[Intro – soft piano, distant ambience, rising synth] [Female – breathy, intimate] What happens when I lose my breath? When there’s nothing left inside my chest? Will you still hear me After the silence comes? [Male – low, distant] After the silence comes… [Verse 1 – sparse piano, atmospheric pads] [Male – fragile, restrained] I’ve been holding on with shaking hands Trying not to show you where I am Every night I feel the distance grow And I don’t know how to let you know [Female – soft response] I’m afraid of what I can’t control Afraid you’ll leave before I let you close So I keep every word behind my teeth While something underneath me disappears [Pre-Chorus – drums rising, harmonies building] [Male] Tell me you’ll remember Even when I fade [Female] Tell me there is something That the silence cannot take [Chorus – BOTH, female high lead / male low harmony] What happens when I lose my breath? When I’ve got no fight, no heartbeat left? Will you hold onto the words I said? Will I still exist inside your head? What happens when the light goes out? When I can’t reach you, when I can’t make a sound? Will you feel me somewhere in your chest? What happens when I lose my breath? [Melodic Dubstep Drop] [soaring supersaws, chest-heavy sub, half-time drums] [chopped female “lose my breath”] [low male vocal chop layered underneath] [second half adds distorted growls beneath euphoric chords] [Verse 2 – stripped beat, pulsing bass] [Female – intimate] Maybe I’ve been scared to be alive Because everything I love can say goodbye Maybe that’s the reason I hold tight Even when I know it isn’t right [Male – warm, emotional] I don’t need forever carved in stone I just need to know I wasn’t alone That somewhere in the wreckage I became You’ll still remember something of my name [Pre-Chorus – larger build] [Female] Tell me you’ll remember Even when I fade [Male] Tell me there is something That the silence cannot take [Chorus – BOTH, full stacked harmonies] What happens when I lose my breath? When I’ve got no fight, no heartbeat left? Will you hold onto the words I said? Will I still exist inside your head? What happens when the light goes out? When I can’t reach you, when I can’t make a sound? Will you feel me somewhere in your chest? What happens when I lose my breath? [Bridge – piano only, heavy reverb] [Female] And if tomorrow never lets me wake I hope you know you were the part I couldn’t let the darkness take [Male] I was here I was scared I was trying [Female] I was yours For a moment [BOTH – close harmony] And that meant everything [Final Build – heartbeat kick, rising arpeggio] [Male] So tell me you’ll remember [Female] Tell me I remain [BOTH – harmonies expanding] Tell me love can leave a mark That even time can’t erase [Final Chorus / Drop – BOTH, explosive] [Female soaring lead / male powerful low octave] What happens when I lose my breath? When I’ve got no fight, no heartbeat left? Will you hold onto the words I said? Will I still exist inside your head? What happens when the light goes out? When I can’t reach you, when I can’t make a sound? If you feel me somewhere in your chest… [BOTH – intimate, then impact] Then maybe I never really left. [Final Melodic Dubstep Drop] [euphoric supersaws, distorted melodic bass, massive mono sub] [emotional guitar layer, male-female vocal echoes] [Female] Never really left… [Male] Lose my breath… [BOTH] Never really left… [Outro – piano, distant ambience] [Female] What happens when I lose my breath? [Male – underneath] When I lose my breath… [BOTH – soft harmony] Maybe you breathe for me.
