

Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] Coffee gone cold Ticket in my hand Your sweater on the chair Like it could stand in for me You traced my name On the window glass Said “Text me from the gate” Tried to make it sound easy [Pre-Chorus] You laughed too quick At a tired joke Your fingers shook When you fixed my coat [low vocal register] [Chorus] The look in your eye when it was time for me to go Said everything your mouth was too brave to show All the words we folded Hiding in your throat The look in your eye when it was time for me to go [Verse 2] Bright plastic chairs Announcements over us You kept reading my boarding pass Like it could still change You said “It’s just months It’s just a flight” But your heartbeat drummed on my chest Like it knew the lie [Pre-Chorus] You turned your head But your hand held tight Pulled me back once more Like you could stretch the night [Chorus] The look in your eye when it was time for me to go [Bridge] Now it’s screens and static faces Different beds Familiar phrases “I’m fine I’m fine ” but you blink too slow [whispered vocals] I see that same gaze From a thousand miles away [Chorus] [Chorus]
Tags
Slow-blooming indie ballad with intimate male vocals over soft piano and swelling strings. First verse sparse and close-mic’d; subtle pads and low strings enter on pre-chorus, then chorus opens with lush legato strings and a wider stereo piano. Second verse adds light percussion and distant guitar swells, final chorus lifts with stacked harmonies and a held vocal ad-lib before tapering to just piano and voice., slow, raw, male vocals, deep
3:19
No
12/25/2025