Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] Half a glass on the table Lipstick stain I don’t know Your coat still hangs in the hallway Like you’re due back any moment I talk to the quiet air Say your name into my hands Every clock on the wall keeps asking How long can a body stand [Chorus] I can’t take a breath without you Chest won’t open Lungs won’t move Every inhale tastes like losing Every exhale pulls me through If I could drown in what we had I’d sink back into you I can’t take a breath Can’t take a breath Breath without you [Verse 2] Sheets still hold your outline Cold side never gets warm I reach and hit the absence Where your heartbeat should be worn Friends keep saying “you’ll be fine” Like it’s something you decide But your shadow sits at my table Eating every bit of light [Chorus] I can’t take a breath without you Chest won’t open Lungs won’t move Every inhale tastes like losing Every exhale pulls me through If I could drown in what we had I’d sink back into you I can’t take a breath Can’t take a breath Breath without you [Bridge] [Choir swells Low and haunting] Slide back into my dreaming (come back) Where you still turn when I call I wake up with your name bleeding On the ceiling On the walls One more night I swear I’ll let go One more lie I tell my bones Every beat inside me’s begging For your footsteps coming home [Chorus] I can’t take a breath without you Chest won’t open Lungs won’t move Every inhale tastes like losing Every exhale pulls me through If I could drown in what we had I’d sink back into you I can’t take a breath Can’t take a breath Breath without you (I can’t take a breath) Breath without you
Tags
folk, Slow-bloom art-pop ballad with male vocals; soft picked folk guitar and warm bass pulse under hazy dream-pop pads. Verses stay intimate and close-mic, breathy and confessional, with distant mixed-gender choir pads swelling behind key lines. Tension builds through toms, reverse swells, and rising strings into a seductive cinematic drop on each chorus, where the choir widens, bass grows heavier, and reverb blooms. Final chorus strips back then surges one last time with layered harmonies and a long tail-out., ballad, art pop, seductive, dream pop
Duration
4:14
Instrumental
No
Created
2/1/2026