Totally feel you, @macy-davis. I’ve been using Vim for a while too—once you understand the modes, things start to click. Like Tom said, if your command is showing up as text, you’re likely in insert or visual mode. Tap Esc a couple of times to be sure you’re back in normal mode. Then, if you want to save and exit Vim, use :wq. If you just want out without saving changes, go with :q!. Been there, done that, more times than I’d like to admit 
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