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I'm Aching (Trip-hop)

[Intro] [vinyl crackle] [distant rain outside] [soft Rhodes chord bloom] [deep sub bass hum rises slowly] [no vocal first bars] I left the lights on Like you might choose home You're here past midnight An unfamiliar pause I knew by the silence Something was wrong [Verse 1] [clear intimate vocal] [light swung breakbeat enters] [soft bass pulse] You said love softly Then hit me hard with hate I'm aching I'm aching I reached for warmth You gave me cold Arms open Door shut I'm aching I'm aching I’m aching [Chorus] [full dusty drums] [sub bass deepens] [cello swell rises] [wider stereo space] I gave my sleep I gave my youth It's all for you It's all to you It's all on you It's all to you [Verse 2] [beat strips back] [single piano notes answer vocal] [dub echo tails] I called it patience To survive the truth You bent me till I broke And still said it was love I'm breaking I'm breaking I'm aching I’m breaking [Chorus] [heavier breakbeat] [thicker bass] [stronger vocal] [Rhodes widens] You took the light You took the room It's all you It's all you It's all for you It's all to you [Bridge] [drums drop out] [sub bass heartbeat pulse] [Rhodes and exposed vocal only] I swept the pieces You named it mood No more carrying you No more excuse No more bleeding For what you choose [Break] [distant delay vocal] [empty room ambience] I don't hate you I just left The quiet after Felt more like peace [Outro] [beat dissolves] [vinyl hiss returns] [faint cello drone] I'm aching I'm aching I'm aching I’m aching You’re taking No more aching It was always you taking Never giving back I’m breaking I’m breaking [echo trails away] [silence]