Mayday

In this song, Cam is stuck in a struggling relationship. She laments that she needs to leave her lover, but is unable to summon up the effort to do so. Mayday, mayday This is an emergency Mayday, mayday You've gotta let me leave Mayday is an international distress call used by ships and aircraft in radio communications. The Mayday procedure word was originated in 1923 by Frederick Stanley Mockford (1897–1962), who was a senior radio officer at Croydon Airport in London. When asked to think of a word that could be used internationally to indicate distress and be easily understood by in an emergency, Mockford proposed "Mayday" an alliteration of the French "m'aider" in versez m'aider ("come and help me").

Cam penned "Mayday" with "Burning House" co-writer Tyler Johnson. In fact Johnson had already started the song, before he'd ever met Cam, but was unable to progress beyond a few lines. When Johnson started writing with Cam, she was in a relationship that wasn't working, so the singer readily connected with the concept.

While Johnson's original few lyrics were full of resentment about the sinking relationship, Cam added some positivity. "Maybe you're saying you're the victim, but really it takes two to be in it," she explained to Billboard magazine. "You want more, and you know you want better, but a part of you might be like, 'No, this is all I can get.' You hear this internal monologue back and forth, just trying to decide with yourself, 'How bad is this really? Should I put up with this? Oh, it's their fault that I'm here.' You're putting all the power and the blame on the other party."