Album Lyrics: "Sincere" (2024) - Khalid

"Adore U"

Started on two different pages, I'm happy we made it

You say that you're broken, I'm the one who saves it

Thousand miles apart and God knows that I hate it

Nothing hurts me more than when we're separated

Thousand miles apart and you're still in my heart

Can we take it back? I'm waiting at the start

Fly me to the moon and now I'm seeing stars

When we touch, hmm

Feels like

High, we should just smoke

We should get high, we should just

(Fall into my arms, let me adore you)

High, we should just float

If you can fly, we should just

(Fall into my arms, let me adore you)

I see that look in your eyes

I'll do whatever you like

Sit back and I'll fantasize

Feels like I'm falling for you

I know you don't open up (Up)

I wanna fight for your trust (Your trust)

Why don't we focus on us?

Baby, I'd die for your love

Thousand miles apart and you're still in my heart (You're still in my heart)

Can we take it back? I'm waiting at the start (Waiting at the start)

Fly me to the moon and now I'm seeing stars (Oh)

When we touch (Touch, touch)

(Feels) Feels like

High, we should just smoke

We should get high, we should just

(Fall into my arms, let me adore you)

High, we should just float

If you can fly, we should just (Yeah, feels like)

(Fall into my arms, let me adore you)

High, we should just smoke (Oh)

We should get high, we should just (Yeah)

(Fall into my arms, let me adore you)

High, we should just float

(Do you trust in me like I do?)

If you can fly, we should just

(Do you trust in me like I do?)

(Know I do) Adore you

(Do you trust in me like I do?)

Just can't help myself (Yeah)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Fly)

(Yeah, oh)

High, we should just smoke

We should get high, we should just (Yeah, oh)

(Fall into my arms, let me adore you)

High, we should just float

If you can fly, we should just

(Oh, yeah, yeah)

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

"Everything We See"

Who says there isn't beauty in everything we see?

For what we share, it's true

I know you care for me deeply

I know you do

When I'm with you

I can't deny that I feel safer here

But gravity just brings you right back to the atmosphere

So if you stay counting on me

I'll fight all your demons in the night

If you say, say you won't leave

Eating your heart like parasites

So if you stay counting on me

I'll fight all your demons in the night

If you say, say you won't leave

Eating your heart like parasites

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I have to take a step back

And catch my breath to think about it

You're doing what you want in this life

It's only you deciding

I had a minor setback and took some time to analyze it

You got the love inside you and now it's up for you to find it

With you, I can't deny that I feel safer here

But gravity just brings you right back to the atmosphere

So if you stay counting on me

I'll fight all your demons in the night

If you say, say you won't leave

Eating your heart like parasites

So if you stay counting on me

I'll fight all your demons in the night

If you say, say you won't leave

Eating your heart like parasites

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I have to take a step back

And catch my breath to think about it

You're doing what you want in this life, it's only you deciding

I had a minor setback and took some time to analyze it

You got the love inside you and now it's up for you to find it

I have to take a step back

And catch my breath to think about it

You're doing what you want in this life, it's only you deciding

I had a minor setback and took some time to analyze it

You got the love inside you and now it's up for you to find it

"Altitude"

I don't wanna say too much already

But I never felt something quite like this

Deep into the night and my eyes are heavy

Try to turn away but I can't resist

You don't gotta fill my head with lies

Living in the moment 'cause I know what this is

You told me that you'd stay for the night

Left early in the morning like a ghost in the wind

Ooh, it's something 'bout you

Has me over the moon

And if I lose your touch

I don't know what I'd do

The temperature is rising

It's 102

The pressure's getting higher in this altitude

Oh

Think about all the time we have

Oh

Think about all the time we have

2 a.m. on Ocean Drive

Roof is gone, we're so alive

See your face lit by the lights

They can't show me what's inside

So you wanna run away from the unknown?

