
Song · Keys Under the Mat
Round We Go
“Round We Go” is track 21 on Rob Matare's R&B album Keys Under the Mat, released October 9, 2026. R&B for everyone who built a house across the ocean: one suitcase, one empty chair and a key left under the mat for whoever comes home.
“Round We Go” lyrics
Round we go (round we go)
Same fight, same door
Round we go (round we go)
Then we back for more
Slam the door Tuesday, back by Friday night
Same old argument, same porch light
You pack up your bag then you leave it in the hall
'Cause you know that I'm gonna come and call
We too much fire and we too much pride
Two stubborn hearts on a wild ride
Everybody tell us that we need to grow
But round we go, round we go
Your umbrella still hooked on my coat rack door
Been there since the fight we had before
I say I'm done, then you text me slow
And my whole hard heart just fold again
We know this circle better than we know
But round we go, round we go
Round we go, round we go again
(round we go)
Lovers on a Monday, strangers by ten
(round we go)
Break it at night, fix it at the door
Round we go, then we back for more
(round we go)
Round we go (round and round)
Round we go (lost and found)
Can't stay together, can't let go
Round we go, round we go
Your toothbrush still in the cup by mine
Half your clothes on the borrowed line
We say it's over by the kitchen sink
Then you're back in my arms in a little while
The neighbours keep a bet on the on-and-off
Every make-up sweeter than the break was rough
It ain't healthy but it feel like home
Round we go, round we go
Your love letter still in my jacket seam
Folded up soft like a stubborn dream
I say I'm done, then you text me slow
And my whole hard heart just fold again
We know this circle better than we know
But round we go, round we go
You left your favourite record on my shelf
Can't play it now without you yourself
I stack it with the others, face it to the wall
Then I play it anyway, and I call
Round we go, round we go again
(round we go)
Lovers on a Monday, strangers by ten
(round we go)
Break it at night, fix it at the door
Round we go, then we back for more
(round we go)
Round we go (round and round)
Round we go (lost and found)
Can't stay together, can't let go
Round we go, round we go
Your ring still sitting in the kitchen drawer
Next to the spare key to my front door
Every time I swear I throw it in the bin
I find it back on my finger again
Two toothbrushes leaning in the same tin cup
Round we go, we can't give it up
(Round we go, round and round)
(Lost and found, lost and found)
Two fools on a spinning floor
Round we go, then we back for more
Spin us round 'neath the flickering porch light
Break by morning, back by night
Round we go (round and round)
Round we go (lost and found)
Can't stay together, can't let go
Round we go, round we go
Round we go, round we go again
(round we go)
Lovers on a Monday, strangers by ten
(round we go)
Break it at night, fix it at the door
Round we go, then we back for more
(round we go)
Round we go (round we go)
Same fight, same door
Round we go (round we go)
Then we back for more
Lyrics written by Rob Matare. Written by me • made with AI. Artist visuals are digitally created.
More from Keys Under the Mat
- 1Cardboard Castle3:59
- 2The Metronome4:14
- 3The Last Page Was Blank4:45
- 4One More Chorus5:39
- 5Keys Under the Mat5:34
- 6Steel in the Spine5:00
- 7Let the Light Stay4:50
- 8Hold the Floor3:49
- 9Zahra, You Left With the Moon4:17
- 10One Chair Empty3:11
- 11We Made It Right3:29
- 12Restart My Heart3:33
- 13Room for Joy3:34
- 14Built a House Across the Ocean3:48
- 15First Snow Video3:32
- 16Perfectly Unmade3:29
- 17Last Year's Sneakers3:49
- 18One Suitcase3:51
- 19Hair Grows Back3:11
- 20Can't Lie3:29
- 22Borderless3:00
- 23Slow on the Cobblestone4:10
- 24Number by Heart4:36