No one's in the room lyrics

[Verse 1]

I'd go to church every Sunday

But teenage love still took my virgin skin

And the night after my first time I cried, 'cause I

Thought Heaven wouldn't let me in

Meanwhile the priest has got a boyfriend

And lots of teachers smoke weed after school

When you're young, they try to keep you in the cages but

Most of them don't follow their own rules

[Pre-Chorus]

Spend your whole life being graded

Being told you're not enough

Being told go find the one and sit and wait for death to come

But I don't wanna

I need to talk to God, there's things I just don't understand

[Chorus]

Like who am I when no one's in the room?

Who am I when no one's in the room?

Does the voice in my head, that talks me off the ledge, belong to me?

Or does it come from the clouds?

Who am I when no one's in the room? (Hmm)

[Verse 2]

Go to school and get a good job

Just to work your life away and pay your debts

And even those who live their dreams out

Cry 'cause all that glitters ain't what you expect

Sometimes I don't want to sing no more

Slit my throat and take my music back from evil men

They can put my body in the ocean

So I can die wearin' a smile and maybe find peace again

[Pre-Chorus]

Spend my whole life being graded

Being told I'm not enough

Being told go find the one and sit and wait for death to come

But I don't wanna

I need to talk to God, there's things I just don't understand

[Chorus]

Like who am I when no one's in the room?

Who am I when no one's in the room?

Does the voice in my head, that talks me off the ledge, belong to me?

Or does it come from the clouds?

Who am I when no one's in the room? (Hmm)

[Bridge]

Vices only pacify for the moment

Vices that they made to hold our pain

Vices only pacify for the moment

Vices that they made to hold our pain

[Pre-Chorus]

Spend your whole life being graded

Being told you're not enough

Being told go find the one and sit and wait for death to come

But I don't wanna

I need to talk to God, there's things I just don't understand

[Chorus]

Like who am I when no one's in the room?

Who am I when no one's in the room?

Does the voice in my head, that talks me off the ledge, belong to me?

Or does it come from the clouds?

Who am I when no one's in the room?

[Outro]

Who am I when no one's in the room?

• Artist:Jessie Reyez
• Album:BEFORE LOVE CAME TO KILL US (Target Exclusive) (2020)