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Don't Let Me Go
Cigarettes After Sex Lyrics
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You were all that I wanted then
It faded and I never saw you again
But I won't forget the love we had
Come to me now
Don't let me go
Stay by my side
Stay with me still
I've missed you so
When I was young, I thought the world of you
I was dumb to let you drift away
And though I guess it had to come to an end
No one else could have the love we shared
Come to me now
Don't let me go
Stay by my side
And my heart goes
Out to you
Wherever you are
Come to me now
Don't let me go
Stay by my side
Don't let me go
Stay with me still
I've missed you so
The lyrics to "Don't Let Me Go" by Cigarettes After Sex reflect on a past relationship that the singer still holds dear. The first verse describes the singer's youthful infatuation with their former partner, who was once everything they wanted. Despite the relationship fading away, the singer still cherishes the love that they shared. The second verse continues by admitting regret for letting their partner drift away, even though they understand that the relationship had to come to an end. The chorus pleads for the partner to return to the singer's side, not wanting to let them slip away again.
This song touches upon the universal theme of lost love and the desire to recapture it. The singer is haunted by memories of a past love and cannot shake their feelings for their former partner. The lyrics suggest that despite time and distance, the love between the singer and their former partner is still strong, and the singer still longs to be reunited with them. The slow, dreamy instrumental accompaniment creates a wistful, melancholic mood that adds to the sense of longing and nostalgia in the lyrics.
Line by Line Meaning
When I was young, I thought the world of you
I used to admire you greatly when we were younger
You were all that I wanted then
You were the only thing I longed for during that period
It faded and I never saw you again
Our relationship dwindled and we lost touch
But I won't forget the love we had
Despite the lost connection, the love we shared is something I will always remember
Come to me now
Please return to me now
Don't let me go
Don't leave me again
Stay by my side
Don't depart from my company
And my heart goes
I feel it in my heart
Out to you
It reaches out to you
Wherever you are
No matter where you may be
Stay with me still
Remain with me from this point on
I've missed you so
I have longed for your presence for so long
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Gregory Steven Gonzalez
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@akash_100
Lyrics:
When I was young, I thought the world of you
You were all that I wanted then
It faded and I never saw you again
But I won't forget the love we had
Come to me now
Don't let me go
Stay by my side
Don't let me go
Stay with me still
I've missed you so
When I was young, I thought the world of you
I was dumb to let you drift away
And though I guess it had to come to an end
No one else could have the love we shared
Come to me now
Don't let me go
Stay by my side
And my heart goes
Out to you
Wherever you are
Come to me now
Don't let me go
Stay by my side
Don't let me go
Stay with me still
I've missed you so
@redrooster8075
"When I was young I thought the world of you
You were all that I wanted
That faded and I never saw you again
But I wont forget the love we had
Come to me now
Dont let me go
Stay by my side
Dont let me go
Stay with me still
I've missed you so
When I was young I thought the world of you
I was dumb to let you drift away
Though I guess it had to come to an end
No one else could have the love we shared
Come to me now
Dont let me go
Stay by my side
And my heart goes out to you wherever you are
Come to me now
Dont let me go
Stay by my side
Dont let me go
Stay with me still
I've missed you so"
@sitigautamicantikaputri770
Lyric :
When I was young, I thought the world of you
You were all that I wanted then
It faded and I never saw you again
But I won't forget the love we had
Come to me now
Don't let me go
Stay by my side
Don't let me go
Stay with me still
I've missed you so
When I was young, I thought the world of you
I was dumb to let you drift away
And though I guess it had to come to an end
No one else could have the love we shared
Come to me now
Don't let me go
Stay by my side
And my heart goes
Out to you
Wherever you are
Come to me now
Don't let me go
Stay by my side
Don't let me go
Stay with me still
I've missed you so
@becho6871
To the person who read this,
