Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: indie-pop
Song Meaning of “Door” by Mitski
The song Door by Mitski tells the story of a longing for freedom but its demise due to an inability to take action. The song speaks to the all too common experience of feeling constrained within an oppressive environment – be it a job, a relationship, or an oppressive home life.
The speaker in the song tries to break out of her situation but finds that she is unable to do so, metaphorically speaking to a door that she is unable to open no matter how hard she tries. She sings of her struggles to grow and move forward, only in vain as she finds that the outside world is as oppressive as the inside.
The song speaks to the idea of freedom being something that doesn’t always appear as we imagine it – with this particular example suggesting that the oppressive situation may still exist no matter how hard she tries to escape it. The song speaks to the idea that, sometimes, no amount of ambition or effort can break free from the shackles of a predestined reality.