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family & legacy

Ambition costs us the people we love

Khmer Style

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When to listen

When you realize you missed the moment

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What it feels like

Regret mixed with still-burning passion

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Best for

Finding balance

✨ If this spoke to you

The Story

Lost In The Moment reflects on the struggle of modern life - chasing deadlines, building a future, but risking the present connection with those we love. It's my honest confession about losing balance and finding the way back home. I was lost in the moment, blind to the cost, building our future while our now got lost. With heartfelt lyrics in English and Khmer, this track is a reminder to cherish the now and not let the moment pass you by.

Cultural Context

Bilingual lyrics often switch codes to express different facets of identity: English for the external ambition, Khmer for the internal emotional ground.

Lyrics

ived been chasing deadlines chasing safe
Stacking my days like a wall of faith
I tell myself its for us its for tomorrow
But I bring you my silence not my heart to borrow
Laptop glow in the bedroom light
And I miss you even when youre by my side
Im present but Im far away
And youve been waiting anyway

αž”αŸ’αžšαž–αž“αŸ’αž’αžŸαŸ†αž›αžΆαž‰αŸ‹ αž”αž„αžŸαž»αŸ†αž‘αŸ„αžŸ αž”αž„αž‚αž·αžαž€αžΆαžšαž„αžΆαžšαž›αžΎαžŸαž’αžΌαž“

Lost in the moment not in love in the grind
Trying to protect what I already had in my life
I wanted balance I wanted control
But I kept choosing goals over soul

I was lost in the moment blind to the cost
Building our future while our now got lost
Now Im coming back Im coming back to you
To the quiet love that always stayed true
Lost in the moment I forgot what matters most
Your hand in my hand not the life I could boast
Im coming back Im coming back to you

αž”αŸ’αžšαž–αž“αŸ’αž’αžŸαŸ†αž›αžΆαž‰αŸ‹ αž”αž„αžŸαŸ’αžšαž‘αžΆαž‰αŸ‹αž’αžΌαž“

Coming back to you
Right here with you

Im juggling projects chasing proof
Trying to be strong trying to be bulletproof
But stable means nothing if you feel alone
If our bed feels cold while Im on my phone
I dont need more plans on my screen
I need your eyes I need your peace
So let me drop the extra weight
And love you better not just late

αž’αžΌαž“αžŸαŸ†αž›αžΆαž‰αŸ‹ αž”αž„αž“αžΉαž„αž“αŸ…αž€αŸ’αž”αŸ‚αžšαž’αžΌαž“ αž˜αž·αž“αž‘αž»αž€αž’αžΌαž“αž―αž€αžΆαžŠαŸ€αžαž‘αŸ

I thought being reliable meant never stopping
But love needs time not constant coping
So tonight I choose the simple truth
Work can wait Im coming home to you

I was lost in the moment blind to the cost
Building our future while our now got lost
Now Im coming back Im coming back to you
To the quiet love that always stayed true
Lost in the moment I forgot what matters most
Your hand in my hand not the life I could boast
Im coming back Im coming back to you

αž”αŸ’αžšαž–αž“αŸ’αž’αžŸαŸ†αž›αžΆαž‰αŸ‹ αž”αž„αžŸαŸ’αžšαž‘αžΆαž‰αŸ‹αž’αžΌαž“

Let me love you in the small things
In the morning hush in the wedding ring
In the way I listen before I speak
In the way I stay when the week gets heavy
No more after this no more one more task
No more hiding behind the future mask
If Im building anything worth keeping
Its us its you its this breathing

αž”αž„αžαŸ’αžšαž›αž”αŸ‹αž˜αž€αžœαž·αž‰ αž αžΎαž™αž”αž„αž“αžΉαž„αž“αŸ…αž€αŸ’αž”αŸ‚αžšαž’αžΌαž“

I was lost in the moment blind to the cost
But I found my way back Im done being lost
Now Im coming back Im coming back to you
To the only love that makes me true
Lost in the moment not anymore
Youre my home my open door
Im coming back Im coming back to you

αž’αžΌαž“αžŸαŸ†αž›αžΆαž‰αŸ‹ αž”αž„αžŸαŸ’αžšαž‘αžΆαž‰αŸ‹αž’αžΌαž“

Authorship & Creation

Every Khmer Style song starts from a real human story.

  • Richard Vy writes the themes, lyrics, and emotional direction.
  • Thany Vy refines Khmer language and cultural nuance.

Modern production tools may be used to explore sound and arrangement, but every final decision, structure, and message is shaped and validated by the artists.