It’s been hard for you, I know, and it makes me sad that you don’t see yourself in the way I see you. Sometimes they are things in life that cause us to loose ourselves, and the way you have is so unimaginable painful. I miss your smile, the way your eyes light up the whole room just by the sound of your laughter. I miss the way you accepted the way you look in the mirror without cursing yourself out about how ugly you look. I miss the way you didn’t think of yourself as a failure because everyone makes mistakes, we all have flaws and we all aren’t perfect. It’s painful to see that no one around you seems to see the pain trough your eyes, but, stranger, I do, I see how heavy your heart is and how comforting the sadness for you might be, how afraid your heart is of happiness because it disappears in the end, right? You don’t know how much impact you have in this world and it’s sad to see that your demons fight against you and want to take over you. Because you do make change, it’s something so simple and little that brightens up someone’s whole world, it can be a small smile from your lips, the way you look at things you’re passionate about, the way you make yourself eat even though it’s been hard for you lately, the way you zoom out and go in your own world, you brighten up my world by reading this, it means a lot to me that you’re here, existing, but I don’t want you to just exist, you deserve to feel alive. You deserve to get up in the morning and feel good about yourself. You deserve to feel something- to feel every damn second alive in this lifetime. It’s heartbreaking that you think you’re not capable of being loved, because you are, I love you trough all my words and I hope you let it happen in your heart. Love is scary, I know, maybe you heart had been broken once and since then you wanted to be rather numb than feel ever again, it hurts me how you punish yourself, does it not deserve love? Because YOU DO deserve love, please forgive yourself, it’s not your fault that the demons want to take over your beautiful heart. You’re not a bad person for distancing yourself from others, but you deserve someone to talk to, you deserve someone to listen. I am listening, you can tell me what’s wrong. It’s everything, isn’t it? There’s something pulling your heartstrings on the ground and no one seems to understand how misunderstood you feel, it’s heartbreaking to know that I am behind the screen and can’t give you a hug, that’s why I will give you a big warm virtual hug and send you lots of love :). You matter. You are worthy. You are loved. You deserve good things. You deserve someone to listen. You deserve to eat and drink. You deserve to feel good and alive. You deserve to smile. You deserve a hug. You deserve to be all the things you want to be, because you deserve to have and feel good things happening to you and have a fulfilled life. I know I might not know you personally but I care about you so much, I write this because I want you to stay here with me, I want you to hold on a little longer because you matter so much to me, because I will not let you give up on yourself. I want you to see that you should not give up on yourself because you DESERVE GOOD THINGS. I want you to look back on the time when you were a kid, you didn’t give up when you tried to swim for the first time, you didn’t give up when you tired to walk for the first time and fell, you never gave up on yourself, you always kept on pushing forwards, so why can’t you now? I know it’s tiring, your mentally tired, but dont your younger self deserve good things? look back at your eyes that used to be full of hope, look back on those dreams. Don’t let yourself fall, you deserve better. We will both fight, I will fight for you. I won’t let those demons get to you. You can hold on to me, I won’t let you down :). Whenever you feel lonely, then look at the sky, I always look at it and think about you. Yes, you, because it makes me happy that there’s someone looking right back, maybe we can’t see each other but I can feel your presence here with me and that’s enough for me, because I am glad your heart is beating and you’re still fighting. You’re so much stronger thank you think, you didn’t leave your spot on this earth even if you wanted to, you belong here, even though it doesn’t feel like it, when you don’t feel like belonging than build your own home here, put all your love in it and dreams. Think of you as a star when you feel alone, you shine because your heart is good, no matter what mistake you made, no matter about the past you had, you’re one of the stars that shine bright in the universe because you’re heart is beautiful, that’s why the demons in your mind wants to have it. As one of the stars you see others stars, maybe they have felt the same way as you do at some point in there life, but they lighten up the universe with each other’s presence. You’re a star for me, maybe you don’t see it yourself but I can see it, you’re beautiful from inside and out, your body is beautiful the way it is. You make me happy by reading this, you make me feel something by your presence and when you can make me feel that way than you also make other people feel that way about you too. I hope you stay for yourself and don’t let your story get written by others but by yourself, it’s your story not theirs. As you can see, I say a lot of “I hope” because I have hope for you even if you don’t have it for yourself, I see hope in you even though you might want to give up. That’s why I hope you won’t see the world in darkness and will see it colorful again, I hope I will give you a glimpse of hope and make the world you see a bit colorful for today. My favorite color is yellow, and I hope the next time you see the color yellow you will think about