Breathless by DCBROOKS2 - Zona

Breathless by DCBROOKS2 - Zona

Lyrics

[Intro – (ambient, instrumental only)]

(Soft static, distant hums, and lo-fi crackle — no vocals)

[Verse 1 – (breathy falsetto, minimal 808 pulse)]

Sheets still smell like your perfume

Can’t escape that déjà vu

Coffee’s cold, I’m still unmoved

Wish I could un-feel you

Every time the light leaks through the blinds

It paints you right back into my mind

And I can’t tell what’s real tonight

When your voice still echoes in my sighs

[Pre-Chorus – (layered falsettos, swelling 808 bass)]

You said, “Baby, let it go”

But you don’t know, I tried before

Every time I close that door

I find another piece of you on the floor

[Chorus – (soaring vocal delivery, 808s only under beat)]

I’m half awake in this dream we made

Can’t move on but I fade away

Your love’s a ghost I can’t replace

Still tracing shapes in empty space

I’m half alive when I hear your name

Half the man that I used to claim

You left your light inside my veins

Now every pulse just says your name

[Verse 2 – (deeper R&B tone, steady 808 heartbeat)]

Phone lights up with nothing new

Guess I’m still addicted to the view

Of you laughing on that avenue

Like the world just spun for you

All my pride just melted down

When your eyes came back around

But every time I fall, I drown

In every word you never said out loud

[Bridge – (Joji-style layered falsetto, hazy mix)]

Oh, I keep your hoodie on my chair

Pretend you’re somewhere near

Wish I could lose the way you stare

When you were here

[Breakdown – (808s isolated, whispered tone)]

Can’t lie, I still play our song

Can’t cry, it’s been too long

Still hear your breath in my lungs

Still feel your skin in the dawn

[Final Chorus – (completely a cappella, stacked harmonies and breaths)]

I’m half awake in this dream we made

Can’t move on but I fade away

Your love’s a ghost I can’t replace

Still tracing shapes in empty space

I’m half alive when I hear your name

Half the man that I used to claim

You left your light inside my veins

Now every pulse just says your name

[Outro – (fade-out breathwork, faint hums, no lyrics)]

(Soft exhale, light reverb trail — silence creeps back in)