Know it's hard to save a soul from a broken home

Only hurts me in the end if I miss your call

You're imprinted in my head like a centerfold

Ooh, it's something 'bout you

Has me over the moon

And if I lose your touch

I don't know what I'd do

The temperature is rising

It's 102

And we're just getting lifted, lifted, lifted, lifted (And lifted, and lifted)

Oh

Think about all the time we have (And we're just getting lifted, lifted, lifted, lifted)

Oh

Think about all the time we have (And we're just getting lifted, lifted, lifted, lifted)

And we're just getting lifted, lifted, lifted, lifted

And we're just getting lifted, lifted, lifted, lifted

And we're just getting lifted, lifted, lifted, lifted

And we're just getting lifted, lifted, lifted, lifted

"It's All Good"

I walked out the front door

You said you didn't want me anymore, you meant that

You said it with your chest

Caught me on a bad day

They say I'll get over the trauma

But there's certain things that you just don't forget

I wish I could burn it all

And light all of your shit on fire

Set the world ablaze just like a cigarette

Underneath the waterfall

That's where I wash away the grievances you can't escape

You're my biggest regret

But it's all good

Yeah, all these years, all these tears

But it's all good

'Cause you'll just sell your dreams to someone who will believe you, and act like it's all good

Yeah, all these years, all these tears

But it's all good

'Cause you'll just sell your dreams to someone who will believe

Almost like I'm done for

I wonder if you even cared at all, you say you did

With your empty words

Only seem to cut me deep

Just like a dagger to my stomach as you watch me bleed

Is this what I deserve?

It's all good

Yeah, all these years, all these tears

But it's all good

'Cause you'll just sell your dreams to someone who will believe you, and act like it's all good

Yeah, all these years, all these tears

But it's all good

'Cause you'll just sell your dreams to someone who will believe

And when you're next to him, touchin' him

Tell me, do you think of me?

And when you're next to him, touchin' him

Tell me, do you think of me?

And when you're next to him, touchin' him

Tell me, do you think of me?

And when you're next to him, touchin' him

Tell me, do you think of me?

It's all good

Yeah, all these years, all these tears

But it's all good

'Cause you'll just sell your dreams to someone who will believe you, and act like it's all good

Yeah, all these years, all these tears

But it's all good

'Cause you'll just sell your dreams to someone who will believe you, and act like it's all good

"Broken"

'Cause you treat me like my love is just a game

But it's one that both of us can never win

I awoke and you're no longer next to me

Where were you the other night at 10 p.m.?

No, I've never been the one to chase your tracks (Tracks)

But I thought I knew you way better than this

The decisions that you made, can't take it back

Can't ignore it when there's this much evidence

Are you leaving me

Just for him?

How'd I lose your love?

I'm wondering

Are you leaving me

Just for him?

I, I lost your love once again

Don't understand

Oh, I can't go through this

I don't wanna hurt anymore

Oh, I can't go through this

I don't wanna open up that door

Oh, I can't go through this

I don't have another heart to mend

Oh, I can't go through this

I'm broken, I'm broken

I, I lost your love once again

I, I lost your love once again

You're so out of bounds

I'm stuck in denial

Thinkin' you were down

But you let me down

Where do I turn now?

Someone tell me how

Everywhere I go

You'll still be around

How, how could you do me like that?

Do I know him too?

When I'm not home, is he next to you?

When I'm not home, is he there with you right now?

Right now

Is he next to you right now?

Right now

Is he next to you right now?

Right now

Is he next to you right now?

Right now

Is he next to you?

"Dose"

Searching for nirvana in a crowded room

Feels like just us two, sweat like a monsoon

Watching how you move

I know what you're doing, you say you wanna

You wanna get high (High)

All the drugs you'd take if I weren't by your side (Take)

I won't let you down, wait till you come down

Counting every breath you take, how'd I get here if it's not fate?

And they say drugs are not your friend

That was the first mistake I made, can't tell what's real or what is fake

And they say drugs are not your friend

They say drugs are not your friend, you take one, now you're in a trance

You feel like you've been born again, only until you're bored again

You take, you take, you take, you take, can't tell what's real or what is fake

Can't tell what's real or what is fake

I know that you're

Cravin' more

You're wantin' more (Oh)

Chasing every dose (Wait till you come down)

I know that you're

Cravin' more

You're wantin' more (Oh)

Chasing every dose (Wait till you come down)

High

Higher, higher, higher, higher

High, high (High)

Higher, higher, higher, higher

High (High)

Counting every breath you take, how'd I get here if it's not fate?