my words. If someone left you than don’t blame yourself, don’t think you weren’t enough, don’t lower yourself for someone who couldn’t see the awesomeness in you. If you lost someone I am so sorry for your loss, they want you happy, I hope you don’t feel guilty or regret because you were there, you spend enough time with them, they want you to be happy. They are in a good and safe place now. If someone broke your heart than I am so sorry that they couldn’t see the way you look so beautiful because of the heart you have. Anyone who gets to be with you, doesn’t know how fucking lucky he/ she/ they is :). If you aren’t accepted at home or in general than I am so sorry that you have to deal with someone/ something you shouldn’t be ashamed of, I accept you and support you, I accept you as a human being no matter what race, religion, nationality, skin color, or sexuality you have. You’re safe here with me :). You’re not useless, you’re not a burden to anyone. You’re not a problem, you’re human and your feelings are valid. You’re not being dramatic. Please don’t starve yourself, you deserve food and to drink, I know it’s hard. It hurts to see that you’re in so much pain :( you deserve so much man, don’t let your emotions control you. Don’t let them get the best of you. I am sorry no one is noticing, I wish /hope I could take your pain away for today or even for a moment while you’re reading this. If no one told you, I am so proud of you, you’re reading this and it’s enough for me to be proud of you because you’re here and that’s all that matters to me. If it’s night for you, go to sleep, I know it’s hard to fall asleep right now but you deserve a good sleep. If you have nightmares, please, don’t let them fight you. If it’s day for you, don’t start it by such sad music, I know it’s impossible to have a good day with such mindset but take baby steps, start by drinking two cups of water everyday in the morning and so on.. You will start building little healthy habits. If it’s evening for you, you’re probably overwhelmed and stressed, I want you to know it’s okay to feel the way you feel. You don’t need to be scared, of course you’re overwhelmed or stressed, I mean who wouldn’t? But it’s important to know that when you feel that way you should do a little self care, such as taking a bath for example? You deserve to feel at ease and relaxed.
And if you are somewhere in between I hope you know that you’re so strong for breathing despite the pain, I know you will make it :) I believe in you. All I want for you is to stay here, I really mean all my words, even if there is a lot of unsaid things I want to tell u and my text is getting longer and longer,I want you here.
I hope one day your smile will become a genuine one where you don’t need to fake it anymore, because I can’t say this enough, you deserve a good smile and to feel alive. You’re worth more than every fucking cent in this world.
You can let go for today, I got you, you can cry your heart out as much as you want, but don’t let it tear you down and let your emotions control you by giving up. Crying is not weakness. If you still feel alone I dedicate you a song as your friend.
“Dusk till Dawn- Zayn feat. Sia (I prefer the slow version)” I hope you can think of me and will remind yourself of my words, I will for sure think of you.
In case no one told you and you’re unsure yourself, you’re a good person and I am so happy you’re here.
I hope this is enough to stay today, tomorrow will be a new day, a new start, let go now. Enough with beating yourself up for today, okay?
Life for those who couldn’t, smile for those who forgot what a genuine smile is, love like there’s no other, hug like its your last one.
If you read all of it, until tomorrow my friend :)
have a good day and great years.
I love you so much and am so proud of you, I hope you will remember my words- becho, the stranger that cares more about you than anything :)
@helloworld8465
I miss sending you links of weird videos from youtube
I miss how we artistically use iMessage for greetings
I miss how we debated on the tv shows we love
I miss you watching my stories everyday
I miss being drunk then drunk texting you nonsense shit
I miss you scolding me for being too childish
I miss how you shared something about your mom
I miss seeing you at the university
I miss laughing at your quirky jokes
I miss your kindness and how you don't realize it
I miss how you talk to your social media about political stuff
I miss how you easily feel insecure about yourself (i hoped u stopped because it's been 2yrs and you're always a wonderful human)
I miss you so much.
can't send this to him so i might as well share it somehwere else because it's killing me
@transience3432
It's strange how every song is so similar yet so unique.
@michi.naranja
THIS
@nandiniraj6178
IT
@juanmauricioarrietalopez2395
THIIIIIIIIIS
@no.xunknown
The exact same thing I was thinking while going through their music.
@henryloic2194
This one is amazing
@sinibasalvatore1449
Cigarettes after sex makes me nostalgic of memories I never even had.
@MennahMostafa96
Same, I feel you
@lollipop9515
but i wish i had 'em even if its hurts
@dennys27
Ah,so ironically (