Deeper Well by Kacey Musgraves
The first time I heard Kacey Musgraves’s Deeper Well, it didn’t just sound like a song—it felt like a quiet realization finally spoken out loud. One of those moments where you stop what you’re doing because the lyrics feel like they were written about you, not just for you.
This song isn’t about heartbreak in the traditional sense. It’s about discernment. About recognizing what no longer serves your spirit—and having the courage to step away from it, even when it’s familiar.
For me, Deeper Well represents the moment I stopped confusing survival with living.
There was a time in my life when I stayed connected to people, patterns, and situations not because they were good for me—but because they were what I knew. Chaos felt normal. Emotional exhaustion felt earned. I mistook endurance for strength.
This song gently challenges that mindset.
“I found a deeper well” isn’t about finding more—
it’s about finding better.
A deeper well means choosing nourishment over depletion. Peace over performance. Safety over constant vigilance. It means walking away without needing to prove why. It means understanding that growth sometimes looks like subtraction.
What hit me hardest was the realization that healing doesn’t always arrive dramatically. Sometimes it arrives quietly—through boundaries, distance, and the decision to stop drinking from wells that leave you thirsty.
This song mirrors the season of my life where I began choosing myself without guilt. Where I stopped explaining my healing to people who benefited from my pain. Where I learned that I don’t need to stay tethered to what drains me just to be seen as loyal, kind, or strong.
Deeper Well feels like permission.
Permission to outgrow old versions of myself.
Permission to choose peace—even if others don’t understand it.
Permission to trust that walking away can be an act of self-respect, not failure.
This song reminds me that healing isn’t loud.
It’s intentional.
It’s rooted.
And it’s deeply personal.