And they say drugs are not your friend

That was the first mistake I made, can't tell what's real or what is fake

And they say drugs are not your friend

Feeling numb, getting high

Counting every breath you take, how'd I get here if it's not fate?

And they say drugs are not your friend

That was the first mistake I made, can't tell what's real or what is fake

And they say drugs are not your friend

I know that you're

Cravin' more

You're wantin' more (Oh)

Chasing every dose (Wait till you come down)

I know that you're

Cravin' more

You're wantin' more (Oh)

Chasing every dose (Wait till you come down)

Wait till you come down

"Please Don't Fall In Love With Me"

I was wondering maybe

Could I make you my baby?

If we do the unthinkable

Would it make us look crazy?

If you ask me, I'm ready

If you ask me, I'm ready

I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm rea—

Did you already know him? It's coincidental

That he learns your body and mind the way I do

The secrets you told me, were they confidential

Or do you let anyone inside your mental?

I bet you ain't told him the things that we been through

I know you're not flashing your wrist like you been doing

The fact that I actually started to trust you

Then you broke my heart, someone bring me a tissue

Or maybe my notebook, I'll sharpen my pencil

To write you a letter, to show you I'm into you

Still down forever, even if it's pleasure

Go 'head, sign your name on the package I sent you

Open it up and when you get to cheesing

I hope you'd believe in the end that I got you

How can I move forward if every relationship

I get in don't hit the same if it ain't you

So please don't fall in love with me

Don't fall in love with me

Don't fall in love with me

Don't fall in love with me

So please don't fall in love with me (Don't fall)

Don't fall in love with me (Don't fall)

Don't fall in love with me (Don't fall, don't fall)

Don't fall in love with me

Do you still use that Versace bag that I bought you?

Look back at the pics of vacations I brought you on?

He can't even match it he's not in my bracket

You settle for less with him, with me I put you on

It doesn't look good on you, way too appealing

To go through experiences that he's giving you

'Cause you see on this side I'll drape you in fire

Got bundles of roses lined up to the ceiling

I'm so good without you, I know that I'm healing

But that doesn't change that the way I've been feeling

Is clouding my judgment, I act like it's nothing

But really I'm suffering, I'm way too forgiving

I saw your new man and he looks like a joke

It's been a while since the both of us spoke

I can't help but think that my life would be better

If we never met but that's not how it goes

So please don't fall in love with me (You can't fall for me)

Don't fall in love with me (You can't fall for me)

Don't fall in love with me (Do not fall)

Don't fall in love with me (Fall)

So please don't fall in love with me (Don't fall)

Don't fall in love with me (Don't fall)

Don't fall in love with me (Don't fall, don't fall)

Don't fall in love with me

"Breathe"

(feat. Arlo Parks)

I'm useless

Out of my depth

I don't wanna lose myself again

I'm useless

Out of my depth

Baby, I need your oxygen (When do I start to feel myself again?)

I'm useless

Out of my depth

I don't wanna lose myself again (So useless)

I'm useless

Out of my depth (Need your oxygen)

Baby, I need your oxygen

So breathe

Only 6 a.m. and I'm out searching for morning glory

Many of us make it through the madness to tell our stories

Couple hundred million of us shackled by our depression

No one can escape our fate, the world brings us no exceptions

Even in my bed I feel afraid when the lights go off

Just my thoughts and I and I've been dying to clear my conscious

Like the walls are closing on me, I get so claustrophobic

Open up my eyes, I'm still surrounded by all this darkness, and I know that

I'm useless

Out of my depth

I don't wanna lose myself again

I'm useless

Out of my depth

Baby, I need your oxygen (When do I start to feel myself again?)

I'm useless

Out of my depth

I don't wanna lose myself again (So useless)

I'm useless

Out of my depth (Need your oxygen)

Baby, I need your oxygen

So breathe

Searching through the darkness

For something I could do differently

Something I could do differently

Seven weeks I've been lost at sea

So cold in my apartment

Feeling my tears start to freeze

Feeling my tears start to freeze

Seven weeks I've been lost at sea

I'm useless

Out of my depth

I don't wanna lose myself again

I'm useless

Out of my depth

Baby, I need your oxygen (When do I start to feel myself again?)

