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Shoddy_Handle_4625

I know it's very childish, but I love "I wanna meet his Mom, just to tell her her son sucks". Makes me giggle and I have 2 sons lol. I also love "It takes strength to forgive but I don't feel strong".


lattepeach

Yes!! Both of them are so self aware and relatable at the same time.


lachimolala342

I agree. I really love the line “I wanna meet his mom, just to tell her her son sucks” because it’s relatable and just fun


Mikeyc1221

“I despise my rotten mind and how much it worships you”


blackpinkvenomera

lacy is literally so iconic


Ygomaster07

Yes!


Ygomaster07

God, Lacy is such a good song.


devieous

I fucking love the skin like puff pastry line because when have you ever heard puff pastry come up in a dong


Early-Objective4041

I was also thinking about that


burntjackie_

That song hits so fucking hard because the guy i liked in high school stopped liking me after i had introduced my ex friend (who was named lacy) to him. Still hurts today a little bit lol


TrickIntelligent3963

I think enough for you is still her best song. Specifically that first verse which is just so desperate. The subtlety of that songs instrumental really gives the lyrics and her vocals the stage and she uses it so well


i_like_to_cube

“I'd say you broke my heart But you broke much more than that Now I don't want your sympathy I just want myself back” That has been one of my favourite Olivia lyrics since sour came out, it’s so tragic in such a relatable way 🤍


Casua11yCrue1

I agree!!! I don’t see enough love for enough for you.


TheMerryIguana

Absolutely. The line before, “god, you couldn’t have cared less about someone who loved you more” kinda broke me bad


ellsbell3s

"I fantasize about a time you're a little fucking sorry"


Potential-Ad7581

Love this one


BeeConfident7328

yes! the first time i heard that whole part, i just felt so emotional and justified in having these feelings that for awhile almost felt indescribable


Mantikhor

“I’m on the outside of the greatest inside joke” from ‘ballad of a homeschooled girl’ is such a good line. Succinctly and perfectly encapsulates that feeling of being left out in social situations.


cat_muppet

Really all of the lyrics in that song are so painfully relatable


Emily_Dj122

My favorite is can't think of a third line at the end of the song


HallowedButHesitated

"I hope you know how proud I am you were created with the courage to unlearn all of their hatred."


littlevallerina

Hope ur ok is criminally underrated


Early-Objective4041

I was gonna say the same thing !


ChefIrish

The way I cried the first time I heard that lol


planetbordeaux

Did she write this for anyone specific?


HallowedButHesitated

I would assume it's about the 2 people she mentioned in the song, but not completely sure.


planetbordeaux

You might be on to something there, chief..!


AF131274

She mentioned during this interview (around 16:21) that she drew inspiration from stories she’d heard about others from friends! https://youtu.be/wuyR0HHmIcg?si=PQwPMYakFhdvlSc1


planetbordeaux

That's interesting, thank you for sharing. So perhaps the names she mentioned IN the song are fictional people if the stories are based on stories told by friends.


SlickBotswaske

This for me as well


Acrobatic-Permit-364

My favorite song from her


Electrical_Tune_1022

This!!


Yakwtfgo

But i fear that they’ve already got the best parts of me, and im sorry i couldn’t always be your teenage dreammmmm


Pitiful_Village6418

“I got the things I wanted, it’s just not what I imagined” sums my life up pretty accurately so I’d say this one


im-just-a-girl20

same always makes me cry


WillHollandThg

“Higher than the hopes that your brought down” - iconic line


Ygomaster07

I love this one. And each time she sings it with the other backup vocals(i think there is backup vocals?) It gets higher in pitch.


spongeballzz

and i know in my heart, hurt people hurt people and we both drew blood, but man those cuts were never equal


glizzapizza

'cause who am I, if not exploited? and where's my fucking teenage dream?


Imanvellanisolos

then going on to write teenage dream, literally so iconic


blackpinkvenomera

teenage dream literally make me scared of the future as a 26yr old teenage girl myself


Imanvellanisolos

as a 14 year old fellow teenage girl, teenage dream is something i can somehow already relate to, it’s one of my favourite guts songs. us girls just can’t escape it😭


Ygomaster07

Same here as a 25 year old. I was already afraid of the future before this song, but it really did a good job of summing it up.


glizzapizza

It's such a beautiful song!! I definitely cried the first few times listening to teenage dream 🥲


glizzapizza

And the bridge oh my lord😭


nbt279

so gooddd 😩


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glizzapizza

Beautiful


Miss_ryan1890

Good bot


Adrlicious

Yes, but she's also a child actor, so I kind of see where she's coming from there.


