“UNDERSTAND” is an ode to keshi’s own relationship with his fiancé, Mai. The song sonically carries a solo classical guitar with a string arrangement to back up its performance.
The track was performed on an May 2021 Instagram livestream, where he combined both beginnings of the verses together.
[Verse 1]
Never thought that I'd find
That the one in my life would be so near
And now you're here
I got you, you got me
When it's us, babe, you make me feel complete
You're all I need
[Chorus]
Ooh, ooh
Maybe we can try it if you let me
Take you by the hand
You're the only one who understands
[Verse 2]
So I guess that it's time
I asked you to be mine for all my days
I hope you'll stay
I'll admit that I'm scared
'Cause I've never really cared as much as this
It's worth the risk
[Chorus]
Ooh, ooh-ooh
Maybe we can try it if you let me
Take you by the hand
You're the only one who understands
Ooh, ooh-ooh
[Outro]
Ooh, ooh
Maybe we can try it if you let me
Take you by the hand
You're the only one who understands
UNDERSTAND was written by James Ghaleb & keshi & Elie Rizk.
keshi released UNDERSTAND on Fri Mar 25 2022.
Shout out to James Alan who helped me finish the song. He knew exactly what I wanted to say, but I was really struggling with how I was gonna finish this second half of the track, you know, “Where do I go with this?” At first, I thought it was a song about falling in love with someone but it ended u...
It actually sounded much different in the versions that we started out with. It was supposed to be like a sort of Beatles-esque tribute, and it was very upbeat. […] It felt like a roadtrip song, but it just didn’t match the sort of emotion and it didn’t feel like what I thought a keshi record would...