I'm useless

Out of my depth

I don't wanna lose myself again (So useless)

I'm useless

Out of my depth (Need your oxygen)

Baby, I need your oxygen

So breathe

Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh

"Ground"

Cotton candy-colored skies even put a smile on my broken muse

Somethin' 'bout the sunset pleases me and brings out the best in you

I could stare at you all evenin', meltin' into the mountainside

Now I'm focusin' on my breathin', wonderin' how I got so high

I'll be right here on the ground

My feet, feet don't fail me now

I'll be right here on the ground

My feet, feet don't fail me now

Only took a gram and a half, saw your body tessellate

We go out and skate under moonlight, disappear in the masquerade

Tell me how real we really are, sayin' we're in some simulation

How to become self-aware when everything seems so calculated?

I'll be right here on the ground

My feet, feet don't fail me now

I'll be right here on the ground

My feet, feet don't fail me now

And I'm skatin'

Different colorways, but they'll all remain stainless

If you fallin' off, then you will remain aimless

Sneakin' out the back with the ones that I came with

See it in your eyes that you wanna be

I can see it in your eyes that it's doin' you damage

Just another night, thinkin', how do I manage?

Open up the door, wake me up when I'm landin'

Most of them never had the heart

None of them words got empathy

Lead up for the blame on a tear

Gotta let go of your resent

When you're gone, the world doesn't starve

No, you won't be the last to leave

Sun is done, another day is spent

But I won't find my clarity

I'll be right here on the ground (I won't find my clarity)

My feet, feet don't fail me now (No, I won't find my clarity, no)

I'll be right here on the ground (Oh, oh)

My feet, feet don't fail me now (Mm, mm, mm, mm-mm)

Mm, mm

Oh

Da-da-da-da-da-da (Yeah)

Mm, mm

"Who's There To Pick Me Up"

I'm all alone

I'm all alone

I don't know, I don't know

I don't know how to go about our situation

Unfamiliar with openness in our conversation

I've experienced these casualties, built these walls up through tragedy

Thinking if they get high enough, no one needs to save me

Now I know vulnerability has its limitations

If I'm showing you everything, I hope you embrace it

'Cause I don't do that usually, I prepare for the scrutiny

Thinking if you get used to me, you'll be on your way then

So I guess you must be on your way then

No one's ever gave me any patience

Don't know how to love, need demonstration

Ah

Ah

Who's there to clean me up when you're gone? I think I made a mess

Tell me, who's there to clear my mind? You're not around and you're so unimpressed with me

I don't wanna do too much

I don't wanna do too much

I don't wanna do too much

I don't wanna do too much

I confide in you

Would never lie to you

Tell you all my truth

From this point of view

I don't wanna do too much with you judging me

I don't wanna do too much, need you comfortably

You've been on my mind

I don't wanna lose control

I don't wanna let you go

I don't wanna let you go

Happens all the time

I don't wanna let you go

I don't wanna let you go, no

Would you ride for me?

Fight for me?

Never hide from me?

Slide for me?

You don't gotta do too much 'cause I trust in you, baby

You don't gotta do too much 'cause it's all on you, baby

You've been on my mind, I don't know what to do, yeah

Happens all the time, I don't know what to do, oh

Who's there to clean me up when you're gone? I think I made a mess

Tell me, who's there to clear my mind? You're not around and you're so unimpressed with me

Who's there to pick me up when you're no longer answering your phone?

Who's there to clean me up? Who's there when I'm all alone?

When I'm all alone

When I'm all alone

Oh, ah

"Tainted"

Your heart (So tainted)

Your mind (So tainted)

Your soul (So tainted)

Your eyes (So tainted)

Your heart (So tainted)

Your mind (So tainted)

Your soul (So tainted)

Your eyes (So tainted)

Can we make this work?

Can we make amends?

