Coughing All Night

DRiF2:48October 11, 2025

Lo-Fi Acoustic
Indie Alternative
Acoustic Guitar
Bedroom Folk

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

Style detailsLo-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.

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.