my throat closes at the
thought of being affined again
but can’t breathe through the 
thought of you being more
than just friends with anyone else 
i’m stuck 
what’s the point of this
my luck
fallen to the abyss to nothing 
my heart sinks to my stomach when I 
can’t remember your face
seductive swan song of solitude
when I’m in the embrace 
of anyone else
my thumbs tucked in balled up fists
our love
would be serendipitous 

romella lead me asinine 
romella, darling, my divine 
i would die on your hills every night
i’m in love but i can’t say
just the thought of you drives me to cry
i’m in love in the worst way

the former seems to linger 
i need healing
i ponder on the sonder 
you’re revealing 
my emotions seem to overflow 
these feelings superfluous 
don’t know how much longer i can go
i crave your salient kiss
not sure what I’m meant to do 
see my darling I am bruised
i’m concealing all my wounds but
in the process losing you 

romella lead me asinine 
romella, darling, my divine 
i would die on your hills every night
i’m in love but i can’t say
just the thought of you drives me to cry
i’m in love in the worst way

the worst way, the worst way
the worst way, the worst way    

written by uya raye
produced by joey hendrixx

6. romella_demo_06.05.22

take some time to unwind
set an intention for the climb
to outer space we could levitate 
and let the mind and body separate 
elevate with me
i’ve got both feet on the ground but
let’s put our heads in the clouds and
not worry bout the height or vertigo
feel more than welcome to be vulnerable
you know you’re safe, baby
meditated now we’re floating
it’s all divine energy that’s been enclosing Us 
don’t got no bullshit in our session, nah
let’s drift into a new dimension, uh

we could move in slow mo
largo not allegro
take time to ride, uh
come with me, let’s glide, yeah

ask me that familiar question
got my permission baby
past our first impressions
taking a dive into your water
show me them moves that I done taught you
i'm fiending for you
your love is torture
the tension’s tantalising
i’m tryna explore you
the way you’re moving
something like pestle and mortar
no need to rush it, baby
hold on, let me show you

we could move in slow mo (slow mo)
largo not allegro (largo)
take time to ride, uh (take our time)
i’ll be your guide
we could move in slow mo (slow mo)
largo not allegro (not allegro)
put your hand in mine
come with me, let’s glide, yeah 

let’s glide, let’s glide, uh

written by uya raye
produced by joey hendrixx

4. slow mo_demo_25.05.22

“the extravagant lifestyle of 1847 paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure. One such woman is...”

the kinda girl whose 
presence makes you pause
the type to type in lowercase of course
i’m struggling to shake off her allure 
couldn’t make a movie better than this
and i’m sure 
can i whisper in your ear my sweet amour
and tell you all the things that i adore
about the way you think and how you
make me feel insecure, demure

camille, camille
a pretty daisy field
she makes me think it’s 1936 
she’s so surreal
she guiding me to confession
expressing how i feel
she makes me wanna be chivalrous
buy her daffodils

camille, camille
now baby what’s the deal
i’m writing novels ‘bout you daily
david copperfield 
your charm impressing me swiftly
my type, my daisy wheel
i’m talking bout you to my homies 
like this shawty real, she really real

she really real
i can’t help but endorse it
but dancing round the sun 
can get exhausting
it’s kinda daunting 
she’s spins my head around and round
so dizzy i can’t feel the ground

excuse me if this sounds a little forward
inspecting and i’m seeing zero fault in   
all your gorgeous   
some people say that love is war
but if you shoot then down i’ll fall
won’t be no duel, no quickest draw 
the one that i adore
she got me, on my knees
felt cupid’s arrows before
but this times feeling deep 
in spite of all of my flaws
feels like you’re chasing me
it makes me like you even more

camille, camille
a pretty daisy field
she makes me think it’s 1936
she’s so surreal
she guiding me to confession
expressing how i feel
she makes me wanna be chivalrous
buy her daffodils

