To celebrate the announcement of her new project Be Right Back, Jorja Smith revealed her new single “Gone” on April 19, 2021, exactly one month after the release of the project’s lead single “Addicted.”
Written two years prior in Los Angeles, the English singer offers a more melancholic and delicat...
[Verse 1]
Time spent, can't afford
Minute less, I mean it more
Know who's not around to share another go-around with me
Long ago's, where'd they go? No one knows
Tell me what to do when the ones you love have gone missing
[Chorus]
My God, I lost you at the corner
On God, I lost you in the moment
Why now and not a little later?
Tell me how the world seems to get along without you, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Tell me how to keep my world moving on without you, yeah
Yeah, yeah
How could my world be much better off without you?
[Verse 2]
You'rе on the inside looking out
Went and took a lifе, now you can't get back home
Mum stays crying for the both of them
Holding on to pictures 'cause she can't hold
Either of you, either of you
[Chorus]
My God, you took him at the corner
On God, you lost it in the moment
What now? You've caught yourself a case, and
Maybe the world would be much better off without you, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Both of these lives would've carried on without you, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Maybe the world would be much better off without you
[Bridge]
What about the other life?
"Would it be a better life?" You say
Was hoping for a better life than this
I don't wanna wish a life away
What about the other life?
"Would it be a better life?" You say
Was hoping for a better life than this
I don't wanna wish a life away
[Chorus]
My God, I lost you at the corner
On God, you lost it in the moment
Why now and not a little later?
Tell me how the world seems to get along without you, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Tell me how to keep my world moving on without you, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
How could my world be much better off without you?
[Outro]
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Gone was written by emawk & Rahki & Jorja Smith.
Gone was produced by Rahki.
Jorja Smith released Gone on Mon Apr 19 2021.
There’s something about being able to write about one thing and for it to mean so many different things to others. I love that this song, well any of my songs really, will be interpreted in different ways, depending on the experiences of the people listening. This one is just me asking why people ha...
Yes! Three weeks after the release of Be Right Back, Jorja Smith performed this song for Vevo.