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[TITLE: RUNNING ON EMPTY]
[GENRE: Indie Pop, Alternative Rock, Electronic Rock, Indie Hip-Hop, Atmospheric Synths, Crunchy Guitars, Gritty Bass, Punchy Studio Drums, Catchy Chorus, ALL MALE VOCALS, NO FEMALE VOCALS, POLISHED STUDIO, NO LIVE CROWD]
[INTRO: Clean guitar, low synth pulse, distant static.]
[VERSE 1: MALE, conversational.]
I woke up tired
Before I even opened my eyes.
Hit snooze three times
Like that was gonna change my life.
Coffee on the counter.
Keys somewhere I can't find.
Another morning
Trying to convince myself I'm fine.
[BACKGROUND MALE]
You sleep at all?
[MAIN]
Not really.
[BEAT: Gritty bass, punchy drums, distorted guitar.]
I've got a hundred little things
Running circles in my head.
Bills, work, conversations,
Everything I should've said.
I keep telling everybody
"I'll get to it eventually."
Eventually feels a lot like
Never lately.
[PRE-CHORUS]
I'm not falling apart.
I'm just tired of holding everything together.
[CHORUS: BIG CATCHY MALE VOCAL.]
I'm running on empty,
But I keep moving anyway.
Smiling like I'm okay
While everything inside me screams.
I don't know how much longer
I can carry all this weight.
I'm running on empty,
But I still get up each day.
I'm running on empty.
[VERSE 2: MALE RAP ONLY. Tight conversational flow. DO NOT SING.]
Yeah—
Everybody says,
"Take a breath, it'll be alright."
Cool.
I'll put that on the list
Of shit I couldn't fix tonight.
I got problems in the morning,
Problems waiting when I sleep.
Every promise that I made
Is another thing to keep.
I'm tired of being tired,
Tired of saying I'm okay.
Tired of making fucking plans
Just to cancel when the day comes.
And I know I'm not the only one,
That's probably what makes it worse.
We're all walking around pretending
That we don't feel this way ourselves.
[BACKGROUND MALE]
You can't keep doing this.
[MAIN]
I know.
[CHORUS]
I'm running on empty,
But I keep moving anyway.
Smiling like I'm okay
While everything inside me screams.
I don't know how much longer
I can carry all this weight.
I'm running on empty,
But I still get up each day.
I'm running on empty.
[INSTRUMENTAL: 20 seconds. Crunchy guitar riff, gritty bass, punchy studio drums, atmospheric synths. NO VOCALS.]
[BRIDGE: Clean guitar and piano.]
Maybe I don't need to fix everything tonight.
Maybe getting through it
Is enough this time.
[BACKGROUND MALE, very quiet]
That's enough.
[MAIN]
Yeah.
[FINAL BUILD: Heavier guitars, full drums, rising synths, layered MALE vocals.]
[FINAL CHORUS: BIGGEST. Emotional MALE vocal, heavy alt-rock guitars, huge synths.]
I'm running on empty,
But I keep moving anyway.
Smiling like I'm okay
While everything inside me screams.
I don't know how much longer
I can carry all this weight.
I'm running on empty...
But I still get up each day.
[OUTRO: Guitar rings out, synth pulse fades.]
Still get up.
[Silence.]
Details
GeneratedAug 26, 2026
Duration3:53
LanguageEnglish
Credits
Prompt byNeti
ModelAria v5.5
