[Intro – Lo-Fi crackle + soft piano]
(Whispered, half-asleep)
Ugh… I hate feeling like this…
breath
Okay… here we go…
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[Verse 1 – soft, whispery delivery]
Ugh… hate feeling this way.
This cough, this cold—
makes me wanna throw
out my lungs.
Burning hot, then freezing cold,
shivers crawling
up my veins
like ghosts.
Every breath
feels wrong,
too heavy
too long.
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[Pre-Chorus – gentle lift]
I can’t breathe…
every breath I take
pulls the life
outta me.
Please…
if this sore throat
doesn’t leave—
I’ll drown myself
in honey tea.
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[Chorus – warm tone, soft belt on “breathe”]
Cause my throat keeps
screaming, itching,
my chest keeps
punching, kicking.
Stop coughing—
just let me breathe.
I’m suffocating
under a thousand
blankets on me.
Release me,
put me to sleep.
Don’t wake me up
till the sickness
leaves.
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[Verse 2 – slightly stronger vocal, but still soft]
My head is heavy,
my voice is gone,
every minute feels
an hour long.
I’m sweating cold,
I’m shivering warm,
my whole body
fighting a storm.
I close my eyes
and pray for rest—
but this fever
won’t let me forget.
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[Pre-Chorus – repeat, add soft harmony]
I can’t breathe…
every breath I take
pulls the life
outta me.
Please…
if this sore throat
doesn’t leave—
I’ll drown myself
in honey tea.
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[Chorus – repeat, add echo on last line]
Cause my throat keeps
screaming, itching,
my chest keeps
punching, kicking.
Stop coughing—
just let me breathe.
I’m suffocating
under a thousand
blankets on me.
Release me,
put me to sleep.
Don’t wake me up
till the sickness
leaves.
*(echo: “till the sickness leaves…”) *
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[Bridge – stripped piano, airy reverb]
Let me drift,
let me fall,
I don’t wanna
feel this at all.
Wrap me up
in quiet dreams—
wake me when
I’m finally clean.
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[Final Chorus – softest version, almost whispered]
My throat keeps
screaming, itching,
my chest keeps
punching, kicking.
Stop coughing—
just let me breathe…
I’m suffocating
under a thousand
blankets on me.
Release me,
put me to sleep…
don’t wake me up
till the sickness leaves.
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[Outro – spoken, tired]
breathe…
just breathe…
wake me up when it’s over…
PepperVice
