Posted by Post Malone and Morgan Wallen team up together in a song about broken relationships: I Had Some Help, let’s explore the lyrics & the meaning.
The world of music is full of songs that explore the personal emotions we feel after a breakup: all the questions we have, the sense of guilt, the doubts, the “what ifs”… what if we did something different, what if we were different? We take it personally; we focus only on our role. We rarely have the strength to realize that when a relationship ends, both parties have responsibility.
That’s what I Had Some Help is about: the new song by Post Malone and Morgan Wallen is a lucid reflection on the shared responsibility for a breakup, and the lyrics have a clear meaning. Let’s discover it together. You’ll find the official video and the complete meaning at the end of this article.
I Had Some Help: the meaning of the lyrics
In I Had Some Help, the singer refuses to take sole responsibility for a breakup: in its lyrics, Post Malone and Morgan Wallen clearly state that the other person “did a mess” too, and they should be mature enough to admit it.
It’s a mature perspective on breakups, especially after we live a toxic relationship: we are led to think that it was our fault, it was over because of our character, of what we are. It’s the typical behavior people have when they don’t want to recognize their responsibility. In this regard, the song has a nice metaphor: a person throwing stones while living in a glass house. We should pay attention to ourselves before blaming others, right?
Why’d you throw them stones if you
Had a wild hair of your own or two
Livin’ in your big glass house with a view
That’s what the protagonist keeps repeating in the lyrics: I Had Some Help in all this, I didn’t do it all by myself. You had your role, and it was pretty relevant.
You think that you’re so innocent
After all the s–t you did
I ain’t an angel, you ain’t heaven sent
The song keeps pointing out this: it’s only fair that we all recognize our role in a breakup; it’s not right that one side takes all the blame. A line of the song also mentions the “bottle on the shelf,” the temptation to react to the guilt with alcohol, a topic that comes up often in Wallen’s music. However, this time, we see things clearly: it’s not only our fault. We didn’t do all this alone.
It ain’t like I can make this kind of mess all by myself
Don’t act like you ain’t help me pull that bottle on the shelf
This is the real meaning behind I Had Some Help and its lyrics: it didn’t work between us, and it’s also our fault. Your role in this failure is as significant as mine. That leads us to a clever question: should we really consider the end of this relationship something so wrong? We may be better off alone, after all.
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The official video and the complete lyrics
You got alot of nerve don’t you baby
I only hit the curb cuz you made me
You’re tellin’ all your friends that I’m crazy
Like I’m the only one
Why’d you throw them stones if you
Had a wild hair of your own or two
Livin’ in your big glass house with a view
I thought you knew
I had some help
It ain’t like I can make this kind of mess all by myself
Don’t act like you ain’t help me pull that bottle on the shelf
Been deep in every weekend if you couldn’t tell
They say team work makes the dream work
Hell I had some help
You thought I’d take the blame for us a-crumblin’
Go round like you ain’t guilty of somethin’
Already lost the game that you been runnin’
Guess it’s catchin’ up to you, huh
You think that you’re so innocent
After all the s–t you did
I ain’t an angel you ain’t heaven sent
Can’t wash our hands of this
I had some help
It ain’t like I can make this kind of mess all by myself
Don’t act like you ain’t help me pull that bottle on the shelf
Been deep in every weekend if you couldn’t tell
They say team work makes the dream work
Hell I had some help
It takes two to break a heart in two, ooh
(Bridge) (Post)
You blame me and baby I blame you
(Bridge) (Morgan)
Oh if that ain’t truth
I had some help
It ain’t like I can make this kind of mess all by myself
Don’t act like you ain’t help me pull that bottle on the shelf
Been deep in every weekend if you couldn’t tell
They say team work makes the dream work
Hell I had some help
