The Meaning Behind Post Malone’s “Yours”—A Letter to His Young Daughter

Amid Post Malone’s star-studded F-1 Trillion, there sits one song that is a standout among the rest—”Yours.” Deliberately sitting at the last spot on the album. Malone gives the song the final spot due to the personal relevance and vulnerability embedded in the song.

Unlike most of the songs on the album, this track is just Malone. There are no ornate vocals, arrangements, or other musical embellishments. Rather, it’s Malone, the words, and the feelings they encompass. A song of sorrowful celebration, Malone does a terrific job delivering the paradox to fans and making them feel his plight. That said, here is the true meaning residing in Malone’s “Yours.”

Malone as a Father

It is known that Malone has a young daughter whose name he keeps private. Though, it seems this song is the most extensive public acknowledgment of his little one. Malone divulged the motivation in a song with CBS Sunday Morning saying having a daughter “changes your life in the best way ever.” Furthermore, he also attested to his daughter saving his life from an incredibly rough patch.

Now a father, Malone’s outlook both on life and consequently songwriting, has vastly changed. Equipped with fatherly experience, the song shows a new side of the always-sensitive Malone.

Malone’s Love Letter for the Future

Malone, who now has a paternal protective streak, displays this characteristic by depicting the day of his daughter’s imminent wedding. Writing lines such as:

I don’t know who you are / But one day, I’m goin’ to / And it’s gonna break my heart/ When she gives hers to you / And it won’t be tomorrow

Yesterday, she said her first word / She’s a long way from “I do” / Right now she runs to me / One day, she’ll run to you / And it’s gonna be your best day / But it’s gonna be my worst

Malone articulates the broken-hearted fatherly right of passage of a daughter’s wedding day. Despite the obvious songwriting nuance, one of the most impressive aspects of this song is Malone’s foresight. Per the specificity in the lyrics, it seems Malone has had three daughters get married. Not only one whose wedding day isn’t at least for another 20 years.

Given the sentimental nature of this love letter for the future. The song will become an anthem for fathers, daughters, mothers, and sons upon their monumental wedding day. Lastly, the song isn’t something we’ve seen from Post Malone before. But thanks to his masterful grip on the sentiments, it seems this song has been in his catalog for years.

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