[Intro — afrobeat percussion snapping at 130 BPM, jazzy chord stab, hyperpop shimmer, dreamy synth underneath, vocal airy and echoing] She was gone when it mattered most Gone when it mattered most Never came back, never came back Now she circling 'round like she want what I got [Verse 1 — tight melodic rap, 130 BPM, internal rhyme chains cascading, confident and controlled] I was navigating pathways on the narrowest of margins She was absent from the bargain while I sharpened up my carbon Every night a different target, every morning I was starting From a position that was hardened by a process she departed I was rationing my patience, I was rationing my faith She was somewhere living spacious while I learned to navigate Every obstacle I faced alone I catalogued and traced Now she pulling up to take a seat at somebody else's table, somebody else's place I remember when the numbers in my account were low When the outcome wasn't outlined and the pathway didn't show She was nowhere in the shadow and she wasn't in the cold Wasn't present for the planting but she's here now for the growth I was threading through the tension of a life that felt like training Finding meaning in the maintenance, finding purpose in remaining While she occupied a distance that she packaged up as patience Now she back and calling it a sign — I'm calling it equations [Pre-Chorus — rhythmic chant, stuttered ad-libs, vocal pitch ascending, hyperpop stab punching through] Oh she see it now (see it now) Oh she need it now (need it now) Couldn't find me then (couldn't find me) But she 'round now, yeah she 'round now [Chorus — dreamy synth swell, afrobeat percussion pulling back to soft, vocal floaty and ethereal, layered harmonies, hyperpop shimmer underneath] She was gone when it mattered most (mattered most) Now she's reaching for a chapter that she never even chose (never chose) Drifting back like she was always close (always close) But I built this from the bottom and she never even knows Gone when it mattered (gone when it mattered) Gone when it mattered most Now she's back in the picture Of a frame she never posed [Verse 2 — rhyme chains tighter, wordplay layered, vocal more playful and knowing] Let me map it out precisely like a blueprint on a table She was comfortable and distant when the outcome was unstable Now she fluent in my language, now she reading every label Trying to rewrite her position in a narrative — unable See I studied every angle of the season she departed Every cold front that she sent me while I kept on being wholehearted Every chapter that she skipped on while I kept the engine started Now she want the destination of a road she never chartered I was pouring into pavement, I was building in the blind She was comfortable with comfort while I manufactured mind Every sacrifice I offered up I kept inside a line Now she tracing all the borders of a map she didn't design So I hold it with a stillness, with a calm above the pull See the glass she thought was empty — baby, watch it, it's too full Every moment that she missed on is a lesson that I school And the version standing opposite — she never knew that fool [Pre-Chorus — rhythmic chant, stuttered ad-libs, vocal pitch ascending, hyperpop stab punching through] Oh she see it now (see it now) Oh she need it now (need it now) Couldn't find me then (couldn't find me) But she 'round now, yeah she 'round now [Chorus — dreamy synth swell, afrobeat percussion pulling back to soft, vocal floaty and ethereal, layered harmonies, hyperpop shimmer underneath] She was gone when it mattered most (mattered most) Now she's reaching for a chapter that she never even chose (never chose) Drifting back like she was always close (always close) But I built this from the bottom and she never even knows Gone when it mattered (gone when it mattered) Gone when it mattered most Now she's back in the picture Of a frame she never posed [Bridge — chillwave synth wash, afrobeat drops to half tempo feel, psychedelic atmosphere, vocal hypnotic and floating] Late nights I made a deal with the version of me that refused to break Every hollow in the road became a reason I stayed awake Nobody sent a lifeline, nobody threw a rope I assembled my own ladder out of discipline and hope Now the room is warm with people who were nowhere in the cold Everybody fluent now in a language that I wrote alone She speaks it like she taught it, like she authored every word But the ink dried long before she ever noticed what occurred So I float above the moment, [Chorus — fullest version, all layers, echoing harmonies trailing every line] She was gone when it mattered most (mattered most) Now she's reaching for a chapter that she never even chose (never chose) Drifting back like she was always close (always close) But I built this from the bottom and she never even knows Gone when it mattered (gone when it mattered) Gone when it mattered most Now she's back in the picture Of a frame she never posed
