THE WORLD I BUILT FOR YOU
Dark Afro-soul × Alternative R&B
Hmm-mm...
Funny thing about love...
You can give somebody a little space in your heart,
Then one day, you look around...
And realise you gave them everything.
Even the parts of you
That they never asked for.
I made you my home...
Then forgot where I lived.
Before you came, I knew my name
Had my own sunshine, danced in my rain
Had little dreams I was chasing alone
Had a whole life, had a place called home
Then you came with your beautiful eyes
Made ordinary days feel like paradise
Started saving you a place in my plans
Till my whole future was held in your hands
I learned your silence, memorised your mood
Put your happiness above my own truth
Every road that I wanted to take
I changed the direction for your sake
I thought that love meant giving it all
Never imagined I'd be the one to fall
Somewhere between your touch and your voice
I stopped remembering I had a choice
Little by little, I disappeared
Called it devotion, called it being sincere
I gave you the key, I opened the door
Then you became everything I was living for
I made you my home
Then forgot where I lived
Gave you all of my heart
Had nothing left to give
You were my morning
My moon and my sky
Now I'm talking to memories
Asking them why
Oh, I built you a world
With the dreams in my hands
You walked out so easily
I don't understand
I made you my home...
Then forgot where I lived.
Where did I go?
Where did I go?
I was here before you...
Where did I go?
I was somebody...
Before you.
Now every song has a piece of your name
Every familiar place doesn't feel the same
I catch myself reaching to tell you my day
Then remember you're somebody else's yesterday
I read old messages just to feel close
To the person I miss, to the dream I chose
And everybody says, "You'll be alright"
But they don't hear your name in the quiet at night
I wonder if you ever miss me at all
If you remember the nights when we'd talk
Did you feel me becoming less of myself?
Or was I so busy loving you, I forgot to ask for help?
I don't hate you for wanting to leave
Love cannot live where it has to be begged to breathe
But why did I make your staying the proof
That I was worth loving, that my heart was enough?
I gave you my time
I gave you my trust
I gave you the parts of me
That I should've held up
Now here in the silence
One truth comes through...
I lost more than you
When I stopped being me, too.
I made you my home
Then forgot where I lived
Gave you all of my heart
Had nothing left to give
You were my morning
My moon and my sky
Now I'm talking to memories
Asking them why
Oh, I built you a world
With the dreams in my hands
You walked out so easily
I don't understand
I made you my home...
Then forgot where I lived.
Maybe healing isn't forgetting your face
Or pretending our love was a terrible mistake
Maybe I can miss you and still let you go
Maybe there's a part of me I still need to know
Maybe I was somebody before you arrived
Maybe those dreams I abandoned are still alive
Maybe the love that I wanted you to see
Was the same love I never gave to me
Long pause.
I don't have to hate you.
I don't have to chase you.
I don't have to erase you
To find myself again.
I made you my home
Now I'm learning to live
There's a world inside me
I still have something to give
I can love in the morning
I can dance in the rain
I can carry the memory
Without carrying the pain
I'll build me a world
With my dreams in my hands
And if somebody loves me
I will help them understand
You can have my affection
You can walk by my side
But I won't leave myself
Just to keep you in my life
I made you my home...
Now I'm coming back home.
Hmm-mm...
I still remember you.
Some nights, I might miss you.
Some songs might still hurt.
But I am here.
And I was here...
Before you.
Soft, distant harmony:
Before you...
Lead vocal, almost a whisper:
I had a world.
And now...
I'm finding it again.