A Little Unfamiliar | Upbeat R&B

A Little Unfamiliar | Upbeat R&B Original lyrics (written version) I know when to soften I know when to smile I can make a whole life happen Without asking if it's mine You call it being thoughtful I call it losing track Of which part was a kindness And which part won't come back If I change my answer Will you think the first was false? I was trying to be good to you I forgot who else it cost Let me be a little unfamiliar Let me take a breath before I try I have bent around so many answers I could barely tell your voice from mine There is love enough between us For a life that's also mine Let me be a little unfamiliar I can hear my own reply There are things I thought I hated That I never tried alone There are things I said I wanted In a voice that wasn't home I'm not angry with the person Who survived by saying yes She was doing what she knew then Now the rest is mine to live Less of being needed Just to know that I belong More of saying what I mean Before the moment's gone Let me be a little unfamiliar Let me take a breath before I try I have bent around so many answers I could barely tell your voice from mine There is love enough between us For a life that's also mine Let me be a little unfamiliar I can hear my own reply Some days I miss how simple It was to know my part Some days I nearly ask you Who you think I ought to be Then something small refuses Not a shout, not certainty What if I could disappoint you And you still wanted me? Let me be a little unfamiliar Let me take a breath before I try I have bent around so many answers Now I leave a little undefined Here I am with all my edges Still I'm reaching out to you Let me be a little unfamiliar Let it take a little time That's my answer Let it be mine Listen next — Almost Tell You | Funk & R&B:    • Almost Tell You | Funk & R&B   More R&B & Funk:    • R&B & Funk   Tempo Orchard    / @tempoorchard