Paradise is the eighth track on Khalid’s Sophomore album Free Spirit.
The song explains how Khalid and his lover’s “Free Spirit” attitude is effecting their relationship. They pray to repent from their wickedness only to fall back into their old ways. But their love will make it through the hard ti...
[Intro]
Mmm, mmm
Mmm, yeah
[Verse 1]
You go searching for paradise
You sit back and close your eyes
We're burning, yet so alive
And now you've got your hands up
Hoping you catch the high
Feels like the summer time
Chasing the northern lights, oh
Don't like watching your momma cry
You say you'd rather die
She says you're wasting your life
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, life don’t stop the more we pray
All your wrongs from yesterday
Smokin’ himalayan haze
Won’t wash all your sins away
[Chorus]
Hate don’t give
Love don’t rewind all the good times
All the dollars you’ll spend
Give it up for nights like this
Don’t give into overthinking
Pour a drink when it ends
[Verse 2]
Do you hear me through your speakers
So much distance, space between us
Say you're dreaming and I’ve been, too
And no-one knows what you’ve been through
And I've been thinking a little deeper
Contemplation, getting cleaner
See no leaders, need more teachers
I'm in shambles, I don't sleep much
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, life don’t stop the more we pray
All your wrongs from yesterday
Smokin’ himalayan haze
Won’t wash all your sins away
[Chorus]
Hate don’t give
Love don’t rewind all the good times
All the dollars you’ll spend
Give it up for nights like this
Don’t give into overthinking
Pour a drink when it ends (Overthink)
[Outro]
Yeah, yeah
Paradise was written by Sarah Aarons & John Hill & Dahi & Khalid.
I feel like having enough songs for people to see different sides of me as an artist. I could’ve gone forever—there were like 30 more songs. Although there were some that didn’t make the album, that doesn’t mean those won’t have a life. I could hit up some of my favorite artists and be like, ‘Yo, do...