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"We Belong Together" là ca khúc thứ 2 thuộc album phòng thu thứ 10 của Mariah Carey mang tên "The Emancipation of Mimi". Đây cũng là đĩa đơn thứ 2 được nữ ca sĩ phát hành, mang thể loại R&B kết hợp Ballad nhẹ nhàng và đầy cảm xúc. Bài hát gói gọn chủ đề về sự đau khổ, khao khát và mong muốn hòa giải sau một cuộc chia tay đau đớn, nhấn mạnh cảm giác không trọn vẹn của người kể chuyện khi không có bạn đời.
Càng về sau của bài hát, cảm xúc dần dâng trào và lên đến đỉnh điểm, nơi những cảm xúc của người kể chuyện được bộc lộ. Đoạn điệp khúc cuối cùng nhắc lại chủ đề trung tâm là sự gắn kết, mang đến cho người nghe niềm hy vọng rằng sự hòa giải là điều có thể. Và kết thúc bằng một nốt nhạc sâu lắng, gợi nhắc về những phức tạp của tình yêu và nỗi đau chia ly.
Oh
Oh, oh
Oh, sweet love, yeah
I didn't mean it when I said I didn't love you so
I should've held on tight, I never should've let you go
I didn't know nothin', I was stupid, I was foolish
I was lyin' to myself
I couldn't have fathomed I would ever be without your love
Never imagined I'd be sitting here beside myself
"Cause I didn" t know you, 'cause I didn't know me
But I thought I knew everything I never felt
The feelin' that I'm feelin' now that I don't hear your voice
Or have your touch and kiss your lips 'cause I don't have a choice
Oh, what I wouldn't give to have you lyin' by my side
Right here, 'cause, baby (We belong together)
When you left, I lost a part of me (Together)
It's still so hard to believe
(Come back, come back) Come back, baby, please (Come back, come back)
"Cause we belong together
Who else am I gon" lean on when times get rough? (Who else)
Who's gonna talk to me on the phone 'til the sun comes up? (Who else)
Who's gonna take your place? There ain't nobody better (Who else)
Oh, baby, baby, we belong together
I can't sleep at night when you are on my mind
Bobby Womack's on the radio
Singin' to me, "If you think you're lonely now"
Wait a minute, this is too deep (Too deep), I gotta change the station
So I turn the dial, tryna catch a break
And then I hear Babyface
"I only think of you," and it's breakin' my heart
I'm tryna keep it together, but I'm fallin' apart
I'm feelin' all out of my element, throwin' things, cryin'
Tryna figure out where the hell I went wrong
The pain reflected in this song ain't even half of what I'm feelin' inside
I need you, need you back in my life, baby (My life, my life; we belong together)
When you left, I lost a part of me (Together)
It's still so hard to believe
(Come back, come back) Come back, baby, please (Come back, come back)
"Cause we belong together
Who else am I gon" lean on when times get rough? (Who else)
Who's gonna talk to me on the phone 'til the sun comes up? (Who else)
Who's gonna take your place? There ain't nobody better (Who else)
Oh, baby, baby, we belong together, baby (We belong together)
When you left, I lost a part of me (Who will)
(Who will) It's still so hard to believe
(Come back, come back) Come back, baby, please (Come back, come back)
"Cause we belong together
Who am I gonna lean on when times get rough? (Who will)
Who" s gon' talk to me 'til the sun comes up? (Who will)
Who's gon' take your place? There ain't nobody better (Who will)
Oh, baby, baby, we belong together
Who will?
Who will?
Who will?
We belong together
