More songs by Bryson Tiller
Description
It sounds like a note in the margins of an old playlist - slightly crumpled, but smelling of warmth. There is no pretence in this song, only a sincere confession: someone has become the most important melody, and without them there is only silence and fragments of sound. Each line is like a favourite track that you put on repeat, even though you know the words will hurt.
The sound evokes the softness of a night kitchen, where you can either dance, talk until morning, or just be silent. This music is about trying to gather up everything that has fallen apart and turn it into a new song, where there will be no more false notes - only light, voices, and that very ‘I love you’ that plays in your head like a beat.
Lyrics and translation
Original
You took my heart and mended
Yes, you mended it
I broke yours, it's heart to comprehend it, yeah
There's so much resentment, oh babe
I (yes, I, yes, I)
Huh, I need her like the songs on my playlist
I'm just hopin' that you play this
I need her like Baker through my speakers, she my greatest hit
I don't mind hearin' your voice and only yours
I'm sayin' this (ooh), what?
You're my favorite of all time, I
Know without you, there's no more sweet songs
And I can't make 'em alone
Girl, let's make a baby, make a (haha)
Huh, yeah, sweet lovin' romancin'
I'll take you on a night cruise, slow dancin'
I, I don't really mind
We could lay in silence, or we can talk through the night
I just wanna (just wanna) make things right (make things right), yes, I
Huh, I need her like the songs on my playlist, uh
I'm just hopin' that you play this
I need her like Baker through my speakers, she my greatest hit
I don't mind hearin' your voice and only yours
I'm sayin' this (ooh), what?
You're my favorite of all time, my
But without you, there's no more sweet songs
And I can't make 'em alone
Takin' in the moment (haha)
Filled with so much inspiration, I daydream
Takin' in the moment (haha)
I see our baby smilin', laughin' like (haha)
Yes, so much joy
Oh, baby, it's your choice
Don't ever leave me, I'll be better, baby
Ooh-ooh
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Oh, oh, ooh)
English translation
You took my heart and mended
Yes, you mended it
I broke yours, it's heart to comprehend it, yeah
There's so much resentment, oh babe
I (yes, I, yes, I)
Huh, I need her like the songs on my playlist
I'm just hopin' that you play this
I need her like Baker through my speakers, she my greatest hit
I don't mind hearin' your voice and only yours
I'm sayin' this (ooh), what?
You're my favorite of all time, I
Know without you, there's no more sweet songs
And I can't make 'em alone
Girl, let's make a baby, make a (haha)
Huh, yeah, sweet lovin' romancin'
I'll take you on a night cruise, slow dancin'
I, I don't really mind
We could lay in silence, or we can talk through the night
I just wanna (just wanna) make things right (make things right), yes, I
Huh, I need her like the songs on my playlist, uh
I'm just hopin' that you play this
I need her like Baker through my speakers, she my greatest hit
I don't mind hearin' your voice and only yours
I'm sayin' this (ooh), what?
You're my favorite of all time, my
But without you, there's no more sweet songs
And I can't make 'em alone
Takin' in the moment (haha)
Filled with so much inspiration, I daydream
Takin' in the moment (haha)
I see our baby smilin', laughin' like (haha)
Yes, so much joy
Oh, baby, it's your choice
Don't ever leave me, I'll be better, baby
Ooh-ooh
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Oh, oh, ooh)