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Architecture
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R&B/Soul
Architecture was released on July 5, 2026 by Vale as a part of the album Architecture - Single
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Release DateJuly 5, 2026
LabelVale
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Vale
Vale
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Shahirah Khan
Shahirah Khan
Composer

Lyrics

You collect my sins like souvenirs
Line them on a shelf beside your fears
Every lover after me gets measured
Against the disaster you still treasure
You call me poison when you're sober
Then drink my memory when the room gets colder
Tell your friends I'm everything you're done with
Then search my name to make sure I still exist
You never wanted heaven
You wanted something true
And truth is ugly, darling
That's what brought you back to me
Tell me again how you're finally free
With my name hidden underneath your teeth
You wear your anger like a wedding ring
Still married to the ghost of everything
You swear you hate me
I know that's a lie
No one keeps a wound alive
The way you keep me alive
You buried me beneath a thousand reasons
Wrapped my memory in changing seasons
Turned every photograph to face the wall
Still felt my shadow moving through it all
You found somebody softer than the damage
Someone who could love you without demanding
Yet every quiet moment betrays the truth
You hear my voice inside the things he doesn't do
You call it growth now, I call it distance
With prettier language and better intentions
But if I'm really gone, why do I still arrive
Every time the room goes silent?
You never wanted safety
You wanted to be seen
And no one ever looked at you
The way I did between your seams
Tell me again how you're finally free
With my name hidden underneath your teeth
You wear your anger like a wedding ring
Still married to the ghost of everything
You swear you hate me
I know that's a lie
No one keeps a wound alive
The way you keep me alive
Some people leave fingerprints
I left architecture
Built entire rooms inside your head
And now you call it closure
While living there instead
You changed the locks, you changed the city
You changed the story you tell your friends
But every road you take away from me
Still somehow bends back in the end
Tell me again how you're finally free
With my name hidden underneath your teeth
You wear your anger like a wedding ring (Wedding ring)
Still married to the ghost of everything
You swear you hate me
I know that's a lie
No one keeps a wound alive
The way you keep me alive
Some people leave fingerprints
I left architecture
And darling
You still live there
Written by: Shahirah Khan
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