Mouth-to-Mouth in the Aftermath

[Verse 1]
You found me on the floor
Half joke
Half cardiac arrest
Cracked ribs
Cracked jokes
You pounding on my chest (hey!)
“Stay with me
Don’t you dare”
You laugh like it’s a dare back
Taste of metal
Taste of air
Both of us about to crack
[Chorus]
Mouth-to-mouth in the aftermath
We were laughing at the crash
Dark giggles in the flashing red
Trauma-bonded
Holding hands with dread
We were dying just to feel alive
CPR on a shattered life
Now I’m breathing from your lungs again
Turn the sirens into love instead
[Verse 2]
Smoke curled in the hallway
You said
“Guess this is our date”
You stitched up all my hauntings
With a dollar-store duct tape faith
You call my panic “party tricks”
Snap your fingers
Count to five
I call your scars “war stories”
You say
“Damn right
We survived” (oh yeah)
[Chorus]
Mouth-to-mouth in the aftermath
We were laughing at the crash
Dark giggles in the flashing red
Trauma-bonded
Holding hands with dread
We were dying just to feel alive
CPR on a shattered life
Now I’m breathing from your lungs again
Turn the sirens into love instead
[Bridge]
All those nights
Woke up fighting in the dark
You turned my flinch
To a hand around your heart
Every trigger
Just another spark we ride
We learned to laugh
On the wrong side of the line
[Chorus]
Mouth-to-mouth in the aftermath
Yeah
We’re dancing in the ash
Dark laughter where the wounds once bled
Trauma-bonded
Now we bloom instead
We were dying just to feel alive
Now we’re higher than the hurt we climbed
You’re the pulse beneath my battered skin
Turn the sirens into love within

rock, Grimy alt-rock with male vocals, mid-tempo groove. Palm-muted guitars in the verses riding a tight, dry kit; choruses explode with wide distorted power chords, octave leads, and gang shouts. Bass drives the pocket, kick locks to it with punchy attack. Bridge drops to half-time with reverb-soaked guitar swells and a single vocal, then slams back into the last hook with doubled lead and shouted backing vocals for catharsis.