‘Nothin' Left’ by Morgan Wallen - Lyrics and Meaning

‘Nothin’ Left’ feels like a classic, sepia-tinged ode to the one that got away, with the stormy ambience accentuating the angst that underpins Morgan Wallen's despairing lyrics.

Arriving as part of the Sneedville megastar's keenly anticipated 2025 album, I'm the Problem, ‘Nothin’ Left’ aligns with the overarching theme of heartbreak that pervades the project.

The brooding, dramatic electric guitar riff that recurs throughout ‘Nothin’ Left’ gives the track an atmospheric, almost Wild West feel, with Morgan Wallen crooning wistfully across an understated instrumental for much of the track. The ‘Love Somebody’s crooner's distinctive, charismatic drawl takes centre-stage here, with Wallen lacing all the frustration and despair the narrative demands into his delivery.

“Nothin’ left there in the bottle

Nah it’s all up on my breath

Nothin’ left but Colorado

Kinda cold down in this bed

Nothin’ left at the end of the tunnel

Just some lonely nights ahead

Since the girl I f’ed it up with

That I wouldn’t trade for nothin’ left”

Morgan Wallen begins by stressing that he has “nothin’ left” after his girlfriend deserted him, with the protagonist ruefully looking at what he does still have after the break-up.

He admits the bottle is empty, with the only whiskey remaining on his breath, with the jaded narrator revealing he's holed up in the metaphorical cold isolation of Colorado.

Then, we get the titular wordplay, with Morgan Wallen flipping the phrase ‘Nothin’ Left’ to lament how “the girl I f’ed it up with / That I wouldn't trade for nothin’ [has] left’.

“A spare key on the counter

A hair tie by the sink

Them “I’m sorry” flowers

That are dyin’ just like me

Left in the shirt that I bought

When the Vols played Texas A&M

And now I probably never see it again

Never see her again”

He details a few more items that he can see in his lonely room, this time naming things that remind him of his ex. The protagonist spots the flowers he bought her to try and apologise for his mistakes, observing how they're dying - much like he is in spirit. As always, Wallen never misses an opportunity to give a shout-out to his beloved Tennessee Volunteers, remarking how she left her Vols jersey from when they played against the Texas A&M team - presumably the 2023 match.

“Like smoke rings in the sky

There one minute, next one gone

Let more than goodbye fly

She flipped me off and now I’m on”

Here, Wallen suggests that the ‘Colorado’ reference could actually have been a nod to getting high, as he paints a picture of smoke rings floating serenely up into the sky, before fading away - much in the same way to how their relationship fizzled out.

“A bender ‘cause I never been this broke

Been a heartbreak and a half

And now I just got me a whole lotta

Nothin’ left”

Wallen switches up the phrase ‘bend but never break’ as he recalls going out on an all-night drinking ‘bender’, with the reason for his drinking being his feeling of being ‘broken’. He concludes by dejectedly reminding us he has a big pile of ‘nothin’ left’.

As is often the case of late, the ‘Thought You Should Know’ singer-songwriter has so far remained tight-lipped on how the song came about.

However, when revealing the release date for I'm the Problem, Wallen provided fans with an insight into the theme of introspection that courses through the project as a whole.

“I have been a problem, for sure, and I've got no problem admitting that. But there are other sides to me as well," he explained. "I've spent the last 11 months really trying to figure out, 'Do I still want to be the problem? Is it time to move past that phase in my life? I think it probably is, and this might be the last time I get a chance to honestly say it.”

“Nothin’ left there in the bottle

Nah it’s all up on my breath

Nothin’ left but Colorado

Kinda cold down in this bed

Nothin’ left at the end of the tunnel

Just some lonely nights ahead

Since the girl I f’ed it up with

That I wouldn’t trade for nothin’ left

-

A spare key on the counter

A hair tie by the sink

Them “I’m sorry” flowers

That are dyin’ just like me

Left in the shirt that I bought

When the Vols played Texas A&M

And now I probably never see it again

Never see her again

-

Nothin’ left there in the bottle

Nah it’s all up on my breath

Nothin’ left but Colorado

Kinda cold down in this bed

Nothin’ left at the end of the tunnel

Just some lonely nights ahead

Since the girl I f’ed it up with

That I wouldn’t trade for nothin’ left

-

Like smoke rings in the sky

There one minute, next one gone

Let more than goodbye fly

She flipped me off and now I’m on

-

A bender ‘cause I never been this broke

Been a heartbreak and a half

And now I just got me a whole lotta

-

Nothin’ left there in the bottle

Nah it’s all up on my breath

Nothin’ left but Colorado

Kinda cold down in this bed

Nothin’ left at the end of the tunnel

Just some lonely nights ahead

Since the girl I f’ed it up with

That I wouldn’t trade for nothin’ left

-

Ooh, ain’t nothin’ left
-

Nothin’ left there in the bottle

Nah it’s all up on my breath

Nothin’ left but Colorado

Kinda cold down in this bed

Nothin’ left at the end of the tunnel

Just some lonely nights ahead

Since the girl I f’ed it up with

That I wouldn’t trade for nothin’ left

Nothin’ left”

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