Delete Ya Lyrics by Djo, explores the lingering emotional weight of a past relationship. The narrator reflects on returning to familiar places and memories tied to a former partner, struggling to move on. Despite attempts to forget, the feelings remain vivid—repeated like a cycle. There’s a sense of longing, regret, and emotional conflict, as the artist wishes they could erase the memory of the person but acknowledges how deeply connected they were. Ultimately, the song portrays the difficulty of healing after deep emotional attachment and the bittersweet nature of love that’s over but not forgotten.
Genre: Pop
Delete Ya Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Red-eye, last minute flight
I get in early, I was roused by the light
Back in the city, no longer my home
Trying to let it go
I take a walk in Hollywood
My old apartment isn’t looking too good
Then there’s a lyric that, in context, stings
The immediate pain it brings
That song that you used to sing
[Pre-Chorus]
And now I’m back on your couch, frozen peas to my head
Driving up to your folks, cramming into your bed
You picked me up every time, drove me back to our home
It doesn’t leave you alone
[Chorus]
Oh God, I wish I could delete ya
‘Cause nothin’ can compete with ya
I replenish and repeat ya
A heart excretes only one of us, only one
[Verse 2]
Blue and gold Friday night
Team up with Charlie, take these kids for a ride
Why’s my heart pounding, beating out of my chest?
Remember to try and forget
I’m locked, she’s the key
I’m a boat that’s sinking, guess who’s the sea
It’s hard to shake it off and get back to me
When anything is a memory
And you repeat to the nth degree
[Pre-Chorus]
And now I’m back in my truck, I’m driving up to our place
We’re sitting dead on the ground, there’s nothing more to be said
You kept it tight to the chest at someone else’s expense
That doesn’t sound like real love
[Chorus]
Oh God, I wish I could delete ya
‘Cause nothin’ can compete with ya
I replenish and repeat ya
I’d replenish and repeat ya
[Bridge]
I wanna know (Just two weeks, how’d you cut it like that?)
Maybe you show me how (I’m built different, I don’t work like that, huh)
I got to repeat, chew up, spit out
The blame complex in me, me, me
[Chorus]
Oh God, I wish I could delete ya
‘Cause nothin’ can compete with ya
I’d replenish and repeat ya
One heart could beat for the two of us, two of us, two of us, oh-oh-oh
Oh, God, I wish I could release ya
Wind it back and never be with ya
Then I’d be happy just to meet ya (Oh my God)
One heart could bleed for the future us
If we were young, but this is done
Here are some important Lines with Meaning from the song:
1. “Oh God, I wish I could delete ya / ‘Cause nothin’ can compete with ya”
Meaning: This captures the deep emotional conflict — wanting to erase someone from your life because they still have such a strong hold on you, and nothing compares to the connection you once had.
2. “I replenish and repeat ya”
Meaning: The cycle of returning to old feelings and memories — constantly reliving the relationship despite knowing it’s over.
3. “I’m locked, she’s the key / I’m a boat that’s sinking, guess who’s the sea”
Meaning: A poetic metaphor for how dependent and overwhelmed the speaker feels — the other person holds all the power and is both their savior and destroyer.
4. “You picked me up every time, drove me back to our home / It doesn’t leave you alone”
Meaning: Nostalgic memories of comfort and care, and the realization that those acts still haunt the artist emotionally.
5. “That doesn’t sound like real love”
Meaning: A moment of clarity — recognizing that the way things ended, or how they were treated, might not have been true love after all.
6. “Maybe you show me how (I’m built different, I don’t work like that, huh)”
Meaning: A confrontation of emotional differences — while one person moves on quickly, the other is stuck processing and hurting.
7. One heart could bleed for the future us / If we were young, but this is done”
Meaning: A powerful ending line — mourning the potential of what could have been, but accepting that it’s over.
The Crux – Djo (Tracklist)
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1. Lonesome Is A State of Mind
2. Basic Being Basic
3. Link
4. Potion
5. Delete Ya
6. Egg
7. Fly
8. Charlie’s Garden
9. Gap Tooth Smile
10. Golden Line
11. Back On You
12. Crux
Delete Ya (MV)
Audio Credits
Artist : Djo
Album : The Crux
Lyricist : Djo
Music : Djo, Adam Thein