Lighthouse

(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