Funeral
by Phoebe Bridgers
2017•Stranger in the Alps•3:52•Alternative
GriefLossDepression
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A song about being asked to sing at a friend's funeral, and all the complicated, ungenerous thoughts that arrive alongside grief.
A quiet devastator that made Bridgers's first album feel like something everyone was going to have to reckon with.
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Funeral — Phoebe Bridgers
Emotional Moments
- 1:14
The admission
'Jesus Christ, I'm so blue all the time.' Sung small, in the same voice you'd use to tell a friend.
- 3:20
The string swell
The only moment of traditional catharsis. Short. Held back.
Key Lyrics
“And it's amazing to me how much you can say when you don't know what you're talking about”
Bridgers is one of the few songwriters working who's willing to put the unflattering parts of grief on the page — the jealousy, the exhaustion, the part of you that's just tired. 'Funeral' is four and a half minutes of that, and it's the kind of song that feels like it was written at 3am and never touched again.
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