[Intro]
The feeling never went away
It only shifted shape
A shadow dancing on my ceiling
I’m lighting candles in your name
Forever burning sage
The feeling never went away
[Verse 1]
Don’t write
Don’t call
If anybody asks
Tell ‘em I’m having a ball
Alone
Just me
Myself and I
The only company I need
[Pre-Chorus]
Swear that I don’t think of you at all
But I still do double takes
I see your face
In picture frames I lost
[Chorus]
The feeling never went away
It only shifted shape
A shadow dancing on my ceiling
I’m lighting candles in your name
Forever burning sage
A ritual that’s lost all meaning
Tried to cast it out
Tried to push it down
But my wounded heart ain’t healing
One day you’ll read it on my grave
The feeling never went away
[Verse 2]
I hope
You’re fine
And you found somebody new
Who lets you waste their time
No joke
Haha
And I say it with a smile
‘Cause in the back of my mind, I know
[Chorus]
The feeling never went away
It only shifted shape
A shadow dancing on my ceiling
I’m lighting candles in your name
Forever burning sage
A ritual that’s lost all meaning
Tried to cast it out
Tried to push it down
But my wounded heart ain’t healing
One day you’ll read it on my grave
The feeling never went away
[Chorus]
The feeling never went away
It only shifted shape
A shadow dancing on my ceiling
I’m lighting candles in your name
Forever burning sage
A ritual that’s lost all meaning
Tried to cast it out
Tried to push it down
But my wounded heart ain’t healing
One day you’ll read it on my grave
The feeling never went away
[Outro]
The feeling never went away
The feeling never went away
The Feeling Never Went Away was written by Sam Ryder & Mikky Ekko & Jon Green.
The Feeling Never Went Away was produced by Sam Ryder & Jon Green.
Sam Ryder released The Feeling Never Went Away on Fri Aug 01 2025.
It’s about still having feelings for someone or something even though they perhaps don’t deserve them anymore, but you can’t help it, it’s chemical. In my own life that finds its form in the shape of struggles or demons I’ve had over the past year or so, and even though I think I’ve conquered them,...