Salem Roberts Releases "I Think of You," a Decade-Long Portrait of Enduring Love

"I Think of You" is a song that took ten years to finish because it took ten years to live.

Rather than capturing a single moment, the song traces a relationship across seasons.

In the early days choosing love is easy. But as time goes by you have to still keep choosing. Through sickness and health, through good times and bad, even when the money's low, the rent's due but you're "broke as politics."

Written in fragments over the course of a decade, "I Think of You" grew alongside the life it documents. Its restraint is intentional. Salem Roberts avoids grand declarations in favor of something truer — the steady accumulation of devotion over time.

Lyrically and sonically, the song centers on one persistent truth: that love, when lived long enough, becomes a place you return to rather than a feeling you chase.

Musically, the track reflects Roberts' signature blend of intimate songwriting and expansive atmosphere with delay-drenched guitars, spacious production, and a vocal performance that feels lived-in rather than performed. The result is a song that feels less like a statement and more like a document.

For fans of Bon Iver, The National, and early Coldplay, "I Think of You" stands as a testament to love that survives ordinary days and impossible ones alike — a portrait of partnership not as an ideal, but as a practice.

• Credits and Lyrics

  "I Think of You" music and lyrics by Salem Roberts.
  ©2026 Salem Roberts. All Rights Reserved.

  Producer: Salem Roberts
  Drums: Cameron Chiles
  Mixing: Jesse Harvey
  Mastering: Alan Douches
  Mentor: Bonnie Hayes
  Vocal Coach: Holly Pyle

  Lyrics

  Down in the Bible Belt they drink
  Some people pray when they're alone
  I just think about our life and our love
  Sometimes it ain't easy
  When the money's low, the rent's due
  But we're broke as politics

  When I'm alone I think of you
  And all the shit we've been through
  How you stood by my side while I tried to make everything alright
  But I didn't have a clue
  I think of you

  I think about the early days
  Of our firsts and our fights
  And the summer heat in Tennessee
  How you'd hold me in your eyes when the day was gone
  There was nothing to our name but a broken bed and an old TV

  When I'm alone I think of you
  And all the shit we've been through
  How you stood by my side while I tried to make everything alright
  I was young and we were new
  I think of you
  Oh, I think of you

  There is no one else
  It's you I can't deny
  Even when I'm by myself
  Honey
  You're always on my mind

  When I'm alone I think of you
  And all the shit we've been through
  How you stood by my side while I tried to make everything alright
  And you loved me as we grew
  I think of you
  Oh, I think you

  I think of you
  I think of you
  I think of you