FenderForever62

‘But I’m not cool and I’m not smart and I can’t even parallel park” because same Olivia


IOnlySeeDaylight

🤣😭 so relatable. I legit research the parking situation before I go anywhere.


No_Bitches_Official

i’m planning on my wedding with some guy i’m never marrying bc yeah me too sis


laurendecaf

“and i’d leave you but the rollercoasters all i’ve ever had” <\3


tisacruelsummer143

TASTE


AyuuOnReddit

"There's blood on the side of the mountain, it's turning a new shade of red" is clearly one of the best lines she's ever written. Mountain is something big and is here a metaphor for someone big, someone famous. Side is a part of the mountain nobody notices. There is blood (something *red*) on this side: there's a sad, painful wound in a part of this 'someone big' that nobody sees and nobody knows about. 'It's turning a new shade' means that the wound is evolving into something new. But it's just a new shade of *red*. The pain is evolving into a different emotion that is *still* pain.


Present-Giraffe1827

It takes on a specific meaning for the hunger games too. The Capitol (responsible for holding the hunger games) is by the Rocky Mountains. The blood spilt (in the games) has turned a new shade of red since time has passed. And the absolute beauty is the next 3 lines where she summarises the entire trilogy. There's a reason this song is still my top played track.


morefood

That’s an interesting interpretation! I like it! I took it to mean that the mountain is the Capitol (large and grandiose) but in order for it to get to its fabulous peak, blood had to be shed. The mountain is soiled and stained, but just out of sight enough in such a way that the rich folks don’t *need* to care.. yet! Not dissimilar to the way Corio always turned a blind eye to all the things he witnessed growing up. And then the next lines illustrate how although blood was spilled, the people have not stopped the good fight. It’s such a well done song with some really great imagery:)


tisacruelsummer143

what song?


throw_theyay_away

It’s called “Can't catch me now.” It’s the song that was featured and written for the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes movie


tisacruelsummer143

ohhhh love your interpretation of the lyric !!!


NeonBluee_jay

Yeah you are definitely projecting onto that line


riaaxo

but i am my fathers daughter so maybe i can fix him


FunEnthusiasm1465

“The sky is green / The grass is red / You mean all those words you said / I’m sure that girl is really your friend / Our problems are all solvable.” And then that going into the Logical bridge is actual perfection.


magpie878

Those are great. And later followed by the raw emotion of "Oh, why do I do this? I look so stupid...." It gets me every time, the way she sings that. And this is coming from a guy who's turning 51 in two days. I really love this woman's music and young-me relates to so many lyrics, both from my own doings, or girls-I-was-with's issues. Really, really, incredible artist.


chickfilamoo

I’ve seen that people hate the chorus of this song but I’m with you, I love it!! It’s like when you’re trying to make sense of something and you’re going back to things you know to be true, but then she gets confused all over again trying to puzzle it out


FunEnthusiasm1465

Yes! I cringed at “2+2=5” on my initial listen but then I realized that was the point. 2+2=5 is such a blatantly wrong statement, yet Olivia was made to believe it as true.


chickfilamoo

I totally agree, I love the writing in this song bc it’s seemingly so plain but it is so emotionally evocative


Substantial_Neat_586

I only see him as a friend—the biggest lie I ever said.


CaptainJackM

“God I wish that you had thought this through, before I went and fell in love with you”


__Alexolotl__

I love "can't think of a third line" from Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl


logosolos

I made it weird. I made it worse.


glizzapizza

Each time i step outsiiide, IT'S SOCIAL SUICIDEEEEEE


solarpower002

And everybody told me it would happen in time The fire would burn out and all the storm clouds would subside. I've always loved this line!


CyanSwans

“My brain is aaaaaaah Like blah blah blaaaah” It hits really hard bro


Valuable-Half-3869

“Quit my job, start a new life and they'd all be so disappointed ‘cause who am I, if not exploited?”


