Movin' backwards, hurt comes after Healin' doesn't happen in a straight line Kacey Musgraves married fellow country singer Ruston Kelly in October 2017, but the couple went their separate ways 32 months later. Over a bed of acoustic guitars and floaty synths, Musgraves unpacks the contrasting emotions that come with moving on after the divorce.
During the chorus, Musgraves says she's "justified" in her disparate feelings towards her former husband, as he didn't treat her right. On the bridge she switches the lyric and admits some responsibility in their marital breakdown, wishing she'd treated Kelly better.
Musgraves wrote the song with: Californian singer-songwriter Ilsey Juber (Shawn Mendes' "Mercy," Panic At The Disco's "High Hopes," Mark Ronson's "Nothing Breaks Like A Heart"). Frequent Bon Iver collaborator BJ Burton. He also has production credits on songs by Eminem ("Fall") and Taylor Swift ("Closure"). Musgraves' Golden Hour co-producer Ian Fitchuk.
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