Unstable Prayer

[Verse 1]
I pour coffee on the counter
Hands shaking like the cup might bite
You said “this is not an ending”
Then you walked out in the quiet
[Pre-Chorus]
I talk to your old sweater
Like it’s gonna answer back
Every stitch knows what I’m scared of
Every thread about to snap
[Chorus]
I’m unstable
Like a chair on three legs
Baby
Like a storm in a glass in my hand
I’m unable
To be gentle with the way that I’m breaking
So I’m breaking the best that I can
If this is wrong
Then let it hurt
If this is love
It’s love at its worst
I’m unstable
But I’m still reaching out for you (oh)
[Verse 2]
Your toothbrush still by the mirror
Your name still in all my prayers
I keep dialing
Then I hang up
Hear your “hello” in the dead air
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m begging all my angels
To drag me off this floor
But every time I try to stand up
I just slide back to the door
[Chorus]
I’m unstable
Like a chair on three legs
Baby
Like a storm in a glass in my hand
I’m unable
To be gentle with the way that I’m breaking
So I’m breaking the best that I can
If this is wrong
Then let it hurt
If this is love
It’s love at its worst
I’m unstable
But I’m still reaching out for you
[Bridge]
Let me scream till my voice runs dry (ah—ah)
Let it crack
Let it bleed
Let it die (hey)
If I’m losing you for real this time
At least you’ll know I tried
At least you’ll know I tried (I tried)
[Chorus]
I’m unstable
Like a chair on three legs
Baby
Like a storm in a glass in my hand
I’m unable
To be gentle with the way that I’m breaking
So I’m breaking the best that I can
If this is wrong
Then let it hurt
If this is love
It’s love at its worst
I’m unstable
But I’m still reaching out for—
Still reaching out for you

folk, Intimate live-take energy: bare acoustic guitar and scraped, gritty strings, male vocals on the edge of cracking. Verses start hushed and unstable, breaths and throat noise left in; choruses explode into raw, almost shouting topline with doubled vocals chasing slightly out of tune for tension. Sparse low percussion swells near the end, then everything drops back to one fragile guitar and a trembling final line., raw, acoustic, vocal, emotional