I’m Still Breathing
Emo trap, alt pop, dream pop, country pop ballad, pop punk. Tempo 140 bpm, steady, no mood-based tempo shift. Intro with slap guitar attack, cracked whisper female vocal, detuned analog pad. Drums: distorted 808s, trap hi hats, snapping snares, glitch fills unstable. Bass: deep sub bass sidechained with kick, heavy and warm. Guitars: sharp slap rhythms in chorus, clean tremolo picked ambient in verses, dreamy washed layers in bridge and final, overdrive punch in climax. Piano: only bridge, cinematic, hard attack, imperfect, slightly detuned. FX: reversed delays, detuned pads, whisper echoes, tape hiss, vinyl crackle, short silences, dynamic waves, ambient dropouts. Female vocal: very hard raspy and husky, very hard breathy, very hard strong vibrato, raw, trembling, frantic, whisper to explosive. Voice must crack, break, tremble, miss notes, collapse mid line then recover then shatter again. Chant hooks like broken room shouting, manic not polished. Delivery unsafe but alive,
I’m Still Breathing
Emo trap, alt pop, dream pop, country pop ballad, pop punk. Tempo 140 bpm, steady, no mood-based tempo shift. Intro with slap guitar attack, cracked whisper female vocal, detuned analog pad. Drums: distorted 808s, trap hi hats, snapping snares, glitch fills unstable. Bass: deep sub bass sidechained with kick, heavy and warm. Guitars: sharp slap rhythms in chorus, clean tremolo picked ambient in verses, dreamy washed layers in bridge and final, overdrive punch in climax. Piano: only bridge, cinematic, hard attack, imperfect, slightly detuned. FX: reversed delays, detuned pads, whisper echoes, tape hiss, vinyl crackle, short silences, dynamic waves, ambient dropouts. Female vocal: very hard raspy and husky, very hard breathy, very hard strong vibrato, raw, trembling, frantic, whisper to explosive. Voice must crack, break, tremble, miss notes, collapse mid line then recover then shatter again. Chant hooks like broken room shouting, manic not polished. Delivery unsafe but alive,
Lyrics
Don’t hide those scars, they’re proof you’ve survived.
I’m still breathing.
Don’t break.
You’re still here.
It’s all right.
I wanted to die, but I couldn’t.
You know that feeling too, don’t you?
Everyone carries something.
There are mornings you can’t rise,
always thinking of tomorrow, drowning in fear.
Your heart wears thin. You feel the pressure, right?
Sometimes it feels unbearable.
You don’t have to rush.
Even when your thoughts exhaust you, you’re still alive.
Don’t hide those scars,
the pain is proof you’re still here.
I’m still breathing.
Don’t break.
You’re still here.
It’s all right.
I’m still breathing.
Don’t break.
You’re still here.
It’s all right.
You wanted to disappear.
Time kept moving forward, leaving your soul behind.
Chained to futures that never came true.
And still
every breath, every moment is proof you’ve endured.
There were times you wanted to die, but couldn’t.
You’re still breathing, and that’s enough.
Don’t break. Don’t forget.
Even with unhealed wounds, you’re still here.
And that’s enough.
I’m still breathing.
Don’t break.
You’re still here.
It’s all right.
I’m still breathing.
Don’t break.
You’re still here.
It’s all right.
I’m still breathing...