LET GO
Her meadows, green
Your envy, green
What's the point of that green scheme
Blue, withered, wrinkled skin
Blue can make the darkest gleam
Red, fiery, glaring dream
Water heated, produces steam
Immaculate, unmarred crown
Stained purple by a sweet frown
Give up the fight
And you will win
Surrender your demons to the din
Give up the air, so you can breathe
Let go, and you will find it
You don't have to have what you don't have that she has
Everything you need, want
You earn but
not too fast
Look inside you
In the long run
You are quite all right
Torn between two emphatic scenes
One to give up
One to keep
Mess on their floor
Broom's at your door
Break the lock
Into the knob's core
Give up the fight and you will win
Leave all your demons to the din
Give up the air, so you can breathe
Let go and you will find me
In every wall
there is a crack
where light seeps in
Familiar beam that for so long
you haven't seen
Possession's nice
But you must learn to let go
and carpe diem
Trivia: Let Go is one of Matilda's oldest songs. It was included in my (Charms) "Impromptu" album (unreleased), a simple cassette tape with ten tracks delivered impromptly. All tracks were untitled. When I introduced the song to Yvette, Jovi, and Lemon, they loved it, so we immediately worked on it for public release on gigs. The original Matilda version wasn't as upbeat as the version it acquired when Meryl and Coi came into the picture. And the lyrics you see here are not the original lyrics as well. The original was heavier and... not entirely wholesome. I started rewriting the lyrics when our board of censors (Jovi) asked me to do so. In so doing, I tried to make it ambivalent, so others can interpret it in many other ways. That's why in the released and final track, the one you hear in our EP, the song was upbeat, enigmatic, optimistic (in a sense), and lighter.
The song was basically about envy and letting go. Sometimes, women can be very competitive and they compete against each other. When I was in High School, I used to have a friend who envied me greatly. In her envy, she betrayed me and stole a lot from me. She tried to have what I have. She tried to be me. She almost succeeded at my expense. However, I never confronted her about it. She confessed everything to me, though. It was through this song that I released whatever I wanted then to tell her.
When the atmosphere of the song became lighter, I knew I had to change the lyrics. I then put on more light into it. In no time, the untitled track became an optimistic one. Thus, the title and the theme, LET GO.
Until to this day, the song serves as a mantra for me whenever I feel like I need to let go of things, no matter how difficult. Sometimes, though, I sing on my own, the original version, whenever the need arises.
