Track · Apr 8, 2026 · English

Haunts of a Gentle Heart

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5:13

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English

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Coffee cup shaking in your hand

Morning light catches every line

You say "it's quiet

But it ain't peace"

His shadow slips across your mind

You held the doorway with your body

While he was breaking down the walls

You took the names

You took the anger

So we could be too young to fall

[Chorus]

You were the first one in the fire

Last one out the door

Turned your pain into a shelter

On that splintered floor

He might still haunt the corners

Of your daylight and your dreams

But love

You’re bigger than the ghost

You’re bigger than the ghost he seems

[Verse 2]

Three kids hiding in the hallway

You humming just to drown him out

Soft voice shaking like a window

Still you never let us doubt

You stitched our jackets in the kitchen

Loose threads

But they kept out the cold

You said

"one day we’ll all stop running"

You never said how hard you’d hold

[Chorus]

You were the first one in the fire

Last one out the door

Turned your pain into a shelter

On that splintered floor

He might still haunt the corners

Of your daylight and your dreams

But love

You’re bigger than the ghost

You’re bigger than the ghost he seems

[Bridge]

Some nights you say you hear his footsteps

In the creak of every stair (mm, mama)

But all I see is you still standing

With that wild

Defiant care

So when the past comes like a whisper

Like a lock that clicks too late

We’ll be the arms around your shoulders

We’ll be the ones to hold the weight

[Chorus]

You were the first one in the fire

Last one out the door

Turned your pain into a shelter

On that splintered floor

He might still haunt the corners

Of your daylight and your dreams

But love

You’re bigger than the ghost

You’re bigger than the ghost he seems

[Outro]

You say "it's quiet

But it ain't peace"

I say

"one day it just might be"

Till then

Rest here in our laughter

Let his memory fade

Let your heart walk free

Style

rockwarm folk-rock ballad with soft rock liftmale vocals; fingerpicked acoustic and brushed drums in the versesgentle organ pad and harmony stack opening up the chorusmelodic bass gluing it together. start intimate and close-mic’dthen slowly add backing vocals and tambourine by the final chorus for a cathartictearful swellending on a hushed guitar cadence.soft rockfolk rockenglish

Prompt

folk rock, soft rock song for my mom who suffered an abusive relationship along with her two sons and daughter that she protected and loved through it all even though is dead he still haunts her

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DARMYMANN

GeneratedApr 8, 2026

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