Crowded

[Verse 1]
Shoulder to shoulder
Air too thick to breathe
Your laugh in the corner
Still cuts right through me
Hands brushing strangers
Eyes stuck on the floor
Every step I’m taking
Feels like one step more
[Pre-Chorus]
I hear you almost
In every rising voice
If I turn around now
I might lose my choice (oh)
[Chorus]
I’m crowded
By the ghosts of you
Faces blur but your outline
Pushes all the way through
I’m surrounded
But I still feel used
Hundred hearts in the room
And I only bleed for you
[Verse 2]
You move like a secret
Passed from mouth to mouth
I taste old decisions
Bittersweet and loud
Words in the ceiling
Drip back down on me
I whisper “I’m leaving”
But my feet won’t agree
[Pre-Chorus]
Your shadow finds me
Before your eyes ever do
If I say I’m over
Why’s this all about you? (yeah)
[Chorus]
I’m crowded
By the ghosts of you
Faces blur but your outline
Pushes all the way through
I’m surrounded
But I still feel used
Hundred hearts in the room
And I only bleed for you
[Bridge]
[Drop — bass swells
Drums slam in
Layered vocal chants]
You’re in the heat
You’re in the haze
You’re every exit
I can’t take
You’re in the hush
After the sound
I close my eyes
And you close in now (close in now)
[Chorus]
I’m crowded
By the ghosts of you
Every stranger that touches me
Feels like déjà vu
I’m surrounded
Still I fall into
A hundred open arms
But I only burn for you (only you)

folk, Smoky art-pop ballad with male vocals over pulsing sub bass and reverb-drenched folk guitar; verses start sparse with close-mic lead, soft synth pads, and distant choirs. Tension builds with toms, reverse swells, and stacked background vocals into a seductive dream-pop chorus, then a cinematic drop where bass blooms, drums hit wide, and harmonies float like a ghostly choir., dream pop, ballad, art pop