Dear Sophia

[Verse 1]
Sophia, I still read
your name in the glass
By the chipped blue cup
and the key by the ash
Mama asked me why
I still set one plate
I said love don’t leave
it just changes shape
Your laugh in the hall
your boots by the door
Now the room holds still
like it’s waiting for more
I talk to your photo
like you’ll answer back
Then the silence hits hard
and I fall right through that
[Pre-Chorus]
If heaven got a mailbox
send my tears upstairs
If the cold gets louder
I’ll still meet you there
Hold on to me
Hold on to me
[Chorus]
Sophia, stay with me (stay with me)
Sophia, stay with me (stay with me)
I call your name
through the pain
Sophia, stay with me (stay with me)
[Verse 2]
They say time can heal
but time got rough hands
It turns your whole heart
into a broken plan
I wear your old chain
like a vow on my throat
Every subway ride
you the name I quote
On Lenox and rain
I seen kids play hard
Same corner, same dreams
same cracked blacktop scars
I swear I hear you
in the crowd’s low hum
And I wipe my face
so nobody sees me come undone
[Pre-Chorus]
If heaven got a mailbox
send my tears upstairs
If the cold gets louder
I’ll still meet you there
Hold on to me
Hold on to me
[Chorus]
Sophia, stay with me (stay with me)
Sophia, stay with me (stay with me)
I call your name
through the pain
Sophia, stay with me (stay with me)
[Sax Solo]
[Bridge]
If I could trade one night
for a lifetime more
I’d bring you home
to that old front door
But I know, I know
love don’t do that way
So I light this prayer
and I say your name
[Piano Solo]
[Final Chorus]
Sophia, stay with me (stay with me)
Sophia, stay with me (stay with me)
I call your name
through the pain
Sophia, stay with me (stay with me)
[Violin Solo]
[Outro]
Rest easy now
I’ll carry the flame
Sophia, forever
I won’t forget your name

Blues-soul and gospel-leaning R&B fused with NYC trap-pop and drill pulse, midtempo with swung drums, dark piano vamp, sliding bass, and mournful sax. Verse stays intimate and sparse; pre-chorus opens with stacked choir pads; chorus hits with handclaps and gang harmonies. Add vocal doubles, ad-lib throws, reverse swells, and a sax/violin/piano solo run. Bright, glossy low-end, intimate close-mic lead., blues, pop, soul, gospel, drill, r&b, violin, saxophone