‘When I Let You Down’ is the third single from Citizen’s album Calling the Dogs. In an interview with Alternative Press, vocalist Mat Kerekes explained:
“There’s a point in every friendship, or relationship, when someone is always saying ‘Remember when…?’, ‘Remember when….?’. It’s kind of dead, in...
[Verse 1]
At the bottom of the hill, across the street I used to live
There're some people that I used to know
Though it's been a minute, I will never go back
Back there again
Everybody's talking 'bout the things they'll do someday
And they're trading off their fantasies, when they sleep it goes away
But I can't do that, I've got to keep it moving
And that lets you down
[Chorus]
It makes me sick
When I let you down
It makes me sick
It makes me sick
It makes me sick
When I let you down
It makes me sick
It makes me
[Verse 2]
Saw someone out on the corner where we used to live
We had spent a couple years together in the past but I can't sit here dying Like he has been
Said it's okay if you like the rain 'cause sometimes it's beautiful
And it's okay if you like the pain but you want some good times too
Man, you've got problems
You never want to solve them
And that keeps you down
[Chorus]
It makes me sick
When I let you down
It makes me sick
It makes me sick
It makes me sick
When I let you down
It makes me sick
When I let you down
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
It makes me sick
When I let you down
It makes me sick
It makes me sick
It makes me sick
When I let you down
It makes me sick
It makes me sick
It makes me sick
When I let you down
It makes me sick
It makes me sick
It makes me sick
When I let you down
It makes me sick
When I let you down
When I Let You Down was written by Ben Russin & Eric Hamm & Mason Mercer & Mat Kerekes & Nick Hamm.
When I Let You Down was produced by Rob Schnapf.
Citizen released When I Let You Down on Tue Sep 12 2023.