Ndikukonda

Verse 1

Red light on my shoulders like a shawl someone forgot to take back

Coral beads keep time on my collarbone, soft as a heartbeat track

I close my eyes and the room goes quiet, just your name in my mouth

Lilongwe dust is still on my sandals, love, but my heart already left south

Chorus

Ndikukonda — I love you, plain as that

Mtima wanga, this is where you're at

No choir behind me, no crowd to prove

Just one long note held for you

Ndikukonda, and I mean it slow

Verse 2

Jacaranda petals on the windowsill, purple going soft to brown

You used to walk me past the market stalls when the sun was going down

Someone's frying chibwabwa, someone's calling out a price

But all I hear is how you say my name like it's something nice

Chorus

Ndikukonda — I love you, plain as that

Mtima wanga, this is where you're at

No choir behind me, no crowd to prove

Just one long note held for you

Ndikukonda, and I mean it slow

Bridge

Moyo wanga, if the light goes down before I'm through

Remember it was never for the stage, it was always just for you

Lake water at Salima, still and dark and warm

That's how I'm holding this — no rush, no storm

Chorus

Ndikukonda, deeper now, you hear

Mtima wanga, closer than the mic is near

No choir behind me, just the Rhodes and me

One long note, love, that's all I need to be

Ndikukonda, and I let it go

Outro

Ndikukonda...

Mtima wanga...

Still here. Still yours. Still slow.