 It ’ s straightforward , heartfelt and classy . Mariah pleads with her departed lover – ' When you left I lost a part of me / It ’ s still so hard to believe ' – and the song ’ s gentle R & B roll is perfectly understated , built from a few piano chords and a slowed @-@ down So So Def rhythm . It has a homebody quality , almost like an autumn song would – you can imagine a split @-@ up couple singing it quietly , separately , as the world goes on around them . She ’ s on a porch with tea ; he ’ s stuck in traffic when he finds Mariah on the radio . It even cleverly references that feel , with Mariah finding the Bobby Womack and Babyface songs on her radio just too tough to hear . There ’ s no tired ' I tried to 2 @-@ way you ' retorts , no trash @-@ technology love affair ' I was at the grocery store and this guy had the same ring tone as you , and I cried . ' No , there ’ s a classic sensibility to the lyrics and sound of ' We Belong Together ' that makes for perfect – and perfectly universal – pop / R & B songwriting . In other words , it ’ s the jam . And there ’ s probably a happy ending , too : Mariah ’ s triumphant octave shift finale makes the song ’ s title an emphatic . 
