

Prompt / Lyrics
(Intro (soft piano / distant vocal layer)) How am I supposed to ask you to be both what I’m afraid of and my safety? (Verse 1) I’ve been a second choice, I’ve been an afterthought. How am I meant to stand at the top of my pillar now when I’ve never been at the top of anything? (Build) Medicated reassurance doesn’t work, I can’t even trust myself. How am I supposed to be your solace, be your ecstasy, when I’m so quiet in the storms inside of me? (Chorus (Hook Version)) It always feels like I’m gasping, always feels like I’m gasping. I love you — but I loved him, I don’t know what that makes me. How are you supposed to be what I’m afraid of and my safety? What I’m afraid of and my safety. How am I supposed to be your solace, be your ecstasy, when I’m so quiet in the storms inside of me? It always feels like I’m gasping, always feels like I’m gasping. (Verse 2 (low instrumentation)) That part of me is running against a riptide, dissociation pulling me further. I hope I don’t hurt you with what I might do with my fears. It’s not your fault — it’s just what it is. (Break (near silence / layered whisper vocal)) I wish you could’ve met who I was before the freedom and the faith was beat out of me. (Final Chorus (bigger ending)) It always feels like I’m gasping, always feels like I’m gasping. If you can be both my terror and my safety, maybe I’ll finally learn how to breathe. It always feels like I’m gasping… until I breathe. (Outro (fade)) I’m still learning how to breathe.
Tags
Metal, rock, sleep token style, deep, hard bass, guitar solo, female
4:17
No
2/7/2026