Where Do I Belong

Where Do I Belong explores the emotional struggle of cultural identity and alienation blending haunting English verses with Khmer reflections A heartfelt journey through displacement silence and the search for home

I was raised in a city that never slept
Lights so bright but I felt so weak
A face that stood out in crowded trains
A name they struggled to speak

In school the rooms felt cold and tight
A world of faces that werent like mine
I tried to speak but words fell short
Their laughter cut but not in sight

No map no guide no road to take
Just echoes of a life half-made
The question always stayed inside
Where do I belong
**ខំទុងស្វានសេកកំនាំព្រេស់ Im searching for my place**

Where do I belong
In their world or back at home
Am I lost or just unseen
Am I nothing in between

Am I just a shadow moving through
A faded dream a broken tune
Where do I belong
Tell me where I belong

Sixteenth district halls so wide
Felt like a guest not meant inside
I watched them talk I watched them laugh
But never knew how to break the glass

A world so close yet out of reach
A silent wall I couldnt breach
I wasnt part of their design
Another face left behind

No map no guide no road to take
Just echoes of a life half-made
The question always stayed inside
Where do I belong
**អេវាធំអុបាន់ដូពពាស់ Why do I feel this way**

Where do I belong
In their world or back at home
Am I lost or just unseen
Am I nothing in between

Am I just a shadow moving through
A faded dream a broken tune
Where do I belong
Tell me where I belong

I thought maybe love would change it all
That someone would see past my walls
She smiled once I thought it meant more
But I was just another face she ignored

I waited I hoped I dreamed in vain
But to her I was just a passing name
Love was another door I couldnt unlock
Another place I didnt belong

Tell me where I belong

Where do I belong
In their world or back at home
Am I lost or just unseen
Am I nothing in between

Am I just a shadow moving through
A faded dream a broken tune
Where do I belong
Tell me where I belong

I learned their wars their kings their land
But my own history felt like sand
I traced my roots to ancient stone
Yet lived in streets I called my own

The echoes of warriors in my veins
The sound of this world in my brain
Two pasts collide inside my soul
Too foreign for home too lost to be whole

Maybe time will show me answers
Maybe life will change its mind
Or maybe Ill just keep on searching
For a place that feels like mine

I belong
I belong

Im still walking
Im still wondering
Im still walking
Im still wondering
Still no answers to my name
Maybe someday Ill stop searching
Maybe lost is where Ill stay

Im still walking
Im still wondering
I belong