After Story in My Chest

[Verse 1]
Empty room
Blue glow on my face
Cartoon families
Fill up all this space
Laugh tracks
Lullabies
Hold what I can’t hold
Perfect paper worlds
Framed in digital gold
[Pre-Chorus]
Why does their kitchen feel warmer than mine?
Why does their heartbreak heal every time?
I hit replay till my eyes turn red
Chasing a future that lives in my head
[Chorus]
I want a hand to hold
Like the stories on my screen
Dinner plates and winter coats
Someone waiting here for me
But every time the credits roll
It hits me in the chest
This life can break the best of us
(And still I want it, yeah, I want it)
Like an after story in my chest
[Verse 2]
Silly jokes
Fighting over rice
Little midnight walks
Everyday paradise
They lose
They cry
But they still find home
I pause on happy frames
Scared I’ll stay alone
[Pre-Chorus]
Why do their goodbyes rewind into smiles?
Why do my fears stretch out for miles?
If love can shatter in one small twist
Will I ever dare to reach for it?
[Chorus]
I want a hand to hold
Like the stories on my screen
Rainy trains and ringing phones
Someone saving just for me
But every time the credits roll
It cuts me deeper yet
This world can steal the best of us
(And still I want it, yeah, I want it)
Like an after story in my chest
[Bridge]
If joy is fragile
Then let it break in my palms
If days are borrowed
I’ll spend them all on your arms
Let me hurt
Let me hope
Let me risk what’s left
I’d trade a thousand perfect dreams
For one imperfect breath
[Chorus]
I want a hand to hold
Past the endings on my screen
Messy fights and quiet roads
Someone staying just with me
’Cause even when the credits roll
I’ll choose this tenderness
This cruel
Unfair
Beautiful world
(Yeah, I still want it, still I want it)
My own after story in your chest

folk, Emotional K-pop EDM hybrid, male vocals. Shimmering synth arps over sidechained pads in the verses, intimate topline sitting close to the mic. Pre-chorus lifts with filtered builds and distant choir chops, then a bright, hard-hitting drop with stacked hooks and vocoder doubles. Final chorus adds high harmonies and extra risers for a cathartic, bittersweet rush., k-pop, edm