(Style: Genre: dark ambient indie / dream pop
BPM: 70
Intro
ambient drone, room noise, single synth note, whisper vocal, emotionless
Verse 1
minimal kick + soft bass
lyrics = objects/routines/room details
detached vocal
add distant harmony + more reverb
Verse 2
heartbeat kick, warmer synths, subtle guitar
lyrics become more personal accidentally
more breath in vocal
Bridge
big ambient swell, choir texture, distorted atmosphere
observer emotionally breaking
lyrics about staying too long / inability to leave
Final Refrain
widest mix, emotional overload but still restrained
Outro
remove drums
just room tone + breathing + fading synth
hard cutoff mid-sentence
Keywords:
haunted apartment, observation log, emotional contamination, lonely night rain, soft male vocal, slow emotional collapse)
Salt water filling my lungs
The tide pulling nails from the pier
I turn slow circles through the fog
Hoping somebody still appears
White birds sleep inside my ribs
Their wings beat softly in the dark
The sea keeps touching every stone
Like it forgot where bodies are
And I still keep the light alive
Every night
Every night
Windows glowing underwater blue
The town faded years before
Paint peeling like old winter skin
Sand gathering beneath the doors
Somewhere deep beneath the waves
Your name moves with the current now
I hear it in the engine hum
I hear it when the storms bow down
And I still sweep the empty coast
Slow and steady
Slow and steady
The ocean blooms with phantom lights
Far beyond the sleeping reef
I call to them in spinning gold
But they pass through me silently
Fog wraps around my rusted spine
Moonlight trembling on the rail
I was built to keep you safe
Nobody told me I could fail
Still the light turns
Still the light turns
If you see my glow tonight
You are farther than before
And if the waves have learned your voice
I cannot guide you anymore
Salt air inside my lungs again
Morning breaking cold and gray
The birds have nested in my chest
And the sea has worn my name away
BLACKLARK
