Duppy love

Lyrics

[Intro: Eerie Dancehall Beat] (Production: A classic digital dancehall rhythm, but in a minor key. The kick drum is deep, the snare is sharp and echoes slightly. A haunting, reversed synth melody weaves through the beat. Sound of wind chimes and distant, distorted laughter.) Voice (Heavy patois, low and echoing): Yuh hear dat? Shh… listen. It’s not the wind, baby girl… Is jus' mi spirit coming fi claim what’s mine. Again. [Verse 1] Mi try fi move on, find a new gal, brand new start Take har a beachside, try fe give har mi heart But when mi look inna har eyes… mi see your reflection A ghost inna di champagne glass, a permanent connection. Dem seh time heal all wound, but dis a different ache Yuh never really left, yuh just give mi heart a haunted break. Mi touch har skin, but feel your temperature, cool like night And hear yuh laughter inna di silence, burning bright. Yuh haunt mi party, haunt mi peace, haunt mi every single lead A beautiful, wicked duppy (ghost) planting dem poisonous seed. [Chorus: Melodic & Catchy, but Dark] Ayy! Dis a Haunted Love! (Spirit tek control!) Yuh love di one weh cyan dead, it follow dung mi very soul! Ayy! Dis a Duppy Love! (Chain around mi ankle!) Every other gyal feel it, and dem start fi tremble and shake! Mi living inna a house weh yuh memory paint black Every room a different ghost of what mi cyan't get back… Yeah, mi haunted. [Verse 2] Yuh face appear inna di smoke when mi light di spliff Mi hear yuh voice inna di rhythm when di DJ make a shift. Mi try fi block yuh out, play tough and act supreme But yuh visit inna mi dreams, more real than any waking scene. We used to wine inna di rain, now di rain just feel like yuh tears Falling on mi shoulder, confirming all mi fears Seh yuh own mi spirit, even though yuh flesh is gone A different parish, a different man, yuh moving on. But yuh leave behind yuh shadow, and it cling to mi like sin… This haunted love weh mi can't win. [Chorus] Ayy! Dis a Haunted Love! (Spirit tek control!) Yuh love di one weh cyan dead, it follow dung mi very soul! Ayy! Dis a Duppy Love! (Chain around mi ankle!) Every other gyal feel it, and dem start fi tremble and shake! Mi living inna a house weh yuh memory paint black Every room a different ghost of what mi cyan't get back… Yeah, mi haunted. [Bridge: Chanting & Breakdown] (Beat breaks down to just hand drums, heavy breathing, and atmospheric sounds. A distorted, chorus-like chant in the background.) Chant: Duppy love, duppy love, cyaan let him go… Is it obsession, or is it a curse weh mi sow? Did mi love too deep, mek it immortal, strong and true? Now it's a phantom limb, aching, missing you… Mi need a Obeah man fi set mi spirit free… But part of mi nuh want the exorcism, see? Cause even a ghost of yuh is better than the space… The empty, silent space weh deh pon yuh side of the bed case. [Outro: Fading Echo] (Main beat returns, but slower, more distorted, like a memory fading in and out.) Yeah… tell dem… Mi haunted. By a smile. By a wining waist. By a kiss. Mi haunted. And maybe… maybe mi like it so. Maybe mi prefer the ghost to the letting go. Wind chime sound. One final, clean snare hit. Silence.