Prompt / Lyrics
[Intro] [Violin weeps in a narrow Aching melody Then fades under a lone acoustic guitar] [Verse 1] Coffee gone cold on the table Sun’s already halfway gone Hands keep missing the pages Of the book I leaned on Name on the spine is fading Like numbers I can’t recall I thought I’d climb a mountain Now I barely cross the hall [Chorus] Wish I did more when I had time Wish I called back every friend Stayed a little longer When the night said “this should end” Now my days feel like spare change Rolling dark across the floor God I’d trade these quiet hours For one good hour more [Verse 2] Photos in cracked silver frames Strangers that look like me Kids with their arms around ghosts I once swore I’d always be I saved my favorite bottle For some later Better night Now it gathers dust with my stories In the corner Out of sight [Chorus] Wish I did more when I had time Wish I learned to say their names Held their faces in the moment Not in corners of a frame Now the clock ticks like a hammer Driving nails in every door I keep knocking on my past life No one’s there anymore [Bridge] If there’s a last small mercy Waiting beyond this chair Let it be a second’s echo Of the man I meant to wear Not the coat of easy choices Hung by someone else’s hand Let me stand once Just once Like I always said I’d stand [Chorus] Wish I did more when I had time Wish I carved my name in rain Let it wash across their windows Not just whisper in my brain Now my heart beats like an engine Running low and running sore If there’s anything still in me Let it be wishing For a little more [Outro] [Violin returns Softer and rougher Tracing the chorus melody as the guitar slows and fades]
Tags
rock, Slow country-rock ballad with trembling male vocal, sparse fingerpicked acoustic and mournful violin intro that returns between sections. Brushes on snare, soft bass, and a distant tremolo electric guitar. Verses stay hushed and intimate; choruses swell with harmony and organ pad, then fall back to a fragile, near-whispered close., vocal, violin, sad, country rock, slow
Duration
4:24
Instrumental
No
Created
2/17/2026