From the album Kehlani
This is about someone who has convinced herself that missing someone is destiny when it's actually just refusal. Kehlani frames the longing as mystical (it 'comes from a place'), but the bridge admits she tried moving on and chose not to. The separation isn't fate. She's the one keeping it alive.
I'm wrapped up in my sheets, smell you on my pillow case / It's gon' be one long night, no hands around my waist
The scene is happening right now, present tense, active sensory memory. She's not remembering being touched. She's feeling the absence of touch, which means she's mentally keeping them in the room with her.
It's more of what we don't say that gets in our way / Tired of being confused
She identifies the solution (saying things) but never takes it. The entire song is about needing someone she refuses to directly communicate with, which means the confusion is a choice being made repeatedly.
Oh, how can they get you here? / I miss you everyday
Brandy asks the only practical question in the song and then immediately drops it. 'How can they get you here?' gets no answer because the song isn't actually interested in solving the distance, just performing it.
I'm not too proud to say that I tried somebody else / Wanted to fill your space, but baby, can't nobody help
This contradicts the whole song. If she tried someone else, the need isn't mystical or irreplaceable. It's a preference she keeps choosing. The line 'I'm usually not the one so quick to let 'em go' [UNVERIFIED — unclear if this references past behavior or this specific person] admits agency the rest of the song denies.
Comes from a place that tells me I, I / I still need you
After admitting she tried moving on and chose not to, she returns to framing the longing as something beyond her control. The phrase 'comes from a place' is doing a lot of work to avoid saying 'I want this person more than I want to stop waiting.'
She would be surprised to learn that going crazy waiting is a decision she's making every night. The bridge shows she has the agency to try someone else and let go, but the rest of the song buries that under mystical language about places and destiny. I'm not sure if she actually believes the longing is beyond her control or if framing it that way just makes waiting feel less like giving in.