Lyrics - Where do I belong?
🎵 Where Do I Belong?
Khmer Style
"A soul-searching journey through identity and displacement, echoing the silent questions of every child caught between two worlds."
I was raised in a city that never slept,
Lights so bright but I felt so weak.
A face that stood out in crowded trains,
A name they struggled to speak.
In school, the rooms felt cold and tight,
A world of faces that weren’t like mine.
I tried to speak, but words fell short,
Their laughter cut, but not in sight.
No map, no guide, no road to take,
Just echoes of a life half-made.
The question always stayed inside:
Where do I belong?
"ខំទុងស្វានសេកកំនាំព្រេស់" ("I’m searching for my place")
Where do I belong?
In their world or back at home?
Am I lost or just unseen?
Am I nothing in between?
Am I just a shadow moving through,
A faded dream, a broken tune?
Where do I belong?
Tell me where I belong.
Sixteenth district halls so wide,
Felt like a guest, not meant inside.
I watched them talk, I watched them laugh,
But never knew how to break the glass.
A world so close yet out of reach,
A silent wall I couldn’t breach.
I wasn’t part of their design,
Another face left behind.
No map, no guide, no road to take,
Just echoes of a life half-made.
The question always stayed inside:
Where do I belong?
"អេវាធំអុបាន់ដូពពាស់" ("Why do I feel this way")
Where do I belong?
In their world or back at home?
Am I lost or just unseen?
Am I nothing in between?
Am I just a shadow moving through,
A faded dream, a broken tune?
Where do I belong?
Tell me where I belong.
I thought maybe love would change it all,
That someone would see past my walls.
She smiled once, I thought it meant more,
But I was just another face she ignored.
I waited, I hoped, I dreamed in vain,
But to her, I was just a passing name.
Love was another door I couldn’t unlock,
Another place I didn’t belong.
Tell me where I belong
Where do I belong?
In their world or back at home?
Am I lost or just unseen?
Am I nothing in between?
Am I just a shadow moving through,
A faded dream, a broken tune?
Where do I belong?
Tell me where I belong.
I learned their wars, their kings, their land,
But my own history felt like sand.
I traced my roots to ancient stone,
Yet lived in streets I called my own.
The echoes of warriors in my veins,
The sound of this world in my brain.
Two pasts collide inside my soul,
Too foreign for home, too lost to be whole.
Maybe time will show me answers,
Maybe life will change its mind.
Or maybe I’ll just keep on searching,
For a place that feels like mine.
I belong
I belong
I’m still walking,
I’m still wondering,
I’m still walking,
I’m still wondering,
Still no answers to my name.
Maybe someday I’ll stop searching,
Maybe lost is where I’ll stay.
I’m still walking,
I’m still wondering,
I belong...