this song is about someone I should have never trusted

on love bombing, ghosting, self-respect, and moving on

I started writing this song in the wee hours of the morning… it must have been around 4am, which is either very late or very early, depending on whether you’re an insomniac or a songwriter. Or both… I am both. It’s that magical hour when the rest of the world is asleep and your feelings have absolutely no supervision.

I wanted to write it because, like anything traumatic or painful, you have to move through it to move past it. And I think a lot of you are going to recognise yourself in this song too.

It’s called “Don’t Let Me Go.” And it starts, like so many of the most painful things do, with feeling completely and utterly in love. <3

the beginning

Here’s what I’ve learned about love bombing: it doesn’t feel like a red flag when you’re in it. It feels like a revelation. It feels like someone finally seeing you. The attention is relentless and intoxicating, and it moves so fast that you don’t stop to ask why… you just think… oh. this is what it’s supposed to feel like. <3