[Intro | Vinyl Crackle | Tape Hiss | Rhodes Piano | Reverse Piano | Spoken | Close Mic | Dry British Female | Dusty Atmosphere] Funny thing about surviving. Nobody tells you it usually comes down to the smallest things. A text. A cup of coffee. Someone remembering your name. Sometimes... that's enough. [Beat Enters | Dusty Bristol Breakbeat | Vinyl Chop | Analogue Bass] [Verse 1 | Bristol Trip-Hop | Close Mic | Conversational | Dusty Breakbeat | Upright Piano Fragments] I make my bed Then crawl back in Scroll through a world I don't believe in Call it a phase Call it a season I call it Tuesday Searching for a reason [Instrumental | Vinyl Scratches | Rhodes | Tape Delay | DJ Cuts] [Chorus | Cinematic Lift | Wide Strings | Turntablism | Heavy Groove] I need a pretext for existing Something small Something insisting Like your name lighting up my phone Like a plant that needs me to come home Give me a pretext for existing Tiny proof the air is listening 'Cause I don't need a grand design Just one dumb thing that says I'm fine (for now) [Instrumental | Breakbeat Fill | Reverse FX | Vinyl Chop] [Verse 2 | Close Mic | Conversational | Rhodes | Dusty Groove] Buy fresh fruit Let it go bad Leave all my books Half-underlined Half-unread Laugh at a joke Three hours late Tell all my friends "I'm good. I swear. I'm great." [Instrumental Build | Chamber Strings | Vinyl Loops | Analogue Synth] [Chorus | Bigger Groove | DJ Scratches | Wide Strings | Heavy Bass] I need a pretext for existing Something petty Something twisting Like the show we said we'd watch someday Like your hoodie I refuse to give away Give me a pretext for existing Quiet chords in all this hissing I don't need the universe to care Just one small thread to keep me here [Bridge | Beat Drops Away | Rhodes | Vinyl Texture | Reverse Piano | Close Mic] Could be rent that's due on Monday Could be coffee with my mom Could be "text me when you get there" Any tiny tired vow I can lean on [Turntable Solo | Vinyl Manipulation | Tape Stop | Reverse Scratch] [Final Chorus | Full Bristol Groove | Layered Turntablism | Chamber Strings | Analogue Bass] I need a pretext for existing Something dumb but still persisting Like the way you say my middle name Like the barista who knows my order Same Give me a pretext for existing Paper-thin but still resisting Till one soft morning I might breathe And be the reason I don't leave [Outro | Beat Dissolves | Vinyl Loop | Close Mic | Tape Echo | Fade] Sometimes... the smallest things are the ones that keep us here. [Vinyl Crackle] [Rhodes Sustain] [Tape Echo] [Fade Out]
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