I don't wanna fight

No more arguin'

Heard it, word of mouth

Tell me where you been

You don't gotta lie

Say he was just a friend

I

Just can't choose how to believe

You

That's the hardest part

I

Barely eat, I barely sleep

You

I can't heal your heart

'Cause your heart (So tainted)

Your mind (So tainted)

Your soul (So tainted)

Your eyes (So tainted)

Your heart (So tainted)

Your mind (So tainted)

Your soul (So tainted)

Your eyes (Eyes)

Say you won't do me wrong, do me wrong, do me wrong

But that's just all you do

Yeah, that's just all you do

To me

Say you won't do me wrong, do me wrong, do me wrong

But that's just all you do

Yeah, that's just all you do

To me

Try to make excuses

Blame it on abuse

Seems to be your favorite line for you to use

You see I relate

That we trauma bond

Hold you in my arms

Did I read you wrong?

And I

Just can't choose how to believe

You

That's the hardest part

And I

Barely eat, I barely sleep

You

I can't heal your heart

'Cause your heart (So tainted)

Your mind (So tainted)

Your soul (So tainted)

Your eyes (So tainted)

Your heart (So tainted)

Your mind (So tainted)

Your soul (So tainted)

Your eyes (So tainted)

Say you won't do me wrong, do me wrong, do me wrong

But that's just all you do

Yeah, that's just all you do

To me

Say you won't do me wrong, do me wrong, do me wrong

But that's just all you do

Yeah, "Long Way Home"

We were living clueless, reckless, ignorant

You always act a fool when you're lit, you're belligerent

I didn't have a view 'bout a thing, I was innocent

So if it's red or blue, wouldn't know what the difference is

When we're in my ride, Sunset Drive

Like we're on the freeway, going 35

Took this exit just to hit a 180

'Cause the night's not done till we say it is

And the party don't stop till it's over

And the bottle don't stop till it's almost gone

You say you gotta mix your whiskey and the soda

Ooh, it's gonna be a long way home

You know I'm with whatever you say

You know I wouldn't have it no other way

They say it's 99 degrees in Arizona

Ooh, it's gonna be a long way home

We just took a tab, now we're breaking out the Matrix

I feel so connected when we're vibin' on the same trip

Tried to call a cab, but it turned into a spaceship

Oh, I make you feel the safest

When we're in my ride, Sunset Drive

Like we're on the freeway, going 35

Took this exit just to hit a 180

'Cause the night's not done till we say it is

And the party don't stop till it's over

And the bottle don't stop till it's almost gone

You say you gotta mix your whiskey and the soda

Ooh, it's gonna be a long way home

You know I'm with whatever you say

You know I wouldn't have it no other way

They say it's 99 degrees in Arizona

Ooh, it's gonna be a long way home

Be a long way home

Ooh, ooh

Ooh, it's gonna be a long way homethat's just all you do

To me

"Heatstroke"

What if I told ya

The sun is coming closer?

What a heatstroke

Such a supernova, ah

Would you hold me close

Right here on my shoulder?

It never feels like

Summer's really over, ah

Ah

'Cause when it starts, I'm overwhelmed

No, I can't explain

And then the walls begin to melt

As it burns to the flames

And I recall the way I felt

No, I'll never be the same

No, I wouldn't be the same, ah

Ah

What if I told ya

The sun is coming closer?

What a heatstroke

Such a supernova, ah

Would you hold me close

Right here on my shoulder?

It never feels like

Summer's really over, ah

Ah

'Cause when it starts, I'm overwhelmed

No, I can't ignore

In the end it's hard to tell

What we're all fighting for

Shall we sit here by ourselves

And let go, ah

Ah

So won't you tell me that we'll make it?

Tell me that we'll make it

Tell me that we'll make it

Tell me that we'll make it

Thinkin' maybe we can save us

Maybe we can save this

Maybe we can save this

Maybe we can save this

Even if we're fakin'

Even if we're fakin'

Even if we're fakin'

Even if we're fakin'

Thinkin' maybe we can save this

Maybe we can save this

Maybe we can save this

Maybe we can save this

Wouldn't that be wonderful?

Wouldn't that be wonderful?

Wouldn't that be wonderful?

Wouldn't that be wonderful?

Wouldn't that be wonderful?

Wouldn't that be wonderful?

What if I told ya

The sun is coming closer?

