Harry Styles – Matilda (Audio)
The song will repeat
You were riding your bike to the sound of “it’s no big deal”,
And you’re trying to lift off the ground on those old two wheels,
Nothing about the way that you were treated ever seemed especially alarming ’til now,
So you tie up your hair and you smile like it’s no big deal,
You can let it go,
You can throw a party full of everyone you know,
And not invite your family,
Cause they never showed you love,
You don’t have to be sorry for leaving and growing up,
Matilda you talk of the pain like it’s all alright,
But I know that you feel like a piece of you’s dead inside,
You showed me a power that is strong enough to bring sun to the darkest days,
It’s none of my business but it’s just been on my mind,
You can let it go,
You can throw a party full of everyone you know,
And not invite your family,
Cause they never showed you love,
You don’t have to be sorry for leaving and growing up,
You can see the world,
Following the seasons,
Anywhere you go,
You don’t need a reason,
Cause they never showed you love,
You don’t have to be sorry for doing it on your own,
You’re just in time,
Make your tea and your toast,
You framed all your posters and dyed your clothes,
You don’t have to go,
You don’t have to go home,
Oh there’s a long way to go,
I don’t believe that time will change your mind,
In other words,
I know they won’t hurt you anymore as long as you can let them go,
You can let it go,
You can throw a party full of everyone you know,
You can start a family who will always show you love,
You don’t have to be sorry for doing it on your own,
You can let it go,
You can throw a party full of everyone you know,
You can start a family who will always show you love,
You don’t have to be sorry, no,
This song just broke me inside I don’t think I’ll ever stop crying. It truly reflects being afraid of growing up and accepting life. Thank you so much harry, this is such a beautiful song and I will always hold it close to my heart.
Just knowing that Harry knows he has a young audience and wrote this song for the Matilda’s of the world who grow up in a loveless home makes me respect him even more as an artist and human being. Beautiful song.
as someone who grew up in a toxic household, this song really hits close to home. i’m tired of feeling guilty and stuck bcuz of my family, and i’m tired of downplaying what they’ve done to me. this song is exactly what i needed to hear rn. ty.
My girlfriend had a difficult upbringing, alcoholic deadbeat dad and a mother that resents her and pits her sister against her. It’s tragic, this song makes her cry every time. I just hold her as her cries into my shirt. It’s such a beautiful song and, despite my wholesome upbringing making it difficult to empathize, it touches me seeing the waterfall of emotions that pours from her heart. She finds comfort and resolution in these lyrics and I couldn’t be happier. Screw her parents, she doesn’t need their love. She is a better person than they could ever hope to be, despite their best efforts to keep her obedient to their will. I am grateful this is helping her let go of that toxicity. Thanks, Harry, you’ve gained a new fan.
As a 16-year-old girl, going through domestic violence every day at home, and still showing up to school and other places with a happy face, this song hit me hard. I cry every time I listen to this song. Its so beautifully written and conveyed.
Harry is one of the most gifted artists of his generation. His reach in the music industry is VAST. I make music in hip-hop for a very small audience but even I take a lot of inspiration from Harry’s songwriting, work ethic, tenacity and so much more have all inspired me and my musical journey in one way or another. Big fan of him and all of his work!
“I had an experience with someone where, in getting to know them better, they revealed some stuff to me that was very much like, ‘Oh, that’s not normal, like I think you should maybe get some help or something.’ This song was inspired by that experience and person, who I kind of disguised as Matilda from the Roald Dahl book. I played it to a couple of friends and all of them cried. So I was like, ‘Okay, I think this is something to pay attention to.’ It’s a weird one, because with something like this, it’s like, ‘I want to give you something, I want to support you in some way, but it’s not necessarily my place to make it about me because it’s not my experience.’ Sometimes it’s just about listening. I hope that’s what I did here. If nothing else, it just says, ‘I was listening to you.’”
I’m a 18 years old boy who’s stuck in anxiety, depression and insecurity becoz of my toxic parents (i will not say this was same from beginning but plz god let me accept that for last 2/3 years they has been toxic as hell). This song hits me hard. It feels like harry has written the song for me. I love you my parents till infinity but atleast for some years I will be letting them go,and i will be looking for what’s good for me and what isn’t. Thanks Harry for giving a clear cut solution, it’s more worth it than thousands of motivational and problem solving videos.
