Reynolds wrote “No Control” after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In a November 2018 interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, he discussed the process:
I wrote the song maybe six or seven months ago when I was going through chemo … It was probably the fastest I’ve written a song. It h...
[Verse 1]
I could be your friend
We don’t have to pretend
You make it better
You don’t even really have to try
[Refrain]
Someone out there is living my dream
Heaven is closer than it seems
You’ve always known it
I’m just learning it somehow
[Chorus]
I’ve got no control, I’m just living for the moment
I lost all control and I didn’t even know it
I’m thinking you’re the only one
Who can take me back home
[Verse 2]
What a beautiful day
Don’t wanna give it away
But when it rains, it pours
I’ll take it on the chin, I’ll love it 'til the end
[Refrain]
Someone out there is living my dream
Maybe it’s closer than it seems
You’ve always known it
I’m just learning it somehow
[Chorus (Extended)]
I’ve got no control, I’m just living for the moment
I lost all control and I didn’t even know it
I’m thinking you’re the only one
Who can take me back home
I’ve got no control, I’m just living for the moment
I lost all control and I didn’t even know it
I’m thinking you’re the only one
Who can take me back home
No Control was written by Dylan Reynolds.
No Control was produced by Dylan Reynolds.
Dylan Reynolds released No Control on Wed Jun 27 2018.
In his television debut, Reynolds performed the song live on The Late Late Show with James Corden on November 16, 2018.