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Kacey Musgraves, Deeper Well: the lyrics & true meaning

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Deeper Well is the new song by Kacey Musgraves, reflecting on the changes she needed in life: let’s explore the lyrics and their meaning.

Kacey Musgraves is back with a new album, set for release in March 2024, and a leading single that tells us much about her current feelings. Her Deeper Well represents a new dimension she will discover in life, a perspective change leading to a healthier condition, and the song lyrics contain a meaning that can be useful to all of us.

Let’s analyze the song in this article: you will also find the official video and the complete lyrics at the end.

Deeper Well: the song lyrics & their true meaning

Deeper Well is a song about entering a new, healthier phase in your life: in the lyrics, Kacey Musgraves perfectly describes the moment she welcomed the change, changing her old habits and building her new happiness. The deeper well is what she just discovered after she stepped into this new phase: a new set of meanings that will help her grow and feel good. You find it in the song’s closing lines:

The things I was taught only took me so far
Had to figure the rest out myself
And then I found
I found a deeper well

The song begins by mentioning the Saturn return, an astrological milestone curiously touched also by SZA a few days before the release of Deeper Well: Saturn completes its orbit around the Sun every 29.4 years, so the so-called “Saturn Return,” the moment the ringed planet is again in the same position it had when we were born, is considered as a crucial milestone in our individual growth. You can find more about the astrological meaning of the Saturn return on Wikipedia.

Therefore, Deeper Well is a song about change, which is precisely how Kacey Musgraves described it for its release:

“Sometimes you reach a crossroads. Winds change direction. What you once felt drawn to doesn’t hold the same allure. You get blown off course but eventually find your footing and forage for new inspiration, new insight and deeper love somewhere else”

In its lyrics, Deeper Well mentions some bad habits the singer used to have in the past: she used to “wake and bake” and “hit the gravity bong,” two expressions related to regular consumption of cannabis. Kacey Musgraves also mentions a toxic love relationship that was draining her energy. By closing these two phases, the singer intends to start a new life made of healthy habits and fresh goals.

You go your way and I’ll go mine
It’s been a real good time
But you got dark energy, somethin’ I can’t unsee
And I’ve got to take care of myself

I used to wake and bake
Roll out of bed, hit the gravity bong that I made
And start the day
For a while, it got me by
Everything I did seemed better when I was high
I don’t know why

That means Kacey Musgraves has returned as a new person: she’s 35 now, ready to become someone new, embracing her future self with confidence and hope. She discovered a new meaning in life, and the lyrics she sings in Deeper Well represent a celebration of this discovery. It’s nice to know you can change, especially if you didn’t like what you were before.

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The official video and the complete lyrics

Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well (Official Music Video)
Watch this video on YouTube.

My Saturn has returned
When I turned twenty-seven
Everything started to change

Took a long time, but I learned
There’s two kinds of people, one is a giver
And one’s always tryin’ to take
All they can take

So I’m sayin’ goodbye to the people
That I feel are real good at wastin’ my time
No regrets, baby, I just think that maybe
You go your way and I’ll go mine
It’s been a real good time
But you got dark energy, somethin’ I can’t unsee
And I’ve got to take care of myself
I found a deeper well

I used to wake and bake
Roll out of bed, hit the gravity bong that I made
And start the day
For a while, it got me by
Everything I did seemed better when I was high
I don’t know why

So I’m gettin’ rid of the habits that I feel
Are real good at wastin’ my time
No regrets, baby, I just think that maybe
It’s natural when things lose their shine
So other things can glow
I’ve gotten older now, I know
How to take care of myself
I found a deeper well

When I was growing up
We had what we needed, shoes on our feet
But the world was as flat as a plate
And that’s okay

The things I was taught only took me so far
Had to figure the rest out myself
And then I found
I found a deeper well

Published by Carlo Affatigato

Carlo has been a web content creator for over 10 years. He founded Auralcrave in 2015, envisioning it as a new space capable of offering different perspectives on topics that passionate all of us. With a scientific background, Carlo developed an interest in music, cinema, literature, and art at a young age, transforming it into a complementary dimension to his professional growth. For years, he was a music journalist specializing in electronic and dance music, writing for the most important Italian magazines (both online and print). Movies and TV series have been a true obsession in many phases of his life: during university, it was not uncommon for him to set the alarm in the middle of the night to watch classic films airing on TV. With the advent of the Internet, Carlo became a keen observer of web and social phenomena, addressing light topics such as advertising, trends, fashion, and general themes. He is the main author of Auralcrave and personally manages its social media, editorial line, book publication, resource management, and business expansion. A former engineer, life coach, husband, and father, he believes that every area of knowledge has interesting stories that deserve to be told and is convinced that doing so makes the world a better place.