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In “Moon Song,” Bridgers would do anything for her partner, even attempting to do the impossible of giving them the moon. It follows the theme of giving up oneself for the benefit of the other seen throughout the album, including on following songs “Savior Complex” and “Graceland Too”. Bridgers described it as a song about “the wanting-to-be-stepped-on feeling”: wanting someone to treat you badly because at least they’ll treat you at all.
“Moon Song” also sees the establishment of the dog-with-a-bird motif, which will reappear in closing track, “I Know the End”.
"I feel like songs are kind of like dreams, too, where you’re like, “I could say it’s about this one thing, but…” At the same time it’s so hyper-specific to people and a person and about a relationship, but it’s also every single song. I feel complex about every single person I’ve ever cared about, and I think that’s pretty clear. The through line is that caring about someone who hates themselves is really hard, because they feel like you’re stupid. And you feel stupid. Like, if you complain, then they’ll go away. So you don’t complain and you just bottle it up and you’re like, “No, step on me again, please.” It’s that feeling, the wanting-to-be-stepped-on feeling."
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