Let It Go by James Bay Interpretation

Today I would like to interpret to you a beautiful song called "Let It Go" by James Bay.

[Verse 1]

From walking home and talking loadsTo seeing shows in evening clothes with youFrom nervous touch and getting drunkTo staying up and waking up with you

Here, James talks about the start of their relationship. It is the infatuation stage in which everything is going well.

[Pre-Chorus 1]

Now we're sleeping near the edge

Holding something we don't need

Oh, this delusion in our heads is gonna bring us to our knees

On this Pre-Chorus, James talks about the problems that their relationship now have.

[Chorus]

So come on, let it goJust let it beWhy don't you be you, and I'll be me?

Everything that's brokeLeave it to the breeze

Why don't you be you, and I'll be me?

And I'll be me

On this Chorus, James is asking the girl to let go of their relationship

[Verse 2]

From throwing clothes across the floor

To teeth and claws and slamming doors at you

If this is all we're living forWhy are we doing it, doing it, doing it anymore?

James explains that they started the relationship happy. Now, all they do is fight and he thinks that it is unhealthy to be in the relationship anymore.

[Pre-Chorus 2]

I used to recognize myselfIt's funny how reflections changeWhen we're becoming something elseI think it's time to walk away

James is saying that he can't recognize himself anymore. He is saying that this changed makes him incompatible with the relationship.

[Bridge]

Tryna fit your hand inside of mineWhen we know it just don't belongCause no force on earth could make it feel right, no no

Tryna push this problem up the hillWhen it's just too heavy to holdI think now's the time to let it slide

He is saying that it is irrational to keep the relationship going.

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