Stell wrote the song with Lance Miller and Paul Sikes. The song is about a man who is attempting to get through a breakup; according to Stell, he was going through a breakup while writing the song.[1] According to Stell, the idea came when Sikes presented the title lyric "I've moved everywhere but on", after which the three writers decided to build around the title lyric. Stell describes the song as "super personal" because he included details from his own relationship in it.[2]People described the song as "express[ing] how difficult it is to move on".[3]