Enoch Yang
LET YOU GO
It’s been fifteen days since we talked last
I’ve been stuck thinking about our past
You helped me to feel safe inside my skin
Now I want to flip it outside in
You’re still in my head, I can’t move on
We’ve got to leave the bed, it’s almost dawn
How much longer can our friendship last
You’ve used me, I feel like an outcast
Yeah I see guys who’ve had best friends since they were six
It hurts to think I’ve lost all mine by trying to get my fix
When you move from coast to coast to learn what you were meant to do
Fresh starts don’t mean you’ll find your soul
I don’t want to give you up
But I have to let you go
Yeah I see guys who’ve had best friends since they were six
It hurts to think I’ve lost all mine by trying to get my fix
When you move from coast to coast to learn what you were meant to do
Best friends don’t mean you’ll find your soul
I don’t want to give you up
But I have to let you go
So I watch the lights turn down,
turn around, and don’t look back, cuz I’m all alone
So I watch the lights turn down,
turn around, and don’t look back, cuz I’m all alone
I gotta let you…
I wrote "Let You Go" while reflecting on a friendship that had become unhealthy. It was written during a period where both my friend and I took time away from each other to evaluate keeping our friendship or letting it go. The song was written before the breakup of the friendship and captures the thoughts going on in my head during that time.
"Let You Go" is a cry of desperation that was written in the (very) small and humid bathroom of a cruise ship state room at 11pm, with my sister sleeping a few feet away from me. It's a story of how sometimes we need to let go of friendships that become toxic and unhealthy, and how, whether we're ready or not, those friendships need to go, and we need to learn to be okay with it.
"Let You Go" is by far one of the most heartbreaking, honest songs I've ever written.
I said I needed space
So why are you here
‘Cause when I see your face
It brings me back to that year
You walk through the door
And act like everything’s yours
You bring all your problems
And want somebody to solve ‘em
The ocean’s dry
As the sun’s
Burning out in the sky
The dark is bright
As the stars disagree with the night
Keeping secrets to make it alright
You made this hell that we’re in
And blamed it all on me
I’m crawling out of my skin
You’re questioning my beliefs
You walk through our door
And act like everything’s yours
You bury your problems
And need somebody solve ‘em
The ocean’s dry
As the sun’s
Burning out in the sky
The dark is bright
As the stars disagree with the night
Keeping secrets to make it alright
If it’s my fault
I’ll take the fall
If it’s my fault
I’ll take the fall
If it’s my fault
I’ll take the fall
I’ll take the fall
I’ll take the fall
The ocean’s dry
As the sun’s
Burning out in the sky
The dark is bright
As the stars disagree-
The ocean’s dry
As the sun’s
Burning out in the sky
The dark is bright
As the stars disagree with the night
Keeping secrets to make it alright
Stars Disagree is a story about my last few semesters in college. I saw my relationship with my best friend dissolve and turn hostile after disagreeing on certain beliefs. Writing this song was one way that I coped with the loss.
Adam Watts
