The second verse explores the ways in which the narrator has been treated poorly in the past.
The use of leather as a symbol of her inner strength and resilience highlights the idea that she wears her experiences on her skin and uses them as armor. She warns potential adversaries that they better come at her with their best because she is ready and able to fight back.
The first verse speaks to the narrator's toughness and determination to not be taken advantage of again. "I just wanted to scream and yell about it, and had a pretty amazing all-nighter, rock 'n' roll evening of exorcising demons."Broken Horses" by Brandi Carlile is an empowering song about resilience and standing up for oneself. "I was having some generational, genetic, queer, maternal anger about the world making me or my kids feel marginalized in some way, while also knowing how much better it is and it would have been if I had tried to do this 50 years ago," she told The Seattle Times. She plugged her electric guitar into an old amp, and her rage poured out in the form of "Broken Horses." That anger surfaced one night while she was listening to Elton John's 1970 Americana album, Tumbleweed Connection. "It basically just took the lid off of some righteous anger that I had." I was able to connect dots that I had never connected, because you don't try and connect dots unless you sit and do something like this," she told Stereogum. But it also gave me access to some of my emotions. "Finishing the book, it sounds so cliché, but it really gave me so much closure and perspective. Reliving the memories not only helped her get in touch with her feelings, but also inspired the material for In These Silent Days. The book details the singer's rocky road to fame, starting with a dysfunctional upbringing that found her facing poverty, a life-threatening illness, and religious trauma. This explosive track shares its name with Brandi Carlile's 2021 memoir, Broken Horses.
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