Safe in the Womb Lyrics

Lyric discussion by samlikemusic 

Cover art for Safe in the Womb lyrics by Angel Olsen

This song to me is about how your life is full of possibilities when you're a newborn. There's a lot of hope brought to everyone when a baby is born into a family.

In time, "the sun will wilt a once freshly blooming bud" and that hope can fade, and even be replaced with the pessimism of unpleasant life experiences. Life experiences definitely mold you from that undefined shape into who you are today.

This song is saying that no matter how refined you think your shape has become, you're still clay. Possibilities are still there, you can still change.

My Interpretation