 Genius Lyrics
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keshi – beside you
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Not to be confused with his May 2018 collaboration with ok2222 of the same name, “beside you” is keshi’s first single of 2021 and first single since the release of his sixth EP
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keshi – GABRIEL
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[Verse 1] / Wait, hold me / Before you leave / Stay, love me / Or I'll bleed / [Chorus] / I don't want you to go / Know that I'll miss you so / Before you leave, come see Gabriel
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keshi – blue
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[Chorus] / Impatient, just say it / Still waitin', for another round / New faces, I'm racin' / On foot, but I'll never make it home / Sixth street for the occasion / Can't take all
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keshi – ANGOSTURA
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“ANGOSTURA” paints a push-and-pull between two occasional lovers who desire attention from each other as they cross paths. Similar to “SOMEBODY,” the lyrics are more provocative
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keshi – LIMBO
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[Intro] / Ooh / Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh / Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh / Ooh-ooh, ooh / Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh / Ooh-ooh, ooh / [Verse 1] / I just been goin' through motions, back and forth like a
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keshi – like i need u
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[Intro] / Baby, I call in the dead of night / But you don't need me like I need you / Pray that I won't be alone / Baby, I call in the dead of night / But you don't need me like I
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keshi – right here
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On the sentimental sequel to “summer,” keshi sings about letting go of a romantic connection, but wanting to stay in contact and remain friends.
The song’s release was teased
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keshi – TOUCH
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“TOUCH” was the first song to be previewed for keshi’s debut studio album, GABRIEL. In the song, he details an intimate relationship that feels forbidden, but lust keeps him coming
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keshi – ANGEL
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[Verse 1] / I / Just wanted to believe / That maybe you'd be good to me / I'm just misunderstood, you see / You / Never had a clue / All the days that I spent loving you / Who'm I
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keshi – GET IT
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The introductory track to keshi’s debut album GABRIEL, “GET IT,” is a braggadocious recollection of the finer things in the Vietnam native singer’s life. The song also showcases a
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keshi – UNDERSTAND
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“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.
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keshi – alright
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“alright” is the second song, keshi’s favorite off of the EP, and the second song to feature production from another artist other than himself. The first being his May 2018 song “
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keshi – War With Heaven
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“War With Heaven” is Houston native keshi’s contribution to the soundtrack for the 2021 Marvel superhero film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. In the song, keshi uses
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keshi – drunk
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The final single released in preparation for keshi’s sixth EP always – “drunk”– recalls a true bittersweet recollection of a past lover of his that he has since stated that he
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keshi – always
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[Intro] / One, two, one, two, three / Lend me your ears / [Verse 1] / Hey, where'd you go? / Could've sworn that you were sleepin' over / Say, I don't know / But I thought that we
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keshi – 2 soon
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Two months after the release of the standalone surprise single “onoffonoff,” “2 soon” is an upbeat and somber track; a much newer vibe compared to his previous lo-fi efforts.
Over
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keshi – us
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[Verse 1] / Tell me now / Is that the sound / Of all that we were building / Crashin' down / All around us and we never saw it comin'? / [Pre-Chorus] / Maybe we never make it
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keshi – HELL/HEAVEN
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[Chorus] / Tell me more, I adore you / Can't recall life before you / Anymore, I can't afford to / Give it all, I do it for you / [Verse 1] / Hold me down for a minute (Minute
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keshi – more
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Three months after the release of his fifth EP bandaids, keshi is already gearing up for his next EP with the release of “more”; a song about his personal struggles with keeping up
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keshi – SOMEBODY
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“SOMEBODY” is the first look into keshi’s debut album, GABRIEL, and second overall release of 2021 following the successful standalone single “beside you.” This is also the first
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keshi – B.Y.S.
