Poison In Your Lungs

[Verse 1]
I found you drowning
Face down in your fear
Pulled you to the surface
Felt your heartbeat in my ear
Salt on your eyelashes
Stutter in your lungs
You clung to my shoulders
Like I was the only one
[Chorus]
I found you drowning
My lips to yours
Breathing you back from the undertow
You came alive just to shut the door
Pushed me away like I’d burn your throat
As if I was poison in your lungs
As if I was poison you coughed up
I gave you my breath till my chest went numb
You spit out my name like it wasn’t love
[Verse 2]
You said you hate endings
So you end things first
You tasted my saving
Then you called it a curse
You staggered to the shoreline
Didn’t look once back
Left my hands still shaking
Like I’d caused the attack
[Chorus]
I found you drowning
My lips to yours
Breathing you back from the undertow
You came alive just to shut the door
Pushed me away like I’d burn your throat
As if I was poison in your lungs
As if I was poison you coughed up
I gave you my breath till my chest went numb
You spit out my name like it wasn’t love

Moody alt-pop ballad with male vocals over pulsing synth bass and sparse drums. Verses stay close and intimate with filtered keys; chorus swells with wide pads, distorted guitars, and stacked harmonies. Subtle vocal glitches and reverse reverb at transitions, final chorus hits hardest then drops to a bare vocal outro.