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Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You’re curled on a blanket
Gray on your muzzle
Milk in your eyes
Your chart says “aggression
Seizure”
I just see a dog who tried
Leash on the hook by the doorway
Clock humming loud on the wall
They say your brain just fractured
Couldn’t hold this place at all
[Chorus]
So I walk you slow
Last walk down the hall
Count my breaths
Press my heart to the cinderblock wall
They say your mind couldn’t take it anymore
These bars
This bark
This concrete floor
I say your name till my throat feels torn
While the world keeps turning like you were never born
[Verse 2]
Fluorescent buzzing above us
Stainless bowls shining
Empty and clean
Your tag reads “transfer pending”
We both know what that really means
You flinch at the echo of barking
You spin like a storm in a cage
Everyone says “it’s kinder”
I’m just standing here
Swallowing rage
[Chorus]
So I walk you slow
Last walk down the hall
Count my breaths
Press my heart to the cinderblock wall
They say your mind couldn’t take it anymore
These smells
This air
This slamming door
I say your name till my throat feels torn
While the world keeps turning like you were never born
[Bridge]
Some nights I see you in the driveway
Head out the window of some old car
Tongue out
Wind on your worries
Running miles past this place
This scar
But the morning brings metal and bleach again
A clipboard
A key
A quiet “when?”
[Chorus]
So I walk you slow
Last walk down the hall
Count my breaths
Press my heart to the cinderblock wall
They say your mind couldn’t take it anymore
This crush of cages
This endless roar
I say your name till my voice is gone
And sign one more line
Then turn the lights on
[Outro]
You leave in a hush
In a whisper
I stay in the noise and the smell
Your body is free of this burden
My mind stays locked in the kennel
Details
GeneratedFeb 27, 2026
Duration3:26
LanguageEnglish
Style
Sparse, intimate ballad with male vocals over slow felt-piano and soft upright bass; brushed snare and distant pedal steel slide in on the chorus. Verses keep the vocal close-mic’d and almost whispered, chorus opens with wider reverb and gentle stacked harmonies. Subtle organ pad swells under the bridge for emotional lift, then everything drops to just piano and voice for the final line., theme, slow, sad
Credits
Prompt byIndieRiff601
ModelAria v5
Prompt
A slow sad theme from an animal shelter workers perspective of spending time with dogs on their last days before being euthanized and saying their brains couldn’t take it anymore and the environment
