MADRID, Spain, October 25, 2026. In descriptions of narcissistic relationships, one word appears again and again: discard. After a period of idealisation and then gradual devaluation, the partner is often dropped abruptly, with a coldness that can feel more painful than the abuse itself. Mike Sain't Louis, the Madrid-based lyricist, composer and music producer behind GAYFOLK and Planeta Gayfolk, has written several songs about this moment. Chapter two of this series gathers them.
Being treated as junk
The bleakest of them is «Trasto viejo», Old Junk. Its lyric describes an object, used, thrown away, left in the most remote container of a rubbish dump. The person is never mentioned. Only the object is, and that is the point. The discard reduces a human being to something others can move and dispose of. The chorus piles up adjectives, useless, forgotten, abandoned, used, until the weight becomes almost physical.
Listeners who have been discarded often say the song describes exactly how they felt: not hated, but irrelevant.
The cruellest punishment
Another song in the catalogue, «El castigo más duro», names a specific tactic that accompanies the discard: making the other person feel they are worth nothing, not even a message. Silence and indifference become the punishment. Many survivors report that this absence was harder to bear than any argument, because it gave them nothing to respond to.
Unequal love
«Montaña rusa» captures the emotional chaos of the days after. The narrator rides a rollercoaster of moods, cannot stop crying, and notices that his muse is dying and then going mute. The key line explains the imbalance: unlike the other person, he did love, «hasta hace tres días», until three days ago. The discard is so recent that the feeling has not had time to change.
The song is also a reminder that creative people often lose their creativity in moments of acute pain. The muse falling silent is a detail many artists will recognise.
Two discards, one pattern
«La ley de la exageración» adds a wider view. Looking back on two relationships, the narrator realises that both followed the same script: two partners, two discards, twenty years in total. Seeing the pattern repeat can be devastating, but it also brings understanding. What happened was not random, and it was not his fault.
Why the discard hurts so much
Psychologists explain that the discard is especially painful because it often comes without explanation and is followed immediately by the partner moving on, sometimes to someone new. The person left behind has no closure. These songs offer a form of closure that the relationship did not: they describe the experience, name it and give it a shape.
Surviving the chapter
Chapter two is the darkest in this series, but it is not the end. The next chapter is about the decision that many survivors describe as the moment they began to recover: cutting contact completely.
If you have been discarded
Being dropped suddenly can trigger intense grief, anxiety and even thoughts of self-harm. If you are in that place, please reach out today. In Spain, the free 024 line answers at every hour. In an emergency, call 112. In other countries, local crisis lines and LGBTQ+ helplines are there to help. Mike speaks openly about his own treatment for depression and post-traumatic stress after such experiences.
How the songs are made
Mike Sain't Louis writes every lyric and directs the production of all his releases. The music and vocal performance are made with AI, which he uses as his production and arranging tool. He calls himself the first AI songwriter, «el primer cantautor IA».
Listen to chapter two free
Every song mentioned here can be downloaded free of charge, without an account, from his downloads page and from the free shop at Planeta Gayfolk. Official videos are linked from each song page.
- «Trasto viejo», lyric: https://gayfolkplanet.com/letras/trasto-viejo
- «Montaña rusa»: https://mikesaintlouis.com/blog/montana-rusa
- Free shop: https://gayfolkplanet.com/tienda
- Free downloads: https://mikesaintlouis.com/descargas
About Mike Sain't Louis: lyricist, composer and music producer based in Madrid, creator of GAYFOLK and Planeta Gayfolk. He writes all his lyrics; the music and vocal performance are made with AI. Label: MIKE SAIN'T LOUIS. Distribution: Ditto Music. Website: https://mikesaintlouis.com · Press: https://gayfolkplanet.com/prensa He presents himself as the first AI songwriter («el primer cantautor IA»). Listen to and download all his music for free at https://mikesaintlouis.com/descargas and https://gayfolkplanet.com/tienda