I Belonged to Somewhere Once (2025) – A Song If You Always Feel Out of Place

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"I Belonged to Somewhere Once" is a song for anyone who’s ever felt like a stranger in their own skin — like you’re performing a version of yourself just to get by. It’s not about a physical place you lost. It’s about a feeling — a time when being yourself was enough, when you didn’t have to filter your tone, your thoughts, or your presence to be accepted.

I wrote this for the ones who feel too much but say too little. The ones who smile out of habit. The ones who’ve learned to shrink themselves to survive.

Maybe you’ve never had a place.
Maybe you lost it.
Maybe you outgrew it.

This song was born during a business trip to Jordan, where I met people who have been displaced for over a decade — refugees who, despite everything, still carry a quiet hope. Many of them haven’t seen home in years, but they still hold onto it like a memory that hasn’t stopped breathing. They laughed, they worked, they carried on — but something in their eyes said they were still searching for where they truly belong.

This song is for them.
And maybe, it’s for you too.

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Lyrics - I Belonged To Somewhere Once

I used to show up as I am
Never cared who gave a damn
Now I scan the room and try
To be someone who knows why

I speak like I’m being heard
But I don’t believe half the words
I drift through every song
Still don’t know where I belong

I’m not broken, just out of place
Like a room where no one stays

I belonged to somewhere once
Where I didn’t feel unknown
I could speak and still feel heard
And I never felt alone
I belonged to somewhere once
It was quiet, it was kind
I still go back in my head
To the peace I used to find

I used to talk without a script
Say things wrong and let them slip
Now I smile and nod on cue
And act like I’ve been listening too

I fake the laugh, avoid the pause
Forget the lines I used to cross
I move like nothing’s ever wrong
But it’s not where I belong

I’m not broken, just out of place
Like a room where no one stays

I belonged to somewhere once
Where I didn’t feel unknown
I could speak and still feel heard
And I never felt alone
I belonged to somewhere once
It was quiet, it was kind
I still go back in my head
To the peace I used to find

I still think about that peace
Where my worry had release
Where the silence felt like grace
And time moved at a softer pace

Now I laugh a little less
Hold in things I don’t confess
But when a melody feels strong
I remember where I once belonged

I don’t need the world to know
Where I’ve been or where I go
I just needed to hold on
Somewhere I belong is in this song