"Before and After You Came Along” — Lyric Summary
This suite maps a transformation from emotional drift to purposeful clarity, tracing the arc of self-discovery sparked by a pivotal connection. The speaker begins in a fog — lifeless days, muted dreams, and a heart without narrative. But the arrival of “you” flips the script: not as a saviour, but as a mirror that reveals, heals, and ignites.
Intro & Verse 1: A life adrift, rhythmless and dim. The speaker moves like shadow, dreams silent, future blurred.
Hook: The turning point. With “you,” the speaker finds voice, song, and sunrise — walking now with purpose.
Verse 2: “You” doesn’t rescue — you reveal. The soul dances, wounds mend, and time bends into rhyme.
Breakdown: Ancestral echoes surface. The speaker shifts from longing to luminous — no longer counting stars, but shining among them.
Final Hook & Outro: Full fusion of genres mirrors emotional integration. The speaker no longer doubts or drifts — they are whole.
It’s a sonic memoir of becoming — Afrobeat groove, Dancehall cadence, and R&B glide all woven into a narrative of inner ignition

Before and After You Came Along #Dancehall x Afrobeat x Rnb

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Before and After You Came Along #Dancehall x Afrobeat x Rnb

SOS (Sound Of Starlings)