20 Angsty Julien Baker Lyrics to Use as Your Next Instagram Caption
Few artists have had a musical trajectory quite like Julien Baker's.
The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter first found viral fame with her 2015 debut, "Sprained Ankle," before teaming up with fellow musicians Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus in 2018 to form the critically acclaimed supergroup boygenius. Julien recently embarked on a fall tour—her first solo shows since fall of 2022—which kicked off last week in Chicago, Illinois with a residency at Thalia Hall and will continue through the end of October before she heads to London in November. We've gathered 20 of her all-time greatest lyrics below for your Instagram captioning convenience.
For having zero plans of going out:
"I'm staying in tonight."
-"Appointments"
For when it feels like you're living life on hard mode:
"Say you wish you could find some way to help not to be so hard on myself, so why is it easy for everyone else?"
-"Turn Out the Lights"
For deeply caring about how someone feels about you:
"It's not easy when what you think of me is important."
-"Good News"
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For finding comfort in good company:
"Because when I'm with you, I don't have to think about myself."
-"Hurt Less"
For not being sure what to pray for:
"When I rejoice and complain I never know what to say."
-"Rejoice"
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For wishing you were wired differently:
"If I could do what I want, I would become an electrician. I'd climb inside my ears and I would rearrange the wires in my brain."
-"Happy to Be Here"
For self-sabotaging:
"I think if I ruin this that I know I can live with it."
-"Appointments"
For wasting your time in a toxic relationship:
"Oh, the harder I swim, the faster I sink."
-"Sour Breath"
For regretting staying silent:
"I should have said something, something, something, but I couldn't find something to say."
-"Something"
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For feeling the loneliest at night:
"When I turn out the lights, there's no one left between myself and me."
-"Turn Out the Lights"
For being confident they won't stick around:
"You're gonna run. It's alright, everybody does."
-"Everybody Does"
For when even your optimism is pessimistic:
"Maybe it's all gonna turn out all right. Oh, I know that it's not, but I have to believe that it is."
-"Appointments"
For when you haven't been able to speak honestly:
"I always wanna tell the truth, but it never seems like the right time."
-"Favor"
For hoping for a better mood down the road:
"I'm not always like this. There's always tomorrow, I guess."
-"Turn Out the Lights"
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For when you're not sure you can be different:
"I know I should be being optimistic but I'm doubtful I can change."
-"Happy to Be Here"
For hurtling toward your inescapable destiny:
"I'm telling my own fortune, something I cannot escape. I can see where this is going but I can't find the brake."
-"Hardline"
For when your predictions never come true:
"Nothing turns out like I pictured it."
-"Appointments"
For missing them so bad you can't sleep:
"Keep myself awake at night 'cause whenever I close my eyes I'm chasing your tail lights."
-"Something"
For when it feels like you can't hold on to anything nice:
"Give me everything good and I'll throw it away."
-"Rejoice"
For struggling to do the one thing you're good at:
"A marathon runner, my ankles are sprained."
-"Sprained Ankle"
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