The feeling Lyrics – Steve Lacy | Oh yeah?
Raw, desperate, and achingly unresolved — Steve Lacy’s “The feeling” captures that specific agony of loving someone who won’t name what you are. It’s 3 a.m. vulnerability dressed in silk: equal parts longing, frustration, and the quiet courage of finally saying it out loud.
Lyrics of The feeling by Steve Lacy
[Intro]
Na-na-na-na
Da-da-da-da
[Verse 1]
Something’s burning, I smell fire
The devil’s working hard to keep me alone, mm
I know we’re down to the wire
Oh, I can’t be without you
I often wonder where your head is, so confused
[Pre-Chorus]
The heart takes what it wants (The heart takes what it wants)
I’m not scared to bleed, you know our history (Ooh)
After all, there’s one thing I don’t know
[Chorus]
Am I your baby? Am I your baby?
(Am I your baby)
Am I your baby? Am I your baby?
(Oh, oh)
[Verse 2]
Staring at your pictures, wishing that I was with you
Drunker than a b!tch, sure’d be nice to kiss you
I could let it go, but I’m not a quitter
I can’t let you go, I’m in love with you (I can’t let you go)
Sending all the signals, pay me somе attention
Fu*k it, I’ma call you, I’ma tell you I been hurting
Kept it to mysеlf ’cause I ain’t wanna be a burden
This ain’t gonna heal, if we don’t make a deal
[Refrain]
Why the fu*k you gotta test my patience? Mhm
‘Cause I could spend my whole life waiting
I’d rather not, so baby, let’s get on
Oh, please come take me, please come take me
[Pre-Chorus]
The heart takes what it wants (The heart takes what it wants)
I’m not scared to bleed, you know our history (Oh)
After all, there’s one thing I don’t know
[Chorus]
Am I your baby? Am I your baby? (Baby)
Baby, baby (Ooh)
Am I your baby? Am I your baby? (Baby)
Baby, baby (Ooh)
[Bridge]
When your hearts on your sleeve, but it don’t even matter (Baby, baby)
When you’re only a friend, don’t it just make you sadder? (Baby, baby)
Uh, when you start writing songs just to stop thinking ’bout him (Baby, baby)
Oh, then you start writing songs and you make ’em about him (Baby, baby)
Uh, when we fu*ked on the rug, had me floating like Aladdin (Baby, baby)
When we tripped in the Airbnb, 2019 (Baby, baby)
When it seemed it was some kind of dream, but it happened (Baby, baby)
That’s the feeling tonight (Baby, baby)
That’s how I’m feeling tonight, oh (Baby, baby)
[Outro]
Feeling
Feeling
Meaning of The feeling Lyrics
The unspoken emotion here isn’t heartbreak. It’s the exhaustion of being the one who cares more.
Steve Lacy’s The Feeling sits in that brutal in-between — not quite a relationship, not quite nothing. And that ambiguity isn’t the backdrop; it is the wound. One can’t help but notice how the chorus doesn’t declare love or demand answers. It just asks, quietly, repeatedly: Am I your baby? That question isn’t romantic. It’s a person slowly losing confidence in their own place in someone else’s life. The track leaves you feeling like you’ve read someone’s unsent text message. Raw. Specific. A little embarrassing in the best way.
What keeps the writing sharp is how Lacy refuses to be precious about the pain. “Kept it to myself ’cause I ain’t wanna be a burden” — that line does something quietly devastating. It reframes the entire emotional arc. This isn’t just longing; it’s longing filtered through self-erasure. He’s been shrinking himself to protect someone who hasn’t even asked him to. That’s a very particular kind of emotional labour that rarely gets named in pop writing, let alone sung this casually. The genius is in the casualness. It lands harder because it isn’t performed as a grand confession.
And that casualness — “Drunker than a b!tch, sure’d be nice to kiss you,” the Airbnb memory, 2019 — points to something culturally significant about where Lacy sits as an artist. He writes love without a gender binary, without clean narrative arcs, without resolution handed to the listener on a plate. For a generation that largely lives in undefined situationships and half-spoken feelings, this isn’t just relatable. It’s almost documentary. The lyrical rhythm feels loose, conversational, like early-morning voice notes — suggesting a sound that’s probably as warm and slightly hazy as the emotion itself. The Feeling doesn’t offer catharsis. It just says: this happened, it mattered, I still don’t know what it was. Sometimes that’s the most honest thing a song can do.
The feeling Song Credits & Production Details
| Song Title | The feeling |
| Album | Oh yeah? |
| Singer(s) | Steve Lacy |
| Musician(s) | Steve Lacy |
| Lyricist(s) | Steve Lacy, Alice Smith, Matthew Castellanos |
| Release Date | June 5, 2026 |
| Label | Sony Music Entertainment, L-M Records, RCA Records |
| Language | English |
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Frequently Asked Questions About The feeling Song
Who is the singer of the song ‘The feeling’?
The song ‘The feeling’ is sung by Steve Lacy.
Who wrote the song ‘The feeling’ by Steve Lacy?
The song ‘The feeling’ by Steve Lacy is written by Steve Lacy, Alice Smith and Matthew Castellanos.
Who produced the music for the song ‘The feeling’?
Music of the song ‘The feeling’ is produced by Steve Lacy.
When was the song ‘The feeling’ officially released?
The song ‘The feeling’ is officially released on June 5, 2026, accompanied by its official music video.
What album is the song ‘The feeling’ from?
The song ‘The feeling’ is from the album titled ‘Oh yeah?’.
Which record label released the song ‘The feeling’?
The song ‘The feeling’ by Steve Lacy was released under the record labels Sony Music Entertainment, L-M Records and RCA Records.
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