Coughing All Night
Lo-Fi Acoustic, Indie Alternative, Acoustic Guitar, Bedroom Folk, Cassette Pop, Intimate Recording, Canadiana. The track starts with lazily strummed, slightly detuned acoustic guitar, uneasy chords lingering amid brief silences. Sparse fingerpicking joins in, fused with brushed snare and delicate found-object percussion. Close-miked, airy vocals with a hint of wheezing and short of breath, sometimes a whisper, fragile, full of hiss, breath, and vocal fry; float above subtle tape noise. Reverb is used sparingly to keep the mix raw and intimate, letting room tone and mouth noises create a tactile feel. Unexpected spoken lines punctuate the minimal soundscape, enhancing the sense of a fleeting, honest cassette recording.
Coughing All Night
Lo-Fi Acoustic, Indie Alternative, Acoustic Guitar, Bedroom Folk, Cassette Pop, Intimate Recording, Canadiana. The track starts with lazily strummed, slightly detuned acoustic guitar, uneasy chords lingering amid brief silences. Sparse fingerpicking joins in, fused with brushed snare and delicate found-object percussion. Close-miked, airy vocals with a hint of wheezing and short of breath, sometimes a whisper, fragile, full of hiss, breath, and vocal fry; float above subtle tape noise. Reverb is used sparingly to keep the mix raw and intimate, letting room tone and mouth noises create a tactile feel. Unexpected spoken lines punctuate the minimal soundscape, enhancing the sense of a fleeting, honest cassette recording.
Lyrics
Intro
Lazily strummed detuned acoustic guitar, faint tape hiss
(Room tone, kettle whine, a quiet cough)
coughing all night...
Verse 1
Humidifier murmurs, breath comes slow
I said “I’m fine,” you said “I know”
Kettle sighs, scrollin’ and starin’ at my screen light
coughing all night, coughing all night
Chorus
Coughing all night, can’t catch my breath
You’re half-awake, I’m half to death
Still, your words find mine through the quiet screen light
coughing all night, coughing all night
Verse 2
Clock says three, the countdown is on
Til I go to work, or decide to stay home
Half laugh, half cry, half losing the fight
coughing all night, coughing all night
Bridge – spoken / texting FX
“still awake?”
“yeah… still coughing.”
Instrumental / Tape Interlude
Soft fingerpicked acoustic guitar, distant kettle click-off, room hum
A few light coughs bleed into mic, brushed snare barely there
Single detuned chord rings out, fades into hiss
Chorus
Coughing all night, can’t catch my breath
You’re half-awake, I’m half to death
Still, your words find mine through the quiet screen light
coughing all night, coughing all night
Outro
Guitar fades, hiss lingers
coughing all night...
coughing all night... (coughing)
coughing all night... (all night)
coughing all night...
coughing all night... (coughing)
coughing all night... (all night)
coughing all night... (coughing all night...)
soft laugh, sniffle, cough, cry, silence, alarm