The song A Mess It Grows by He Is We is about the aftermath of a toxic relationship. The narrator wakes up one day and decides to find her way around town without her ex-partner. She reflects on how she thought she would be lost without him but has realized that she needed to choose between him or herself. She questions why she has justified the wrong things her ex-partner did to her. She describes him as love drunk and blinded, losing the ones who loved him the most. The narrator acknowledges that the person he chose over her is causing him to spiral out of control and karma is catching up with him. Despite the pain caused by the relationship, the narrator looks at herself now and realizes that she is someone who has made it without her ex-partner's help. She acknowledges that her ex-partner raised her well, but he spat in her face. The narrator doesn't need him anymore and is doing just fine without him. Overall, A Mess It Grows is about the journey of healing and finding one's identity after a toxic relationship. The narrator is coming to terms with the past and moving on to a better future without her ex-partner.
