The mental breakdown Mystic details is entirely void of safety. The only place Mackenzie found refuge was at the apartment of a couple she was friends with. Whenever she was especially bad, her friend would tell her, “Come over. Spend the night, send the weekend, spend the week, however long it takes till you’re right again.” This song is about them.

“If I don’t leave now, will I get away?” The first line of the song bears two interpretations — either she is leaving her life physically through suicide or mentally through finally considering recovery. But, one question remains the same. If she cannot leave the darkness now, will she stay like this forever?

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