A Horse Named Cold Air

A Horse Named Cold Air
Artist	Mitski
Released	August 17th, 2018
Recorded	Retro City, Philadelphia Gradwell House, Haddon Heights Red Bull, Los Angeles
Length	2:03
Label	Dead Oceans
Producer	Patrick Hyland

"A Horse Named Cold Air" is the elevent track on Be the Cowboy by Mitski.

Meaning

In this song, Mitski uses the metaphor of an aging racehorse to tell the story of someone who, looking back on their life, finds that they’ve just "circled the same old sin".

"This song encapsulates the album a lot – a horse that used to be young, used to be vibrant, but now is sort of still and cold and old."

The song is also reminiscent of Mitski’s bio on Bandcamp, which reads:

"Her music is like an aging racetrack greyhound; graceful, but still kind of sad."

Lyrics

[Verse] A lake with no fish Is the heart of a horse Named "Cold Air", who, when young Would run like a storm [Chorus] They would say, "Ooh Ooh-hoo" (Ooh-hoo) [Verse 2] I thought I'd traveled a long way But I had circled the same old sin [Outro] Ooh, ooh-hoo, ooh Ooh-hoo, ooh-hoo