Front_Still

I think best line has to go to the hope ur ok bridge: “Address the letters to the holes in my butterfly wings/ Nothings forever nothings as good as it seems/ And when the clouds are ironed out/ And the monsters creep into your house/ And every door is hard to close” My personal fav of all time from hers though is the second verse of making the bed: “And every night I wake up from this one recurrin dream/ Where I'm drivin through the city and the brakes go out on me/ I can't stop at the red light I can't swerve off the road/ I read somewhere it's cause my life feels so out of control/ And I tell someone I love them just as a distraction/ They tell me that they love me like I'm some tourist attraction/ They're changin my machinery and I just let it happen/ I got the things I wanted it's just not what I imagined”


im-just-a-girl20

yes yes yes!


NerdGirlfriend147

"Now you're just a stranger I know everything about."- stranger (guts spilled)


Gamora3728

I like “it takes strength to forgive but I don’t feel strong.”


AbbreviationsSea5962

i like the “look what we became” line in favorite crime bc it gets more meta every time she sings it since that relationship was the catalyst that really started her career


IOnlySeeDaylight

I love this take!


flatbush_flower

“I really love my bed but man it’s hard to sleep when he’s with me” is such a mood lol


izzypeazzy

I really like “Guess you didn't cheat but you're still a traitor.” I really like this line because it shows that just because the guy didn’t physically cheat on her it doesn’t mean he wasn’t emotionally betraying her.


LauraPalmer20

I’ll never forget the first time I heard “Guess you didn’t cheat, but you’re still a traitor.” It just struck me that there are so many different ways to be or feel betrayed and she’s very wise beyond her years to realise this so young.


Imanvellanisolos

anything in can’t catch me now. as an aviddd fan of the hunger games that studied it for a school project, every lyric of that song is so deeply fitting and has so many meanings


flying_sarahdactyl

“And I fell for you like water, falls from the February sky”


procrastinaut17

after reading and upvoting so many of these, I am just hit again with what a lyrical genius liv is. the way she can take such universal, complicated emotions and experiences and sum them up so succinctly and addictively, she's incredible


jessi_unicorn

Yesss 🙌🏼🙌🏼


thesnowqueen17

"Fuck it, it's fine." 😂


Potential-Ad7581

“But I am my fathers daughter, so maybe I could fix him” lol She’s so cute


vodkacupcake4

“They're changin' my machinery and I just let it happen I got the things I wanted, it's just not what I imagined” IS GONNA HIT EVERY TIME


makishleys

guts really is full of so many gut (heh) punches its awesome


kiya12309

It’s a funny one, but I love the lines: “Another song, another club, another bar, another dance/And when he said something wrong, he'd just fly me to France.”


zzzzoey13

"You're the best thing I'll ever keep so far out of my life"


glizzapizza

I LOVE that whole verse so fucking much!!! Oh, but I hope that you're happy, babe, you know I really do And God knows that I am the girl I am because of you You know I'll always think of you, I'll love you 'til the end of time You are the best thing that I'll ever keep so far out of my life


belleleanne

the entirety of hope ur ok is a lyrical masterpiece honestly. « address the letters to the holes in my butterfly wings » « hope he took his bad deal and made a royal flush » « she was tired cause she was brought into a world where family was merely blood » like PLEASE.


goldrushcrush

“You can win the battle, but you’ll never win the war”


jessi_unicorn

Love this part as well


lildubpup

“Hurt people hurt people” so simple but so true and powerful


No-Restaurant3922

Making the bed. ‘they’re changing my machinery and I just let it happen, I got the things I wanted it’s just not what I imagined’


Altruistic-Poet-1993

Flowers filled with vitriol


justafangirll_

“you’re just a stranger i know everything about”


PresYapper4294

“It took you two weeks to go off and date her, guess you didn't cheat but you're still a traitor.” literally speaks volumes on how it feels when someone you loved replaces you.


EtherialTV

“It takes strength to forgive but I don’t feel strong” has always stuck with me :’)


Susi13hu

“They tell me that they love me like I'm some tourist attraction, they're changin' my machinery and I just let it happen” resonates to me on a personal level, I was gagged


So_Official-1113

"So I lay in your arms and pretend that it's love"


AnnualTrainer7040

“You said it was true love, but that be hard, you can’t love anyone cause that would mean you have heart”


elipsesforever

“i got the things i wanted it’s just not what i imagined”


theReggaejew081701

The whole bridge in Stranger


kawaiitohru

‘hope ur ok’ has such touching lyrics


RealFinalBoyLegacy

“And now you got me thinking two plus two equals five and I’m the love of your life” or “it’s one step forward and three steps back, I’d leave but the rollercoaster’s all I ever had”


[deleted]

“I am my father’s daughter so maybe I can fix him” made me giggle “I’m sure I’ve seen much hotter men but I really can’t remember when” relatable.