What a heatstroke

Such a supernova, ah

"Sincere"

Tell me what I mean to you

My fingertips are black and blue

I'm holding on to your heart

But it's cold, and now I'm frozen

Don't know what I bring to you

I wonder what you see in me

There's nowhere left I can go

'Cause our chapter is closing

I turn around

Hear your voice in the wind and it calls me

But I don't exist to you

I know my place, and you're fading away

I'm so sorry

Are you sincere? Oh

Are you sincere when you tell me that you want me?

Don't want nobody but me

Sincere, oh

Are you sincere when you tell me that you care for me?

Do I tread carefully now?

It's like I'm losing myself

Fill me with doubt

While I bare my wounds

You say you're leaving me

Who's there to help?

I'm lost in this cloud

Like I'm gasping for air

And there's no relief for me

I turn around

Hear your voice in the wind and it calls me

But I don't exist to you

I know my place, and you're fading away

I'm so sorry, I'm sorry

Are you sincere? Oh

Are you sincere when you tell me that you want me?

Don't want nobody but me

Sincere, oh

Are you sincere when you tell me that you care for me?

Now I've got nobody

Now I've got nobody

Now I've got nobody

Now I've got nobody

Now I've got nobody

Now I've got nobody

Now I've got nobody

Now I've got nobody

"Owe To You"

One day you're here, another you're gone

I dream about winning you back and taking you home

Wishing I'd see you tonight (Wishing I'd see you tonight)

Eats me alive, affecting my brain

I think about nights without you, drives me insane

Making me uneasy now (Making me uneasy now)

'Cause you have your options, your life's not stopping

For a random man, where are my manners?

You must've lost 'em

If you give me the chance, then I'll hold your hand and

Make you a promise, we'll share romance like it's only us two

Do I owe that to you?

Owe that to you tonight

Maybe if the planets were aligned

I'd be the one that's waiting down the aisle

Sharing our vows

Even if the picture's blurry now

I owe that to you

Owe that to you tonight

To show up for you every time

I'd be the one who guides you to the light

When you feel blind

Count on me to follow all the signs that

Point me to you

Owe it to you tonight

Sun will arise, minutes awake

The longer that I'm stuck in this bed, our vision will fade

And sadly, you'll be leaving me here (Sadly, you'll be leaving me here)

We had it all, but look at us now

It's seeming that the light's gone away, we're stuck in a drought

Watching all our dreams disappear (Watching all our)

Dreams disappear

'Cause you have your options, your life's not stopping

For a random man, where are my manners?

Must've lost 'em

I'm left here stranded, how can I handle

If how I see you is not how I planned it?

And then I'm forgotten

Do I owe that to you?

Owe that to you tonight

Maybe if the planets were aligned

I'd be the one that's waiting down the aisle

Sharing our vows, even if the picture's blurry now

I owe that to you

Owe that to you tonight

To show up for you every time

I'd be the one who guides you to the light

When you feel blind

Count on me to follow all the signs that

Point me to you

Owe it to you tonight

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Owe that to you

Owe that to you tonight

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Know I owe it to you

Owe it to you tonight

Show I'm forever

Every time

Guide you to the light

Light

I will owe it to you

Owe it to you tonight

"Decline"

I never thought it'd be over so quickly

What a shame

I still feel the pain deep inside of my core

I'm not the same as I was when you're with me

Should I build my grave?

Wasting away on the living room floor

I thought we were fine

Did you change your line?

I don't know if you set your mind

You're so hard to find

And I hope things were the same

But I'll take the blame

And I'll go

I thought we were fine

Do you hit "Decline"

When I call?

What am I to do all alone in the city?

'Cause I can't replace the memories of you when they start to dissolve

I thought I was okay, all of a sudden, then it hit me

I try to relax

You're not coming back to me after all (After all)

And I thought we were fine

Did you change your line?

I don't know if you set your mind

You're so hard to find

And I hope things were the same

But I'll take the blame

I thought we were fine

Do you hit "Decline"

When I call?

When I call

When I call

When I call

When I call

When I call, oh-whoa-oh

When I call, oh-whoa-oh-whoa-oh-whoa

Oh-oh-oh