Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I wake up with my teeth clenched tight
Like the room got smaller overnight
My chest does that lock-and-key thing
And I hate that I know what it means
I laugh at a text, then I stare at the wall
Old ghosts got me checking the hall
I keep my shoes by the bed like a plan
Just in case I gotta run again
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me it passes
Tell me it bends
Tell me a body can learn to be warm again
I'm tired of carrying
Tired of the noise
Tired of my own voice
[Chorus]
Hold me down, hold me now
I’m still here, I’m still here somehow
Break by break, I come back round
Hold me down, hold me now
(hold me now)
[Verse 2]
Sunday morning, the shower runs cold
I count the scars that nobody sees
There’s a kid in my mirror
With a war in his throat
And he looks a lot like me
I’ve been angry at the dark for years
At the way it camps behind my eyes
But I’m learning that a cracked-up heart
Can still beat out a life
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me it passes
Tell me it bends
Tell me a body can learn to be warm again
I’m tired of carrying
Tired of the noise
Tired of my own voice
[Chorus]
Hold me down, hold me now
I’m still here, I’m still here somehow
Break by break, I come back round
Hold me down, hold me now
(hold me now)
[Bridge]
If I shake, don’t count me out
If I fade, don’t let me drown
I’ve been walking through the smoke for so long
That the first soft step feels wrong
But I want that light on my face
I want my name back in my mouth
I want my hands to stop saying goodbye
To every good thing now
[Final Chorus]
Hold me down, hold me now
I’m still here, I’m still here somehow
Break by break, I come back round
Hold me down, hold me now
Hold me down, hold me now
I’m still here, I’m still here somehow
I’m not gone, I’m not done now
Hold me down, hold me now
(hold me now)
Style
pop with midtempo bounce and syncopated handclapspulsing sub-bassand glossy piano-synth layers; verse stays intimate and stripped with close-mic vocals and light snap percussionpre-chorus lifts with filtered backing oohs and rising tomschorus opens wide with stacked doubles and a chantable hookbridge drops to half-time with a filtered vocal repeat then final chorus lands with bigger harmoniesreverse swellsand bright punchy mixdeeppop
Prompt
pop. Depression, anxiety, PTSD. Sick beat but deep lyrics and meaning.
Credits
Prompt byEchoesofTomorrow
GeneratedJun 26, 2026
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