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Somewhere by Tovan

There’s a kind of heartbreak that doesn’t explode, it evaporates.
It doesn’t break you in half, it just moves the furniture inside your chest until nothing feels where it used to be.
Some loves fade loud; this one fades politely.

When reassurance becomes a script and silence becomes the real answer, you stop arguing with them and start negotiating with your own imagination.
Not because you’re weak, but because echoing your own thoughts feels safer than asking for clarity you might not get.

This isn’t a song about abandonment.
It’s about the quiet places your mind wanders when someone keeps leaving just slowly enough that you can pretend it’s not happening.
Because sometimes the only conversation left… is with yourself.

Lyrics

You said to me that’s none to worry
I always call you when shit happens
You belong to none, be alive as ever
Time ticking ticking ticking ticking, baby
No one can take your heart, oh baby
Take off, take off, take off my soul, baby
Let you into my soul

Talking to myself
Whenever you leave and stop by the day
Talking to myself
Whenever you go into somewhere
Talking to myself
Whenever you leave and stop by the day
Talking to myself
Whenever you go into somewhere

Now I believe that’s none such happens
Take my breath, take my breath
And we nothing but last forever
Leave me by the door

Talking to myself
Whenever you leave and stop by the day
Talking to myself
Whenever you go into somewhere
Talking to myself
Whenever you leave and stop by the day
Talking to myself
Whenever you go into somewhere

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You said to me that’s none to worry
(Qur’an 94:8) “Turn your hope to your Lord.”
(Proverbs 12:25) “A good word makes the heart glad.”
(Tao Te Ching 17) “When trusted, people become trustworthy.”
(Serat Wulangreh) Tembung alus kadang mung tambal rasa.

I always call you when shit happens
(Qur’an 2:152) “Remember Me; I remember you.”
(Psalm 46:1) “A present help in trouble.”
(Bhagavad Gita 18.66) “Take refuge and you will be carried.”
(Serat Wedhatama) Wong ing susah golek sandaran.

You belong to none, be alive as ever
(Qur’an 6:164) “No soul bears another’s burden.”
(Galatians 5:1) “You were called to freedom.”
(Tao Te Ching 10) “Hold but do not possess.”
(Serat Centhini) Tresna ora ateges duwe.

Time ticking ticking ticking ticking, baby
(Qur’an 103:1–3) “By time, humanity is at loss.”
(Ecclesiastes 3:1) “A season for everything.”
(Dhammapada 20) “Time carries all away.”
(Serat Kalatidha) Wektu iku guru sing ora katon.

No one can take your heart, oh baby
(Qur’an 13:28) “Hearts find rest with remembrance.”
(Proverbs 4:23) “Guard your heart.”
(Upanishad Chandogya 3.14) “The heart is the seat of the Self.”
(Serat Dewa Ruci) Ati iku papan suwung sing ora kena dijupuk.

Take off, take off, take off my soul, baby
(Qur’an 95:4) “We created man in the best form.”
(Psalm 51:10) “Renew a right spirit within me.”
(Bhagavad Gita 2.22) “The soul sheds what is worn.”
(Serat Wedhatama) Ngilangake lapis-lapis rasa.

Let you into my soul
(Qur’an 32:9) “He breathed into him His spirit.”
(1 John 4:12) “Love lives in us.”
(Tao Te Ching 47) “Knowing without going.”
(Serat Wulangreh) Rasa mlebu ora nganggo lawang.

Talking to myself / Whenever you leave and stop by the day
(Qur’an 57:4) “He is with you wherever you are.”
(Psalm 139:7) “Where can I flee from Your presence?”
(Zhuangzi 6) “The mind wanders where the body cannot.”
(Serat Wedhatama) Kesepian nggawe swara batin banter.

Talking to myself / Whenever you go into somewhere
(Qur’an 3:8) “Do not let our hearts deviate.”
(Proverbs 16:9) “The heart plans its way.”
(Dhammapada 1) “Mind precedes experience.”
(Serat Centhini) Pikiran mlaku luwih adoh tinimbang badan.

Now I believe that’s none such happens
(Qur’an 65:3) “He provides from where you do not expect.”
(Hebrews 11:1) “Faith is assurance of things hoped for.”
(Tao Te Ching 36) “Sometimes weakening strengthens.”
(Serat Kalatidha) Rasa ngerti teka saka pasrah.

Take my breath, take my breath
(Qur’an 39:42) “He takes the souls at night.”
(Job 33:4) “The breath of God gives life.”
(Bhagavad Gita 4.24) “Breath becomes offering.”
(Serat Dewa Ruci) Ambegan iku lawang urip.

And we nothing but last forever
(Qur’an 55:27) “Only your Lord remains.”
(1 Corinthians 13:13) “Love abides.”
(Upanishad Katha 2.18) “The Self is eternal.”
(Serat Wedhatama) Sing langgeng mung rasa sejati.

Leave me by the door
(Qur’an 39:53) “Do not despair of mercy.”
(Revelation 3:20) “I stand at the door and knock.”
(Tao Te Ching 1) “The gateway of all mystery.”
(Serat Centhini) Pintu iku tandha pamisah antarane wani lan ragu.

Talking to myself…
(Qur’an 50:16) “We are closer to him than his jugular vein.”
(Psalm 42:5) “Why are you cast down, O my soul?”
(Dhammapada 160) “The self is the refuge of the self.”
(Serat Wedhatama) Batin dadi kanca nalika donya sepi.

Credits

Written by Tovan Alldino
Produced, Mixed, and Mastered by Tovan
Marketed by Dimulti Music

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