Track · Feb 17, 2026 · English

Hard Things, Soft Hands

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4:49

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English

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Your toothbrush in my glass

Two plates in the drying rack

Your coat on my one chair

It’s small things

But they stare back

You’re folding your old life

Into my half-empty drawers

I’m scared of what this means

You just kick off your shoes on the floor (so sure)

[Pre-Chorus]

You trace my faded scars with your thumb

Ask the names of every one

Who walked away when it got rough

You say

“I stay when it gets tough” (I stay)

[Chorus]

We’re doing all the hard things

Soft hands

Meeting your mother

Changing my plans

Talking about money

About the meds I take

Sitting in the silence when we’re both afraid

Yeah

We’re doing all the hard things

First

Opening the wounds

Watching them hurt

But your head on my chest makes the dark make sense

If this is what love is

I don’t want less

[Verse 2]

You cry in my parked car

In that grocery lot at ten

Because I said I need

An hour alone now and then

You said

“That used to mean

They were halfway out the door”

I said

“Come closer

Please

Want you to want me and want more”

[Pre-Chorus]

You list the things you think might break us

All the ways you might erase us

I just hold your shaking wrist

Say

“You’re allowed to be like this”

[Chorus]

We’re doing all the hard things

Slow

Telling each other what we don’t know

Calling your father

Saying my real name

Owning the mess

Not hiding the shame

Yeah

We’re doing all the hard things

Bare

I lose my temper

You stay there

And your hand on my back pulls me through my past

If this is what love is

I want it to last

[Bridge]

[Bagpipes rising under held piano chords]

You meet my oldest friend who saw me break in two

You watch the way I stiffen up

You never look away

We stand outside the bar

The cold cuts straight us through

You lace your fingers into mine and suddenly I stay

You don’t promise perfect days

You just say

“I’ll call you back”

When I spiral

When I blackout

You just sit through all the black

And I don’t promise you forever

Just another honest night

But each hard word that we survive

Feels like tiny

Steady light (tiny light)

[Chorus]

We’re doing all the hard things

Now

Saying “I’m sorry” and learning how

To fight for the truth

Not to win the fight

To climb through the dark toward any kind of light

Yeah

We’re doing all the hard things

Pressed

Forehead to forehead

Chest to chest

And your breath in my ear cuts the noise in half

If this is what love is

I’m good with that

[Outro]

[Bagpipes and cello swell

Then fall away to solo piano and voice]

Leave your toothbrush in my glass

Two plates in the drying rack

If love starts here

In all this mess

With all these hard things

I’ll take this

Style

popdark art-pop ballad with male vocals; close-mic whispery verses over sparsefelted piano and low cello swells that bloom into a widescreen chorus. slow build that doubles the rhythmic pulse in the hook; tom-driven percussion and warm sub-bass enter gradually. bagpipes arrive as a haunting countermelody in the second chorus and a soaringkeening lead in the bridgethen blend back into piano and strings for an intimatetapering outro. subtle stacked harmonies on the title linewith breaths and room tone left in the mix.celloslowlowmale vocalsballaddeep

Prompt

A deep connection. New love but doing all the hard things. pop, Dark, slow-fast art-pop ballad male vocals intimate close-mic on the verse over sparse piano. low cello swells. Bagpipes. Longer song.

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SarasBananaBoat

GeneratedFeb 17, 2026

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