Yoe Mase
Yoe Mase
Yoe Mase
Yoe Mase
Yoe Mase
Yoe Mase
Yoe Mase
Yoe Mase
Yoe Mase
Yoe Mase
Yoe Mase
Yoe Mase & Echos
Yoe Mase
[Verse]
Is it you?
I'm not really sure
And are you safe?
Is there no pain anymore?
Do we grow when we doubt?
I should've known to reach out
Were you right?
Was it really a cure?
[Chorus]
I wish I was there for you
I wish I was there for you
Oh, I wish I was there for you
I wish I was there for you
[Verse]
Is it you?
I'm not really sure
And are you safe?
Is there no pain anymore?
Do we grow when we doubt?
I should've known to reach out
Were you right?
Was it really a cure?
[Chorus]
I wish I was there for you
I wish I was there for you
I wish I was there for you
I wish I was there for you
[Outro]
I wish I was—
I wish I was—
I wish I was—
I wish I was there for you
I wish I was there for you
I wish I was there for you
I wish I was—
Lael was written by Yoe Mase.
Lael was produced by Yoe Mase.
I made the first draft of the song in the fall of 2018 about a year after my cousin passed away from suicide. When I first heard the news, I was shocked by it. I had grown a bit distant from Lael in the previous years. Our families had grown a little distant but I always deeply admired her from afar...