[INTRO]
(cassette tape click)
(vinyl hiss + tape noise)
(muted analog synth pad)
(distant city ambience)
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[VERSE 1]
Six a.m., sky still quiet
Alarm rings like a warning sign
Mirror shows a tired version
Of someone I don’t recognize
Same streets, same dull breathing
Days stacked heavy in my chest
Feels like time keeps leaving voicemails
I’m too scared to press connect
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[PRE-CHORUS]
(lo-fi drums enter softly)
(warm tape saturation on vocals)
I keep saying I’ll get through it
But the weeks don’t hear me out
Life keeps moving like it means it
While I’m frozen in the sound
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[CHORUS]
(dreamy bass swell)
(drums widen, soft and slow)
Clock hands bleed into the night
I lose months just trying to cope
Still showing up, still punching in
Living on a thread of hope
I’m tired, but I’m standing
Even when my breath feels thin
I don’t quit, I just keep going
With the weight I’m living in
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[INTERLUDE – VOICEMAIL 1]
(muffled cassette playback)
(phone speaker filter)
Hey… uh… I don’t know why I’m calling.
I just wanted to say I miss how things were.
I keep thinking I’ll reach out tomorrow.
Guess tomorrow keeps moving too fast.
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[VERSE 2]
Four p.m., sun already fading
Phone stays quiet in my hand
Same friends living down the block
Feels like miles between where we stand
We don’t talk like we used to
Silence learned our names too well
Guess people grow without each other
Or maybe I just stayed still
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[PRE-CHORUS 2]
(synth pad darkens)
(light vocal delay trails)
Was it me or was it time
That pulled us out of frame
Now I replay every memory
Trying not to feel the blame
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[CHORUS]
(drums slightly heavier, emotional lift)
Clock hands bleed into the night
Every day feels borrowed now
Still carrying grief and pressure
Like I made a silent vow
I don’t fold, I don’t vanish
Even when the floor feels thin
I just breathe and keep on moving
Through the shape my life is in
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[INTERLUDE – VOICEMAIL 2]
(tape warble)
(soft background hiss)
It’s me again…
I swear I meant to call sooner.
Life just… keeps happening.
If you hear this, I hope you’re okay.
I hope you didn’t think I forgot you.
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[BRIDGE]
(drums drop out)
(low ambient swell)
(heartbeat-like sub pulse)
Grief sleeps heavy on my shoulders
Stress sits quiet in my spine
I keep counting all the moments
That I swear I’ll make in time
If I slow down, I feel everything
If I run, I lose my breath
So I walk this line between it all
Trying not to disappear yet
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[FINAL CHORUS]
(drums return soft but full)
(washed harmony stack)
Clock keeps spinning, I stay human
Even when I’m barely here
Still becoming through the silence
Still surviving through the fear
If we changed, I hope we’re growing
If we faded, I still care
I’m still here, still holding on
Even when life’s not fair
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[OUTRO – VOICEMAIL 3]
(cassette click)
(voice distant, almost whisper)
I don’t know if I’ll ever send this.
But if you’re listening…
I hope you know I tried.
I’m still trying.
(cassette stops)