Short, urgent and emotionally direct, ‘Let Me Go’ was born from a songwriting challenge to begin with the chorus and to respond to the final scene of the BBC’s highly acclaimed TV series, Happy Valley, a highly charged reckoning between the two main characters, Catharine and Tommy. The result is an intimate, piano-led track that moves with rhythmic drive while holding onto its rawness. The song considers forgiveness and the finality of difficult goodbyes: “I forgive you, so let me go.” Recorded at The Sick Room in rural Norfolk, it captures Ellie’s love of simple, honest production and conversational storytelling.

Lyrics

Let me go, let me lie
Sweet escape, no goodbyes
I forgive you so let me go

Photos just sitting there, lifetimes on the page
Waiting for me to come along, can't slot into places I don't belong
Borrowed pain, busted grief, knew all along
Bargains held, battle scars won

So let me go, let me lie
Sweet escape, no goodbyes
I forgive you so let me go

Coughing and spluttering, not hiding anymore
Setting my sorry songs alight, I wanna be near you don't wanna fight
Listen, remember you saw right through me
Made my peace, nothing to see

So let me go, let me lie
Sweet escape, no goodbyes
I forgive you so let me go

And now it's over (scales are falling down)
Over (blame it all on you)
You're see through

So let me go, let me lie
Sweet escape, no goodbyes
I forgive you so let me go