That’s Our Lamp

That’s Our Lamp

Mitski

The 11th track on Mitski’s Laurel Hell, “That’s Our Lamp”, closes the standard release of the album. The song itself sounds a bit like a goodbye, as it reminisces on the time when Mitski’s lover both loved her and liked her.

Despite the seemingly sad story, the instrumental is bright and optimistic, highlighting the layered emotional experience at the end of a relationship. Simultaneously the song expresses the sadness of leaving familiarity behind and the levity of those bygone times when everything was better.