I Need You by Omar Musa Lyrics
[Intro: Sample]
I need you
I need you
[Verse 1: Omar Musa, Sample]
I’m in too deep
What a month it has been
Cry backstage with my face in my hands
Twenty minutes later I'm up on the stage
With a room full of fans and an upbeat clique
How do I tell ‘em that I lost my friend this week?
That I went to his funeral
At 3pm and came straight to the venue
Heart full of ache and a crate full of need
(I need you) What a life we lead
Doc took a look at my liver
Said “You gotta be careful it's under siege”
What the hell do you do
When the drugs run out? Bottles all empty?
Blood moon risin’, the sirens tempt me?
(Whip into a frenzy) Looking for a lustrous diva to mend me
(Is that you?)
Fillin’ with the envy
Visions of you lyin’ here shinin’ on the bedsheets
Can't let the feelings go gently
Full of fear
‘Cause history repeats itself all the time
Pour my pain on the fresh new beat
Three sedatives just to send me to sleep
Fell into a fevered dream, can't you see?
[Chorus: Sarah Corry, Sample, Sarah Corry & Omar Musa]
I need you
Waiting for the [?]
I need you
But you won’t listen when I say it, uh
I need you
Callin’ out the ancient vow
I need you
But you won’t listen when I said
I need you
I need you, I need you (I need you)
I need you, I need you
I need you, I need you (I need you)
[Verse 2: Omar Musa, Sample]
Woke up to an email saying that they wanted me dead
Internet troll sayin’
“Cunt, there's a price on your filthy Muslim head”
I just laughed at it
Part of the game these days in my country of birth
When you’ve got my name
And they want people to blame, same old tactics
Line ‘em on the shootin’ range
(I need you) Dialin’ a number
But all of your friends are so flaky
What does it mean when your losin’ composure
What does it mean to be crazy?
How does it feel when she tells you she don't wanna see ya
How does it feel to be lonely?
I’m feelin’ it all, I’m wedded to music
For sweet matrimony
Yeah, I'm takin’ it all in
The grief and the joy
I'm hearin’ the spirits and voices that are callin’
The stories embedded in all of us risin’ and fallin’
The moon is a colour of ruby
It offers a warnin’, open myself
Pressin’ record on my everything
Purest of melodies, vocal distortion
This is a trap that I'm caught in
Colours and mirrors are warpin’
Practice contortion, bend over backwards
For lovers that hate me, haters that love to destroy me
Head on a swivel
Lookin’ around at the world as a riddle
All by myself, lost in the dark
Readin’ the ripples, can’t you see?
I need you
[Chorus: Sarah Corry, Sample, Sarah Corry & Omar Musa]
Waiting for the [?]
I need you
But you won’t listen when I say it, uh
I need you
Callin’ out the ancient vow
I need you
But you won’t listen when I said
I need you
I need you, I need you (I need you)
I need you, I need you
I need you, I need you (I need you)
[Outro: Omar Musa]
If I die before I wake
Pray the earth, my soul to take
Life is just some shiftin’ shapes
Helpful devils, sinnin’ saints
Pick a time, pick a way
Pick a path, pick a day
Death can wait
Heaven knows there’s more to say
I need you
I need you
[Verse 1: Omar Musa, Sample]
I’m in too deep
What a month it has been
Cry backstage with my face in my hands
Twenty minutes later I'm up on the stage
With a room full of fans and an upbeat clique
How do I tell ‘em that I lost my friend this week?
That I went to his funeral
At 3pm and came straight to the venue
Heart full of ache and a crate full of need
(I need you) What a life we lead
Doc took a look at my liver
Said “You gotta be careful it's under siege”
What the hell do you do
When the drugs run out? Bottles all empty?
Blood moon risin’, the sirens tempt me?
(Whip into a frenzy) Looking for a lustrous diva to mend me
(Is that you?)
Fillin’ with the envy
Visions of you lyin’ here shinin’ on the bedsheets
Can't let the feelings go gently
Full of fear
‘Cause history repeats itself all the time
Pour my pain on the fresh new beat
Three sedatives just to send me to sleep
Fell into a fevered dream, can't you see?
[Chorus: Sarah Corry, Sample, Sarah Corry & Omar Musa]
I need you
Waiting for the [?]
I need you
But you won’t listen when I say it, uh
I need you
Callin’ out the ancient vow
I need you
But you won’t listen when I said
I need you
I need you, I need you (I need you)
I need you, I need you
I need you, I need you (I need you)
[Verse 2: Omar Musa, Sample]
Woke up to an email saying that they wanted me dead
Internet troll sayin’
“Cunt, there's a price on your filthy Muslim head”
I just laughed at it
Part of the game these days in my country of birth
When you’ve got my name
And they want people to blame, same old tactics
Line ‘em on the shootin’ range
(I need you) Dialin’ a number
But all of your friends are so flaky
What does it mean when your losin’ composure
What does it mean to be crazy?
How does it feel when she tells you she don't wanna see ya
How does it feel to be lonely?
I’m feelin’ it all, I’m wedded to music
For sweet matrimony
Yeah, I'm takin’ it all in
The grief and the joy
I'm hearin’ the spirits and voices that are callin’
The stories embedded in all of us risin’ and fallin’
The moon is a colour of ruby
It offers a warnin’, open myself
Pressin’ record on my everything
Purest of melodies, vocal distortion
This is a trap that I'm caught in
Colours and mirrors are warpin’
Practice contortion, bend over backwards
For lovers that hate me, haters that love to destroy me
Head on a swivel
Lookin’ around at the world as a riddle
All by myself, lost in the dark
Readin’ the ripples, can’t you see?
I need you
[Chorus: Sarah Corry, Sample, Sarah Corry & Omar Musa]
Waiting for the [?]
I need you
But you won’t listen when I say it, uh
I need you
Callin’ out the ancient vow
I need you
But you won’t listen when I said
I need you
I need you, I need you (I need you)
I need you, I need you
I need you, I need you (I need you)
[Outro: Omar Musa]
If I die before I wake
Pray the earth, my soul to take
Life is just some shiftin’ shapes
Helpful devils, sinnin’ saints
Pick a time, pick a way
Pick a path, pick a day
Death can wait
Heaven knows there’s more to say