Letter to Me

by Sleeping Through November · Rock › Alternative · Made with Suno · 0 plays

The story behind this song

I wrote this song when I was feeling entirely alone and fighting my own mind. Everything I listened to felt so defeated, with songs that had no fight left in them at all. They were entirely resigned to giving up, and you could hear it right there in the lyrics. That exhaustion is how Letter to Me came to be. It is meant to be a letter to yourself, written so that you aren't forced to write a goodbye letter to those who are important to you. It is an anti-suicide song, meant for someone who needs it most when the darkness closes in.

Style

Y'allternative, country-core metalcore, neon pop punk

Lyrics

Just a letter to me. Yeah. Teeth-grinding loud tonight, pacing up the hall Talking to the shadows projected on the wall Nobody gets the weight, they just see the grin I've been losing my grip on the state that I'm in Waiting on the crash, staring at the floor Thinking 'bout the lock on the other side of the door. The exit looks quiet. A peaceful retreat. A couple of "sorrys" I'll leave on the seat. I tell myself it’s peaceful. I tell myself it’s out. But I'm writing this letter to ME! So I don't leave a letter to THEM! 'Cause a quiet goodbye is a bomb in the room And I won't leave my ghosts for the ones that I love! Let the ink take the bruising, let the paper just bleed I'll swallow the dark 'cause it's not what they need Yeah, I'm writing this letter to me... So I never leave a letter to them! You think it stops the bleeding, but you just pass it around Drag the people that you love to the edge and push 'em down Make 'em stare into the same abyss that's staring back at you I can't put 'em through the hell that I've been dragging myself through. It’s selfish and it’s heavy, but the gravity is real Just trying to find a nerve that doesn't hurt to feel. The exit looks quiet. A peaceful retreat. A couple of "sorrys" I'll leave on the seat. But it’s a lie that it’s quiet. It’s a bomb in the room. So I'm writing this letter to ME! So I don't leave a letter to THEM! 'Cause a quiet goodbye is a bomb in the room And I won't leave my ghosts for the ones that I love! Let the ink take the bruising, let the paper just bleed I'll swallow the dark 'cause it's not what they need Yeah, I'm writing this letter to me... So I never leave a letter to them! Survive it. Because the alternative is making them survive YOU. Survive it. Don't let this be the room that you die in. Keep the pen moving, keep the chest rising! I LOVE THEM TOO MUCH TO LEAVE 'EM THE MESS! I LOVE THEM TOO MUCH TO LEAVE 'EM THE MESS! So I'm writing this letter to ME! So I don't leave a letter to THEM! 'Cause a quiet goodbye is a bomb in the room And I won't leave my ghosts for the ones that I love! Let the ink take the bruising, let the paper just bleed I'll swallow the dark 'cause it's not what they need Yeah, I'm writing this letter to me... So I never leave a letter to them! Keep the pen moving. Don't write the final one. Just a letter to me. Just a letter to me. Not a letter to them, yeah cuz I'm staying here... Cause I'm staying here.