JAKARTA – Phoebe Bridgers, seorang penyanyi indie pop dari Amerika Serikat, kembali memikat pendengar dengan lagu “Motion Sickness” yang dirilis pada 18 Juli 2017 sebagai single kedua dari album debutnya, “Stranger in the Alps.” Lagu ini telah meraih perhatian luas dan dinominasikan sebagai salah satu lagu terbaik tahun 2017.
“Motion Sickness” adalah sebuah lagu yang menggambarkan perasaan Bridgers terhadap hubungannya yang penuh konflik dengan Ryan Adams, seorang musisi yang ia akusasi melakukan kekerasan emosional. Dengan melodi yang lembut dan lirik yang mendalam, Bridgers berhasil menciptakan karya yang menggugah dan menggigit. Lagu ini menggambarkan perasaan Bridgers yang bingung dan terjatuh, serta keinginan untuk melepaskan diri dari hubungan yang merusak1.
Intro: D x2
then
Bm G D Bm G D Em
Bm G D x2
Verse 1:
D
It’s time to kick
the habit I’m coming
G
clean It’s been a hell
of a ride but it’s all
caught up with me
D
And now I’m off track
Feel like I’m right
back where I started
G
Sat on the kitchen
floor all alone
talking
Bm
to a ghost About where
A Em
we go when we go He
said
Life is the great
G
unknown
Better jump better run
and
Chorus 1:
Bm G D
Don’t stop now Though
the motion sickness
Bm
has you spinning out
G D
Cause you’re on your
Em Bm
way Oh my friend
just
G
look how far you’ve
D
come And think twice
before you go and
Bm G D Em
throw it all away
Verse 2:
D
Between the peace
and panic I can’t
break up the static
G
I need a cleaner
frequency I frequently
D
burn out and vanish
I’m on another planet
G
There’s just no
getting
through to me But then
Bm
I find myself in bed
A
Lost inside my head
again Running over
Em
everything The voices
G
they are deafening
Bm
Out from the noise
I hear that familiar
A
voice He says Life
Em
is the great unknown
Better jump better
G
run better go
Better jump run
Chorus 2:
Bm G D
Don’t stop now Though
the motion sickness
Bm
has you spinning out
G D
Cause you’re on your
Em Bm
way Oh my friend
just
G
look how far you’ve
D
come And think twice
before you go and
Bm G D Em D
throw it all away
Bridge:
Cause you’re
D Em G
on your way
Interlude: Guitar Solo
D Em G x2
Chorus 3:
Bm G D
Don’t stop now Though
the motion sickness
Bm
has you spinning out
G D
Cause you’re on your
Em Bm
way Oh my friend
just
G
look how far you’ve
D
come And think twice
before you go and
Bm G D Em Bm
throw it all away
G D
Bm
Before you throw
G D Em Bm G D
it all away
Bm
Before you throw
G D(hold)
it all away