“July” is the sixth track and first single on Noah Cyrus' second EP, THE END OF EVERYTHING. It was accompanied by a music video on the same day of the release. The song is about heartbreak and leaving a toxic relationship.
[Verse 1]
I've been holding my breath
I've been counting to ten
Over something you said
I've been holding back tears
While you're throwing back beers
I'm alone in bed
[Pre-Chorus]
You know I, I'm afraid of change
Guess that's why we stay the same
[Chorus]
So tell me to leave
I'll pack my bags, get on the road
Find someone that loves you
Better than I do, darling, I know
'Cause you remind me every day
I'm not enough, but I still stay
[Verse 2]
Feels like a lifetime
Just tryna get by
While we're dying inside
I've done a lot of things wrong
Loving you being one
But I can't move on
[Pre-Chorus]
You know I, I'm afraid of change
Guess that's why we stay the same
[Chorus]
So tell me to leave
I'll pack my bags, get on the road
Find someone that loves you
Better than I do, darling, I know
'Cause you remind me every day
I'm not enough, but I still stay
[Bridge]
If you want me to leave
Then tell me to leave and, baby I'll go
[Outro]
You remind me every day
I'm not enough, but I still stay
July was written by Michael Sonier & PJ Harding & Noah Cyrus.
July was produced by Michael Sonier.
Noah Cyrus released July on Wed Jul 31 2019.
this one is really emotional for me and extremely heart felt. thank you to Peter Harding and Michael Sonier for making me feel comfortable enough to open up and write this song. i wrote this about a time when i felt like i amounted to nothing to someone and never felt good enough for them. i stayed...
I was in Bali for a writing camp and it was my second year. But this year I’d been overwhelmed with anxiety and so I was really scared of the trip. And it was the first day on the trip and when we got in, I was just, to be honest, I’m really far away from home. We’ve been here a few days. I’ve had s...
I think this song’s a little more singer-songwriter vibe but it has folk influence, obviously, just because even in my shit that’s gong to be coming out in a year from now or whatever I’m always going to have that influence. That’s just how my dad raised me. You have to have the influence. But I wou...
After writing the song I was so happy. But again, my head gets the best of me. So I was like, “Great, we wrote that song. What am I going to do for the rest of the trip?” Because I don’t know, I was calling my manager from there. I was calling my mom. I was crying at night. I get really anxious when...
My feedback from the person I wrote about was not too kind. It started out, I thought it was going to be really nice. Like, “Your new song. July is really beautiful. That’s real music.” And then I was like, “All right, thank you.” I was like, “I mean, hence the name, you probably get where it’s comi...
During the week ending April 25, 2020, “July”
peaked at #85 on the Hot 100.
Yes, “July” was certified 4x platinum by the RIAA on February 10, 2023.