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Warm Winds by SZA

TRACK

SZA

Warm Winds

Release date: 8th April 2014

From Z
R&B/Soul
Music
Contemporary R&B
Alternative
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About This Track

'Warm Winds' opens with a skeletal first half built around self-doubt and reassurance, SZA addressing a 'glory child' whose visions have blurred. The imagery shifts between vulnerability and watchfulness, the narrator offering a shovel to dig free from graves, keeping track of wasted moments. The chorus circles a wish for homecoming that never quite resolves. The second half pivots into a duet with Isaiah Rashad, the tempo lifting as the song recasts longing as flight. SZA sings of calling a name aloud just to confirm its owner, the refrain returning to warm winds and gardens. The clouds sit below the feet; the wings need unclipping. What begins as internal struggle opens outward into a shared question about distance and departure, the track's two halves mirroring the pull between staying grounded and the urge to leave.

"Warm Winds" is a track by SZA, from the album Z, released 8th April 2014. It's filed under R&B/Soul. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about SZA.

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SZA

SZA

Lyrics

Warm Winds

[Part I]

[Intro: SZA]

Hey, hey, glory child, hey

[Verse 1: SZA]

Hey, glory child, don't you worry

Stuttering and shaken out of fear

Beauty's never given in a hurry

So condescending, leave your questions here

Hey, glory child, don't you worry

I can see your skeleton so clear

Doubting's only made your visions blurry

You're better off just looking in the mirror

[Chorus: SZA]

Show me a better way, I wish you could

Show me a better way, I wish you would

Come home today

You could come home today

[Verse 2: SZA]

I am shooting stars, don't you see me?

Watching over your every mistake

Digging out of graves is never easy

Handing you my shovel here to take

Always playing catch-me-if-you-can

Gingerbread, you heard I'm sweet to taste

Close your eyes, let go, and count to ten

I'll keep track of every moment wasted

[Chorus: SZA]

Show me a better way, I wish you could

Show me a better way, I wish you would

Come home today

You could come home today

[Part II]

[Intro: SZA, Isaiah Rashad & Both]

Dear God, make me a bird

So I can fly far, far, far away

Dear God, make me a bird

So I can fly far, far, far away

Dear God, make me a bird

So I can fly far, far, far away

Warm winds on a space ride (Space ride)

When I call your phone on a late night (Late night)

I recall your soul had a taste like (Taste like)

Gardens, flowers, warm winds

[Chorus: SZA & Isaiah Rashad]

The clouds below your feet

Quit clipping on your wings

Sometimes you hate to leave somebody

What's happening to we?

Warm winds on a space ride

When I call your phone on a late night

I recall your soul had a taste like

Gardens, flowers, warm winds

The clouds below your feet

Quit clipping on your wings

Sometimes you hate to leave somebody

What's happening to we?

Warm winds on a space ride

[Verse 1: SZA]

Sometimes I call your name out loud

Just to make sure it's you

Sometimes I crack my veins open

Just to see if it's blue

You clean me up

[Chorus: SZA,  SZA & Isaiah Rashad]

The clouds below your feet (Clean)

Quit clipping on your wings (Our wings, yeah)

Sometimes you hate to leave somebody (You'll see)

What's happening to we?

Warm winds on a space ride

When I call your phone on a late night

I recall your soul had a taste like

Gardens, flowers, warm winds

The clouds below your feet

Quit clipping on your wings

Sometimes you hate to leave somebody

What's happening to we?

Warm winds on a space ride

[Verse 2: SZA]

Sometimes I bite my lips and close my eyes

Just to pretend it's you

Long live lonely thoughts on Thursday nights

That's when I think of you

We were all thirteen once (once)

Long live tramp stamps and Pepper Ann (Pepper Ann)

You will never judge me for that (Uh-uh)

You will always love me for that (Uh-huh)

[Outro: SZA]

Quit clipping on your wings

Sometimes you hate to leave somebody

Whats happening to we?

Warm winds on a space ride

When I call your phone on a late night

I recall your soul had taste like

Gardens, flowers

[Produced by Larry Fisherman]

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From Z

2014
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Album
Z
Z
SZA
8th April 2014
Release year
2014
  1. 1Ur
    3:56
  2. 3Julia
    3:40
  3. 4Warm Winds (feat. Isaiah Rashad)
    5:51
  4. 5HiiiJack
    3:42
  5. 6Green Mile
    3:34
  6. 7Babylon (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
    3:54
  7. 8Sweet November
    4:04
  8. 9Shattered Ring
    4:06
  9. 10Omega
    4:23
  10. —Babylon
  11. —Childs Play
  12. —Warm Winds

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
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Producer
Larry Fisherman, The Antydote
Video Director
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