn, and after i went to one of her shows. love u phoebe

[@Flowertot]

The screaming at the end is immaculate

[@lise1637]

this is my favorite song to cry to. thank u phoebe

[@katerpillar11]

I love when genius interviews actually talented artists😍 & when the artist actually provides insight into the real meaning of the lyrics because they actually have depth😍😍😍

[@saraaad9764]

this song has affected me more than i can ever explain. oh my god. im getting a tattoo for this song soon too. i love phoebe.

[@red_bokoblin]

Did you get that tattoo?

[@quaweds]

I thought this was way more about a breaking up with someone you were deeply in love with and you're trying to salvage the relationship, but you know it's the end.

[@bnhdeluxe]

BRO YESSSSS

[@lillokee5105]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZXOpomIfbl0pJo..

[@DrewBernstein]

Whats funny is that in smoke signals i always actually imagined seagulls not pelicans lol

[@unknownseizure]

"I know the end" *As if 2020 couldn't get any worse*

[@lillokee5105]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZXOpomIfbl0pJo.

[@MsIzzy786]

I'm not crying I'm not crying I'm not crying I'm not crying I'm not crying I'm not crying I'm not crying I'm not crying I'm not crying I'm not crying I'm not crying I'm not crying I'm not crying I'm not crying I'm not crying I'm not crying I'm not crying I'm not crying

[@YogiGospel]

Thank God for this interview 😍

[@imnotsasya]

heck yeah phoebe bridgers supremacy ✨

[@dylanrh]

One of the most epic songs I've heard this year

[@rei2515]

LOL I like how this came out on US Election Day. Genius, you ain’t slick,,

[@mallulamounier]

in conclusion: the end is here

[@awesomeface265]

MARIE??

[@mallulamounier]

@@awesomeface265 BESTIE!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?

[@awesomeface265]

@@mallulamounier YEP YEP HIHIHI

[@mallulamounier]

@@awesomeface265 HIII

[@tillyaoi]

I love how she sways when shes singing

[@TravisEatWorld]

It's wild that she didn't mention any of the Wizard of Oz allusions in the lyrics. There's clearly a lot to talk about! It was cool to hear the less apparent details unpacked.

[@bengv01]

I love the message of the song... truly amazing and inspiring... hits me specially right now that I'm going through some dark times 🫠

[@Ali-cn1gq]

Hope life gets better

[@emiliocontreras7407]

I love both her voices. She's just a poet

[@andrearamon1729]

I love how honest Phoebe is

[@samkcatladyaks]

Every time this year I’m like “eff this sh**” (more times than I can count), this is the song I play for myself.

[@mi3lla]

this album is my biggest obsession

[@no1toyou]

just wanna say thank you Phoebe for all you do. you’ve been contributing so much. i see you and appreciate you for fundraising. you’ve provided more emotional support personally than i could put into words 💌

[@jayramirez866]

man i thought the rap country song was old town road 😭

[@denny4311]

Thank you, Genius 😭 I love Phoebe so much. She's awesome 🖤

[@joshuadiaz2757]

Super cool to hear the origins of a song from one of my favorite artists! I definitely thought that this song was about someone reflecting on their life while on their death bed/room "Somewhere in Germany but I can't place it Man, I hate this part of Texas. Close my eyes, fantasize. Three clicks and I'm home...Romanticize the quiet life. There's no place like my room." Then the choruses reflect the difficulty of saying goodbye for everyone involved : "But you had to go I know, I know, I know Like a wave that crashed and melted on the shore" (death coming suddenly and having to say goodbye) "So I gotta go I know, I know, I know When the sirens sound you'll hide under the floor" (having to leave but others not accepting your death). The second half of the song picks up with the drums and now its a flashback of a bunch of random things you see before you die, finishing with screaming by Phoebe symbolizing death. Any one else had other interpretations? I think it super cool how we can all interpret different things from the same song. It shows how diverse our experiences truly are.

[@umatrivedi3630]

how does it get even more beautiful when she’s breaking it down ahhh what a legend