Save Myself

**Producer(s)** | Clampitt, Evigan

**Save Myself** is a song by Ashe and is the sixth track on her album *Ashlyn*.

It is an angry song with a beautiful melody.

## Background

Described as "representing anger" and "bitter resentment-driven", the song serves as a spiteful response to her hit single "Moral Of The Story". This anger Ashe expresses in the song, which weaves its way throughout the lyrics, serves as a “sobering reminder” about the nightmare of the relationship with her ex-husband. By freeing all of her pent up angry feelings towards her then-partner, as well as to herself for ignoring the signs, she is saving herself now when she could not free herself from back then as quickly as she could have.

## Gallery

### Single Cover

Digital and Vinyl Single CoverOriginalCropped Tagged CoverOut-takeOut-take7" Vinyl
## Meaning

The song is about reflecting on how one should have left the relationship earlier when you first noticed the red flags, reflects on your feelings of frustration for going through a relationship you would have preferred to have “saved yourself” from.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

God damn, hindsight 2020

Poured rain all over my sunny

Someday, this will all be funny

Mmm, mmm, mmm

We were cocaine, playing milk and honey

Dysfunctional, I was a junkie

Someday, this will all be funny

Oh, oh, oh

[Pre-Chorus]

I know everything worked out

The way it's meant to be

But honestly

[Chorus]

If I had the chance (Chance)

I would take it back (Back)

Jumping off your sinking ship

'Stead of going down with it, oh

One day, I'll be good (Good)

Right now, I'm just mad (Mad)

Over being so mature

If only I was never yours, oh

I could've saved myself

Time and lots of money

Coulda saved myself, ah-ooh

I shouldn't blame myself

I kinda saw it coming

Coulda saved myself from you

[Verse 2]

Red flags, tended to ignore them

White flag, never sent it soaring

So hard to forget it in the morning

No, oh, oh

[Pre-Chorus]

I know everything worked out

The way it's meant to be

But honestly

[Chorus]

If I had the chance (Chance)

I would take it back (Back)

Jumping off your sinking ship

'Stead of going down with it, oh

One day, I'll be good (Good)

Right now, I'm just mad (Mad)

Over being so mature

If only I was never yours, oh

I could've saved myself

Time and lots of money

Coulda saved myself, ah-ooh

I shouldn't blame myself

I kinda saw it coming

Coulda saved myself from you

[Post-Chorus]

(Chance)

(Back)

Saved myself (Oh)

[Bridge]

I coulda saved myself

From wasting half my twenties

Saved myself from you

[Chorus]

I could've saved myself

Time and lots of money

Coulda saved myself, ah-ooh

I shouldn't blame myself

I kinda saw it coming

Coulda saved myself from you

## Trivia

* "Save Myself" is the only single by Ashe to receive a dedicated 7" vinyl release.
	+ The vinyl is single-sided and was extremely limited edition.

* Despite the song being about how Ashe should have left a relationship sooner, Ashe has said that "[she] loves being in relationships".

* "Save Myself" has a lyric change: the line "I coulda saved myself/Time and lots of money" becomes "I coulda saved myself/From wasting half my twenties" in the bridge.
	+ Lyric switches are prevalent throughout *Ashlyn*, and are also found in: "Till Forever Falls Apart", "Love Is Not Enough", "Taylor", "Always", and "Moral Of The Story".
	+ And on *Rae* can be found in: "Another Man's Jeans" and "Angry Woman".

* The song references Ashe's ex-husband in the lines "I coulda saved myself/From wasting half my twenties/Saved myself from you".
	+ She also does in these other *Ashlyn* songs: "Love Is Not Enough", "When I'm Older", "Me Without You", "Not Mad Anymore", and "Moral Of The Story".
	+ And from *Rae*: "Another Man's Jeans", "Hope You're Not Happy", "It Can't Be You", and "Loose Ends".

* The meaning behind the lyrics "God damn, hindsight 2020 / Poured rain all over my sunny" is twofold:
	+ Firstly, it sums up the meaning of the song, about how she should have recognised the "red flags" in a relationship sooner as her sunny disposition about the relationship was dampened when she realised its truth.
	+ Secondly, the song was made in the first lockdown of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, when many looked back at how our world has changed forever in such a sort timespan.

## Navigation

 Ashlyn Tracklist

## References

1. ↑ https://ghsexplosion.com/5424/reviews/ashlyn-ashe/
2. ↑ https://www.insider.com/ashe-ashlyn-debut-album-interview-2021-5
3. ↑ https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/6/27/ashe-boston-royale-concert-review-2022/
4. ↑ https://genius.com/Ashe-save-myself-lyrics
5. ↑ https://ftpunks.com/ashlyn-the-breakup-album-everyone-needs/
6. ↑ https://lancerledger.com/5900/entertainment/review-on-ashlyn-by-ashe-a-must-hear-album/
7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr4K19O071c