Somewhere I Already Knew You

[Verse 1]
You stand in that doorway
Like a glitch in my life
Face I’ve never seen
But I’ve seen every night
I know your chipped black nail paint
Little scar on your chin
How could I draw the details
Of someone I’ve never been with
[Chorus]
[female lead]
Somewhere I already knew you
In the flicker of a half‑closed dream
I was reaching through the distance
Calling out a stranger’s name
[male backing] (calling, calling)
[female lead]
Now you’re here and I remember
Every feeling that I never lived through
[male backing]
I have walked this moment over
In a dream
I was waiting for you
[Verse 2]
You mumble
“This feels eerie”
Like we’ve failed this test before
I laugh but my hands are shaking
Like I’ve died at this door
You say you hate crowded places
I’ve been hiding from them too
Did we trade our broken pieces
Through the dark and it led me to you
[Chorus]
[male lead]
Somewhere I already knew you
In a room that I could never find
I was pacing through the silence
Drawing faces in my tired mind
[female backing] (all this time)
[male lead]
Now you’re here and it’s familiar
Like a scene that I rewound on cue
[female backing]
I have walked this moment over
In a dream
I was waiting for you
[Bridge]
[female + male
Unison whispers]
If I’ve loved you in another life
Why does this one hurt so much
Every step it took to get here
Left a shadow we can’t touch
[female softly]
If I lose you when I wake up
[male softly]
Will I find you in the same place too
[Chorus]
[female lead
Soft]
Somewhere I already knew you
In the quiet between heartbeats
I was tracing every outline
Of a face I was afraid to meet
[male backing] (don’t fade)
[female lead]
Now you’re here and I remember
What my lonely nights were trying to do
[female + male]
We have walked this moment over
In a dream
I was waiting for you
[Outro]
[female whisper]
You feel like an old song
[male whisper]
I’ve never heard
But still sing through

Slow darkwave ballad, whispered male/female duet over a pulsing, low-tempo beat. Murky analog bass and sparse, detuned synth pads swell and decay under a soft, sidechained kick. Verses stay intimate with close-mic whispers and subtle chorus on the vocal; choruses alternate male and female leads with ghostly backing harmonies and distant reverb tails. Occasional filtered noise swells and a simple, melancholic lead line weave between phrases, keeping it hypnotic and dimly glowing., sad, world, slow