Lil Silva & Sampha – Backwards (Audio, Lyrics)

Lil Silva & Sampha collaborate on the new song titled “Backwards”. The track was co-produced by Sampha & Lil Silva. Listen, stream, buy, read the lyrics, mp3 download.

Lil Silva & Sampha Backwards

Lil Silva and Sampha are both English recording musicians. Lil Silva, also called TJ, has produced music that can be described as UK funk or instrumental pop. Sampha, 33, has done some notable collabs with U.S. artists like Kanye West and Solange. Together, the pair was able to deliver a record that many can relate to.

In the over three-minute track, the two use their unique sounds to express their feelings. Going back to being an inner child, Sampha reflects on how he feels wrong when he attempts to look forward, thus he forces his emotions inside. On one line he sings, “Why I feel like all of this is set in stone? Why I feel it’s too late to telephone? And talk about it like we’re adults, but the child in me can’t let go.”

In a statement shared about the song, the artists said, “‘Backwards’ is the feeling of alienation and constantly venting in a matrix you find yourself inside, whatever that may be.… Restricted and feeling guilty to move forward, constantly going backwards mentally.”

As the melody continues to rise, so to do the emotions. Sampha begins to repeat, “It’s all me,” as the song starts to fade. This insinuates that he takes the blame for all the emotions that he’s managed to suppress.

At the end of the single, the beat turns majestic, with a sound that is both R&B and futuristic.

Lil Silva & Sampha – Backwards (prod. Sampha & Lil Silva)

Lyrics

[Chorus: Sampha]
It’s backwards how you cyclone me
Sinkhole, blackhole, control me
It’s backwards, I move in slowly
It’s backwards, you say it’s all me

[Verse 1: Sampha]
Restricted
Restricted by your turn of phrase
Conflicted
Not by what you say, but how you say it
Oh, and I need it (I need it), no
No, I don’t need that C4 (I don’t need that C4)
Explosive
But still I keep comin’ for more, yeah

[Chorus: Sampha]
It’s backwards how you cyclone me
Sinkhole, blackhole, control me
It’s backwards, I move in slowly
It’s backwards, you say it’s all me

[Verse 2: Sampha]
Why I feel like I can’t ever tell a soul?
Why I feel like I can’t ever break this mould?
Why I feel like all of this is set in stone? (Set in stone)
Why I feel like it’s too late to telephone?
And talk about it like we’re adults
But the child in me can’t let it go (Let it go)
The child in me is not responsible
For all the hurt that you’ve ever known
That shotgun and you’ve let it go
Like anytime you feel vulnerable
You can’t tolerate, you’re uncomfortable
You can’t tolerate the uncomfortable

[Chorus: Sampha]
It’s backwards how you cyclone me
Sinkhole, blackhole, control me
It’s backwards, I move in slowly
It’s backwards, you say it’s all me
It’s backwards how you cyclone me
Sinkhole, blackhole, control me
It’s backwards, I move in slowly
It’s backwards, you say it’s all me

[Bridge: Sampha]
It’s all me, it’s all me
It’s all me, woah-oh
It’s all me, it’s all me, it’s all me

[Chorus: Sampha]
It’s backwards how you cyclone me
Sinkhole, blackhole, control me
It’s backwards, I move in slowly
It’s backwards, you say it’s all me