[Intro – instrumental] (beat entra lento, oscuro) ⸻ [Chorus – noir, seco] I stop here. Faith slip from my pocket. Not everything that keeps calling deserves reply. I loved you in the shadow, no witness, no tomorrow. ⸻ [Verse 1] Here I am again, trying to reach you, shoes worn out from believing too much. The road learned my name before you did, even the horizon got tired of moving back. Signs lied with perfect handwriting, drawing futures that never arrived. I kept walking on faith, not direction, till the dream forgot its own name. ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] No be lack of desire, na too much waiting. Some distances no dey shrink even when your voice finish. ⸻ [Chorus – repeat] I stop here. Faith slip from my pocket. Not everything that keeps calling deserves reply. I loved you in the shadow, no witness, no tomorrow. ⸻ [Verse 2] I learned to confuse hope with the habit of holding on. Called it “destiny” when it was fear of the end. I grew up talking only to distance, promising things I couldn’t give. You don’t lose when you stop, you lose when you deny you’re tired. ⸻ [Pre-Chorus – variant] No be faith I lack, na silence I get too much. Some battles no dey lose, dem dey abandon on time. (Yoruba, soft) Kì í ṣe gbogbo ìjà ni a gbọ́dọ̀ parí. ⸻ [Chorus – stripped, almost spoken] I stop here. Faith slip from my pocket. Some calls no be destiny, na echo. ⸻ [Bridge – noir reflection] If I was ever real to you, don’t look for me in the past. Some true things don’t survive being forced. I no dey walk away angry, I dey walk away awake. ⸻ [Final Chorus – last, definitive] I stop here. No drama. No miracle. I loved you in the shadow, no witness, no tomorrow. ⸻ [Outro – spoken, bare] Here I am again, not trying to reach you, but learning how to stay. Another sweet one…