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First teased on an Instagram livestream, “B.Y.S.” (abbreviated as “by your side”), is about a one-sided relationship, where a lover fails to reciprocate their partner’s energy; a
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keshi – MILLI
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[Intro] / Ooh, ooh, ooh / Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh / Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh / Ooh, ooh, ooh / Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh / Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh / [Chorus] / I just made a milli, I'ma say it loud–lou–
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keshi – less of you
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“less of you” serves as the introductory track to the Houston artist’s fifth EP bandaids. In the song, he discusses the imminent feelings of dealing with detachment from a
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keshi – Still
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[Verse 1] / Was it my fault the cup went cold? / We were too young to feel this old / Too much sugar and not enough cream / To keep on living in this fairy tale dream / Was it my
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keshi (Ft. Angela Shang) – Maybe
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[Verse 1: keshi] / I'm pretty sure, pretty sure she tastes so sweet / Pretty sure that she would meet me there / And I can't say, I can't say what's on my mind / I cannot say that
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keshi – Glimpse of Us (Cover)
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[Verse 1] / She'd take the world off my shoulders / If it was ever hard to move / She'd turn the rain to a rainbow / When I was living in the blue / Why then, if she's so perfect
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keshi – onoffonoff
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[Verse 1] / I'm lost and, I'm lost and / I'm lost and, I'm lost and / We lost in, emotion / I'm sorry, unspoken / Stop talking, explosion / Make up sex, so broken / Don't leave me
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keshi – atlas
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[Verse 1] / I can't take it / Tired, I'm fallin' to my knees / I'm weighted / Carry me home like you used to / When I burn my organs, pour the Bourbon / Bear my burdens for the
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keshi – talk
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“talk,” the fourth track on always, is a fast-paced garage-inspired song that reflects on the stage of a relationship where communication is strayed, and a desperation to stay
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keshi – GODSPLAN
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Closing off the good days EP, “GODSPLAN” is keshi’s rendition of Drake’s January 2018 hit single of the same name. This is so far one of keshi’s most upbeat songs, and only cover
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keshi – xoxosos
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[Intro] / Ohh, ohh-oh, ohh / [Refrain] / All we ever do is have sex anyways / Come home, fight, fuck, that's everyday / I don't know if we could have any other way, yeah / I was
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keshi – WESTSIDE
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[Chorus] / Just don't let me go / Swear you'll keep me close / When I'm flying to the westside / When I catch another redeye / Just don't let me go / Swear you'll keep me close
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keshi – summer
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[Intro] / Feel like summer and I don't wanna miss you / If we don’t touch lips, not an issue / I don’t wanna talk 'bout nobody else / Know I said no love but I want to / Feel like
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keshi – bandaids
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“bandaids” is the title and closing track of the EP, which details a conversation he had with a friend that made him wish that he could give him an answer, but couldn’t lend
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keshi – the reaper
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The self-titled intro track to keshi’s third EP describes a struggling relationship with a girl that causes him to seek the reaper, a symbol of death. Even though the relationship
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keshi – over u
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“over u” is the debut single from then 23-year-old Vietnamese-Houston based artist Casey Luong, who transitioned into the moniker, keshi. He posted the song originally released on
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keshi – sins
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“sins” serves as an introduction track for many of keshi’s live shows, most notably first being performed during his portion of Los Angeles native band LANY’s gg bb xx tour, as he
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keshi – just friends
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[Intro] / Yeah, ooh-ohh / [Chorus] / Baby girl is saying that we just friends / That we just friends / If we fuckin', are we just friends? / Are we just friends? / If he leave your
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keshi – i swear i'll never leave again
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On the final track “i swear I’ll never leave again,” keshi expresses his regret of ever making the decision to leave his past relationship through a somber electric guitar and
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keshi – seventeen
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[Intro] / You are something I want / You take, take me away, my baby / [Verse] / I'm sorry if everything is crazy / I don't know what's happened to me lately / Now I'm getting
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keshi – if you're not the one for me who is
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“if you’re not the one for me who is” is the first official release under the keshi alias since he strayed from his previous acoustic work, and the first song he wrote since a
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keshi – good days
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[Chorus] / Take me to the good days / And my old ways with my old friends / Trade it all away just to spend a day with them / Fuck, I'm on my own shit, I can own it / Fuck, it's
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keshi – LIMBO (Sped Up Version)
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[Intro] / Ooh / Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh / Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh / Ooh-ooh, ooh / Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh / Ooh-ooh, ooh / [Verse 1] / I just been goin' through motions, back and forth like a
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keshi – say something
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[Intro] / Tell her I don't know her / Say that I don't know her / Every time she come around, someone else adore her / Come and say / Baby, say somethin', baby say somethin' / Baby
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Genius English Translations – keshi - PÈRE (English Translation)
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[Eric Luong] / I would like to tell myself to not worry, that all will be well / And everything will work out for the better / Because at that moment when I was 18 / I had just
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keshi – goes to waste
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[Intro] / (When you get what you want / But not what you need) / [Verse 1] / God, save her / Save me from myself / We're closer / Close to no one else / (Ooh) / [Chorus] / Goes to
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