One Headphone In

[Intro - vocal: almost spoken, very close mic, fragile and intimate | instrumental: distant sustained violin swell, airy ambience, no clear rhythmic pulse]

one headphone in  
still hearing my name  
I answer late  
then go back again  


[Verse 1 - vocal: soft conversational melody, slightly behind timing, intimate and restrained | instrumental: violin carries lead harmony, slow drifting phrases, soft minimal trap pulse barely implied, ambient space dominant]

I start a sentence  
get pulled away  
come back later  
don’t remember the same way  

a note on my phone  
half voice, half noise  
recorded while I was still  
doing other things  

someone talking in the next room  
I nod without looking up  
keep writing anyway  
like it doesn’t break the moment  


[Pre-Chorus - vocal: gentle lift, elongated phrasing, breath-led delivery | instrumental: violin expands into sustained emotional arc, harmonic tension builds, percussion nearly dissolves]

it never gets a full moment  
just pieces of attention  
and I don’t wait for silence  
to begin it  


[Chorus - vocal: centered, intimate but clear melodic hook, restrained emotion | instrumental: violin becomes primary melodic voice, soft trap undercurrent, wide atmospheric space]

one headphone in, one in the world  
still answering when I’m called  
and I don’t step out to create  
I just stay  

I make it while I’m still in it  
in the middle of everything shifting  
and it’s enough to carry through  
what I do  


[Verse 2 - vocal: slightly more rhythmic but still fluid, natural speech-melody blend | instrumental: violin introduces recurring “memory motif”, low-end pulse subtle, ambient textures replace structured loop feel]

I rewrite the same line  
on three different days  
because it only comes back  
in pieces  

a sketch on paper  
folded in a bag  
lines half-formed, half-forgotten  
until later  

paint still there on my fingers  
not cleaned all the way off  
because I’ll need it again  
before I stop  


[Bridge - vocal: near whisper, suspended timing, almost spoken melody | instrumental: isolated violin phrase, free timing, no percussion, open atmospheric space]

you hear it even when I stop  
because I never really drop  
I just pause inside the sound  
and return  


[Final Chorus - vocal: grounded, warm, steady emotional presence without increase in volume | instrumental: full violin-led harmony returns, soft trap pulse re-enters subtly, atmosphere wide and drifting]

one headphone in, one in the world  
still living while it all turns  
and I don’t need it to be still  
I will  

I make it while I’m still in it  
nothing finished, nothing rigid  
just a life that keeps unfolding  
and holding me  


[Outro - vocal: fading spoken melody, very close mic | instrumental: violin slowly dissolves into ambient air, no rhythm left]

still a line I didn’t finish  
still a sound I didn’t miss  
it waits in the quiet  
like this

mid-tempo melancholic alt-pop, hazy loop production, soft trap drum, violin-led harmony, subtle classical string, female