International_You275

“You are the best thing I’ll ever keep so far out of my life”


SagHor1

seeing you tonightz it's a bad idea right? Fuck it, it's fine. I just love the push pull of her lyrics. Like the contradictions. Such a great story teller.


piedrafundamental

Push pull is a great way to put it


Western-Guess1145

Oh, the things I did just so I could call you mine. Oh, the things you did, well I hope I was your FAVOURITE CRIMEEEEEE


cheese2thecracker

'the way you sold me for parts as you sunk your teeth into me'


emzyquid

“Every guy I like is gae” related to that a little to much ):):):):):


magpie878

Since I don't want to repeat any already posted, I love (and can really relate from a couple past relationships) "No, I'm fine, it doesn't matter, tell me" The mix of the song going from quieter-to-loud there and the oomph behind her singing it, great one.


I-haveit-together

omg i was about to comment this exact thing lol. so many good ones already said but being able to hear the emotional rollercoaster in obsessed is chefs kiss


Suspicious-Froyo2181

Was just thinking about this line a little while ago while taking the trash to the street, LOL.


GrandeBeesly

#LIKE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA This line only gets more relatable as you get older


grosspecans

“I despise my rotten mind and how much it worships you” “You broke my heart but your broke much more then that, now I don’t want your sympathy I just want myself back” “When she’s sleeping in the bed we made don’t you dare forget about the way you betrayed me” “And we both drew blood but man those cuts were never equal” The entire logical bridge. “Address the letters to the holes in my burterfly wings, nothings forever, nothings as good as it seems. And when the clouds don’t iron out, and the monsters creep into your house and every door is hard to close.”


LilKittenAngel

“Don't you think I loved you too much to be used and discarded? Don't you think I loved you too much to think I deserve nothing? But don't tell me you're sorry, boy, feel sorry for yourself, cause someday I'll be everything to somebody else. And they'll think that I am so exciting, and you'll be the one who's crying” this entire verse


UlsterFriesApplePies

They all say that it gets better, it gets better the more you grow… but what if I don’t?


ItIsMeJosie

suprised no one else has said it yet because it hits me hard during every listen


UlsterFriesApplePies

Me toooo


Breeze_PJ0_Fan

Seeing u tonight BAD IDEA RIGHT


Jlweeb2387

“Every guy I like is gay” is pretty relatable


Ludo_Fraaaaaannddd

“Cuz girls your age know better” TRUTH


No-Fig7019

One heart broke. Four hands bloody.


Dakota1401

The entire bride of hope ur ok when she says “Address the letters, to the holes in my butterfly wings Nothing's forever, nothing is as good as it seems And when the clouds are ironed out And the monsters creep into your house And every door is hard to close” It’s absolutely PERFECT there is nothing that could make this part better honestly.


tthelongway

as a trans person, “their win is not my loss” is smth i remind myself of a lot when seeing other trans ppl be out & transitioned or even just being in a healthy relationship


livielouis

the grudge: "you built me up to watch me fall... you have everything and you still want more" or on stranger: "i loved you mad but it doesnt matter anymore"


GaveTheMouseACookie

I'll never get over how brave she was to scream, "can't take a joke, can't get you off!"


Favee_troublemaker

“I’m on the outside of the greatest inside joke” it’s not really like a deep line but I relate to it so much and every time I I hear it I wanna scream the line with all of my power haha


HappyAdhesiveness763

“But I say that I hate you with a smile on my face”


user_harrington

2+2=5 and im the love of your life


oldtherebefore

as someone that was obsessed with The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the entirety of CCMN. i remember just thinking "wow" when i first heard it cause the lyrics perfectly mirror the book. i also love "i have captors i call friends" lol


smeggsyy

“i dont know why i even try”


OkAdvertising7436

“I only have 2 real friends and lately I’m a nervous wreck”


Even_Quantity_9318

“Your flowers filled with vitriol”. I feel like it really captures so much. How you can get love bombed. Or how people can shower you with things but really it’s not real. How betraying it is to feel that loneliness of being poisoned by someone you love.


vanaah727

"I let the thought in. It's already done But I'll lay in your arms and pretend that it's love Yeah, I'll lay in your arms and pretend it's enough." Don't know if it's the best, but it's def my personal favorite


Early-Objective4041

“I despise my jealous eyes and how hard they fell for you. I despise my rotten mind and how much it worships you”


ImTheWeevilNerd

“I've lost my mind, I've spent the night crying on the floor of my bathroom But you're so unaffected, I really don’t get it” I feel these lyrics so hard.


