Don't Let Me Down

Evan was lying on top of his covers, his hands laced behind his head.

On the radio, the Beatles sang Don't Let Me Down.

Reluctant to fully enter the boy's space without first being invited, Jim stayed where he was.

Hey buddy, how's it going?

So in the book, my favorite band is The Beatles.

In the book, I reference the song Don't Let Me Down.

Originally, that was the title of the book.

We decided to change it for a couple reasons, but we loved the idea of Let Me Down, of that could be physical, it could be you let me down, you disappointed me.

Yeah.

So that was...

We just talk about the Beatles song Don't Let Me Down in terms of him and I listening to that song together and worried that we were gonna hurt each other, I think.

Not physically, of course, at the time, but just, "Don't hurt me.