camille, camille
now baby what’s the deal
i’m writing novels ‘bout you daily
david copperfield 
your charm impressing me swiftly
my type, my daisy wheel
i’m talking bout you to my homies 
like this shawty real, she really real

written by uya raye
produced by tristen tré

camille_draft 3.mp3

i know your station's just a train away
but i was hoping that you 
would just stay the night
know you’ve got meetings 
in the morning babe
change my alarm so we both 
wake up early, i
hope that you don’t think i’m forward
if i say i want your touch
hope it doesn’t make it awkward
really, i don’t mean to rush
just can’t fight the feeling baby
tension building and i find 
my sense of lust is overmuch
girl i think it’s taking over but

just for the record we should take our time
the rest will come if i can make you (mine) 
i’m not suggesting all the way
i’m thinking just a little taste
not tryna lead you to my sheets
just hoping we could kill the space

don’t have to tell you that outside is cold
cause we can see the rain is 
pouring down in droves
but if you wanna go i’ll walk you home
just hold my hand and that’s 
enough to keep me warm
little conversation
give me a bit more time
just tryna get to know you
see what’s beyond those eyes
please don’t feel pressure baby
to go further tonight
i’m only saying i can feel
something ‘tween you and i

just for the record we should take our time
the rest will come if i can make you (mine) 
i’m not suggesting all the way
i’m thinking just a little taste
not tryna lead you to my sheets
just hoping we could kill the space

written by uya raye
produced by yogic

take our time_draft 2.mp3

set ablaze a fire
that settles in my chest
thought that i would tire
seems i don’t want the rest
hear my stomach screaming
tortured by the flame
the more that i ignore
the worse i make pain

wasted my time
burying the thoughts away
covering the scars of shame
they needed the air the heal
is it a crime 
living in a fantasy
dreaming through reality
docile when it feels surreal

patience wearing weaker
(you’ve got me) feeling overeager 
now my judgment’s heading south
can’t help but feel the 
limerence succeeding
caution superseded
i don’t think i’ll make it out 

it’s always better with you
only you
(each time i’m outta my head)
it’s always better with you
only you
regret the shit that i’ve said

each time i’m outta my head i
regret the shit that i said and
each time we take it to bed i
feel so misled

written by uya raye
produced by sober toby

with u_draft 3.mp3

in lucid sleep you occur to me
a reverie 
encouraged by your uncertainty
is it fallacy?
no formal affair
further knowledge a fuss
a curious glare introduction enough
as if to take flight
your aura erupts
immersion now clear
tumult turned to hush

calling across the sea
so you entreat
i hear you scream
come near to me (come near)
come near to me (darling)
come near to me (please)
come near to me
how could i resist your allure? 
twirling in torture
dance with devil

is it your voice that enraptures
is it what i see in your eyes
fantasy in your observance
hypnotised as it locks on mine
vicious seduction
ferocious your pull
i’m summoned to slaughter
yet tame in the course
a salem surrender 
for if but a moment
you sway with my force

written by uya raye
produced by tristen tré

dancing with the devil_draft 2.mp3

i wish that you’d stop calling my phone
losing my mind to the sound of the tone
late in the night i’m thinking of you
but what could i say 
there’s nothing to prove

what did you expect baby
these things fall apart
all of the fables they told us
were never stretched this far
how could you blame me 
i told you from the start
falling in love with me 
is bad for your heart
bad for your heart

but i couldn’t blame you
you showed me from the start
that falling in love with you
was bad for my heart
bad for my heart

i sit and wonder why we 
even tried to chase
a dream that we could never 
stand a chance to race
it seemed like even we when we 
would pick up the pace
all we did was drift
further away

friends to lovers 
engaged with haste
slipping back to strangers 
was it just our fate
to want for something more
but only get a taste 
oh what a shame 

what did i expect from this
when i said my part
thought it’d be different 
the wounds had turned to scars
but i couldn’t blame you 
you showed me from the start
falling in love with you
was bad for my heart
bad for my heart

written by uya raye
produced by sober toby

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