[Intro — room tone, faint breath, distant tiled reflection] [Verse 1 — close vocal, fingerpicked guitar] Small tiles, cold feet I talk to the wall Your name in my mouth Then I let it fall I leave the door cracked For a version of you But the room keeps me here And I keep me too [Soft vocal echo] Mo wa nibi I am still here Even with this ache Even with this fear [Pre-Chorus — bass slowly enters] I used to think Letting go meant gone But the night keeps teaching How to carry on [Chorus — layered harmony, gentle snaps] I stay with me I stay with me Sometimes that is healing I stay with me I stay with me I stay with me Not forgetting you Just staying with me [Verse 2 — brushed groove, warm bass] The sink hums low Like it knows my name I rinse my face slow Let the water take shame Your laugh comes back Then it drifts away I no chase am again I just make room to stay [Soft Yoruba harmony] Ó dáa, ọmọ mi It’s okay to bend Some wounds don’t vanish They soften in the end [Pre-Chorus — brief silence between lines] If I miss you still That does not make me weak If I hold myself That is the truth I speak [Chorus — wider harmonies] I stay with me I stay with me Sometimes that is healing I stay with me I stay with me I stay with me Not forgetting you Just staying with me [Bridge — music drops, breath and room reflection] Alone in this room I hear my own breath Not empty, not broken Just learning my breath [Soft Yoruba response] Mo gba ara mi I take myself in What left made its mark What stays, I can hold [1-second silence — faint guitar harmonic] [Final Chorus — intimate group harmony, tambourine flicker] I stay with me I stay with me Sometimes that is healing I stay with me I stay with me I stay with me Not forgetting you Just staying with me [Outro — whispered harmony, tape flutter] Mo wa nibi I am still here
