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“Making the bed” was written by Daniel Nigro and Olivia Rodrigo and on the surface it’s about setting yourself up for failure and feeling regret due to your own actions. There’s a lot of meaning to the phrase “Making the bed”. In my opinion, it’s mostly a reference to a saying that goes, “You made your bed, now lay in it.”

Verse one goes like this,

“Want it, so I got it, did it, so it's done

Another thing I ruined I used to do for fun

Another piece of plastic I could just throw away

Another conversation with nothing good to say

I thought it, so I said it, took it 'cause I can

Another day pretendin' I'm older than I am

Another perfect moment that doesn't feel like mine

Another thing I forced to be a sign”

In this verse I think she’s talking about how she does things because she wants to and how her wants tend to ruin the things she used to love. She talks about how she spends so much time pretending and acting like she’s older because it’s what she wants, but it’s not who she is. It’s not real who she is portraying and it is not tangible. She’s almost forcing herself into what she thinks the perfect idea of her life looks like.

The chorus follows the verse,

“Well, sometimes I feel like I don't wanna be where I am

Gettin' drunk at a club with my fair-weather friends

Push away all the people who know me the best

But it's me who's been making the bed

I'm so tired of bein' the girl that I am

Every good thing has turned into something I dread

And I'm playin' the victim so well in my head

But it's me who's been making the bed

Me who's been making the bed

Pull the sheets over my head

Making the bed”

I believe she’s stating that sometimes she doesn’t want to be in this situation where she’s drunk in a bar with people who are friends who will not be there for her when she needs them. I think that She tends to push away the people who get her the most but it’s her fault because she’s the one controlling the situation.

In a way this chorus represents her true feelings about herself. How she doesn’t like who she has become and how she hates everything that she used to love. In her mind it’s everyone against her , in her mind it’s not her fault, but the truth of the matter is that she has caused most of the feelings that are being felt by her at the moment. She has made things harder for herself because of the way that she has set things up so inauthentically.

They move on into verse 2,

“And every night, I wake up from this one recurrin' dream

Where I'm drivin' through the city and the brakes go out on me

I can't stop at the red light, I can't swerve off the road

I read somewhere it's 'cause my life feels so out of control

And I tell someone I love them just as a distraction

They tell me that they love me like I'm some tourist attraction

They're changin' my machinery and I just let it happen

I got the things I wanted, it's just not what I imagined”

She talks about how she has this dream that haunts her and it’s all about having no control of your life. Even when she sees warning signs such as the red light , she can’t do anything to stop what’s happening to her. She talks about how she shows love just to receive the feeling of being loved back, she lets who she is with determine her personality, she received all that she wanted but it was nothing like she thought it would be.

The rest of this song is a repeat of the first half of verse 2 and the chorus.

The Last chorus goes,

“Sometimes I feel like I don't wanna be where I am

Countin' all of the beautiful things I regret

But it's me who's been making the bed

Me who's been making the bed

Pull the sheets over my head

Making a bed, oh-oh”

In the end “making the bed” in my opinion is all about the importance of being authentic to who you really are. It’s about owning up to your actions and what you have done. Taking responsibility for the fact that you are not innocent in a situation that you’ve created. Often times regret is fueled by knowing that you could have done better. If you know better, you have every opportunity to do better in the future. I feel like this song is also about feeling like your life is out of control even when you were driving the car the whole time. It’s mostly saying in an inspiring tone that, you have all of the rights in the world to take control of your own life, you choose who you spend you’re time with and who deserves your company. You might experience regret from time to time but it doesn’t mean that the future isn’t bright. Keep going.

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