“I wrote this song for the love I didn’t fight for. Not because I didn’t feel it, but because I wasn’t ready. Sometimes timing is the only thing standing between two people who belong together.
‘Oh Budapest, Tell Him True’ is me asking the city to speak for me, to tell him what I couldn’t. It’s a confession wrapped in music, sent into the rain, hoping it finds him one day.”
Oh Budapest, Tell Him True
Budapest remembers what she couldn’t say. This is the song of a love delayed, of timing unkin. And the silent hope that someday, the truth will find him.
Some hearts don’t break — they wait. In this jazz-washed elegy, Zhaina traces the line between fear and feeling, and asks a city to carry her message.
Oh Budapest Lyrics
I saw you there by the river’s glow,
A love so pure, but I let it go.
Not for lack of what I feel,
But for a heart that’s yet to heal.
Through every street, I heard your name,
Felt your presence in the rain.
Yet something held me far away,
A love not lost, but kept at bay.
Oh Budapest, tell him true,
I felt the same, but fear still grew.
If fate is kind and time is wise,
One day I’ll meet him, no disguise.
I watched you dance, I heard your song,
I knew you loved me all along.
But chains of yesterday remain,
And kept me from embracing pain.
Through every street, I heard your name,
Felt your presence in the rain.
Yet something held me far away,
A love not lost, but kept at bay.
Oh Budapest, tell him true,
I felt the same, but fear still grew.
If fate is kind and time is wise,
One day I’ll meet him, no disguise.
Maybe now the time is right,
To break the walls, to chase the light.
If he still waits where rivers shine,
Then tell him love was always mine.
Oh Budapest, tell him true,
I felt the same, but fear still grew.
If fate is kind and time is wise,
One day I’ll meet him, no disguise.
So if he walks those streets once more,
Let him know my heart still soars.
Oh Budapest, don’t let love fade,
Perhaps we’ll meet beyond the shade.