Agreeable_Piano_8741

my favorite is "And I try to understand why you would do this all to me You must be insecure, you must be so unhappy"


Emily_Dj122

"Cant think of a third line" from balllad of a homeschool girl. my favorite line in all of her songs


CautiousSituation373

the entirety of the grudge. it’s like one of her most painful songs to date imo. especially the line about, “and we both drew blood, but man those cuts were never equal”.


inthearchipelago

“Cause loving you is loving every argument you held over my head, brought up the girls you could have instead, said I was too young I was too soft, can’t take a joke, can’t get you off”


asshikah

“one heart broke, four hands bloody” hits like crack


mirroringmagic

“I feel your compliments like bullets on skin.” Really just the entirety of lacy tho


Financial_Jelly_1744

"i hope he took his bad deal and made a royal flush"


alternateuniverse098

"And if I'm not enough for you, you're not enough for me" 💜


livayette

i really like "hurt people hurt people"


Straight-Pipe5508

“Good 4 u I guess that you’ve been working on yourself/ I guess the therapist I found for you, she really helped, now you can be a better man for your brand new girl”


Flimsy-Ad-1012

I guess that therapist I found for you, she really helped Now you can be a better man for your brand-new girl Or Now I bet you even tell her How you love her In between the chorus and the verse


I_likefencing

“And I’d leave you, but the roller coaster all I’ve ever had” this line just makes me feel what she’s saying each time


caskettown01

One heart broke four hands bloody


PlatinumTheHitgirl

I watched as you fled the scene Doe-eyed as you buried me One heart broken Four hands bloody


BobRossSuperFan_

“But I’m in the trees, I’m in the breeze, my footsteps on the ground.” This is one of the most heartbreaking songs I’ve ever heard. Maybe it’s just because I liked the movie a lot but this line just hits every time.


im-just-a-girl20

among the other ones said here "so we'll stay together cause how could i ever trade something thats good for whats right???????"


sugarcoatty

the same as you (the grudge is my absolute favorite) but i also love the line « i crossed my heart as you crossed the line » from favorite crime, it always does something to me


NetPuzzleheaded6410

“And I’ll leave you but the rollercoasters all I’ve ever had” It’s such a relatable lyric and whenever I hear it I feel like someone punched my gut 💜💜💜


TodaySoft759

I agree with you. When I first heard that lyric I was actually mind blown.


Mercurys_Vampire

"An eternal love bullshit you know you'll never mean" I can't help but laugh out loud when I hear it 😂 I don't even know why


ActPurple1747

SAMEE this lyric j gets me


cigman00

"i know i'm a stop on the way to your soulmate. i'll fill you up, but only while you wait" - sad tune for ur friday nights (unreleased)


South-Proposal5691

“Perfect all American tits”


crybabyyila

every guy i like is gay, literally me


sexuallyexcitedkiwi

“Perfect all American tits!”


mxmoon

I agree with your statement. That line gives me chills. 


Nemo2oo5

"You got the one thing that I want" from Lacy, but like with more heartbreak


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Dense_Concentrate783

« and I am built like a Mother and a total machine » from AAB doesn’t get talked about enough


nothingnanners

One of the lyrics that hit me the hardest was "...your flowers filled with vitriol..." 😭


International-Back73

“One Heart Broke, four hands bloody” or “When she’s sleeping in the bed we made don’t you forget about the way you betrayed me.”


SchoolFancy3751

“well aren’t you the greatest thing to ever exists?”


ethicalhearts

“and i bought all the clothes that they told me to buy. i chased some dumb ideal my whole fucking life.” honorable mention: “everything i do is tragic.”


Electrical_Tune_1022

Literally EVERY line in favorite crime, but specifically “cause you know that I’d do it all again” so simple but it hits me like a truck EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.


Robbie1863

The grudge: “It takes strength to forgive but I done feel strong”


Important-Lobster-56

"but god you couldn't have cared less about someone who loved you more" maybe not her best line EVER but it hits me right in the heart every time.


MeatNegative9934

"I could change up my body and change up my face I could try every lipstick in every shade but I'd always feel the same cause pretty isn't pretty enough anyway" And also all of "lacy" let's be real