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My ribs are rooms where no one stays— empty halls with velvet dust. You touched my spine like a prayer, but even faith can rust. I built myself from broken things, glass teeth, a wire tongue. You sang into my hollows once— made them sound like lungs. Your whispers live inside my marrow, they hum when the moon draws near. You carved your vows into my silence but forgot to leave them here. Now I unravel in the quiet, the damage softly done. No arms to hold me—just absence. Just silence, song, and none.
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[Intro – 6 bars of slow ambient textures: layered wind, distant thunder, and a single echoing piano note. Whispered vocal layers hum a minor melody.] [Verse 1 – minimalist piano, cello, breathy low vocals] My ribs are rooms where no one stays (Empty halls with velvet dust) You touched my spine like a prayer once But even faith can rust I built myself from broken things Glass teeth, a wire tongue But you, you sang into my hollows And made them sound like lungs [Pre-Chorus – add trembling synths, heartbeat percussion slowly rising] Was it love, or just your echo? Was I whole, or just your ghost? [Chorus – cinematic swell: strings, layered harmonies, pulse-like bass] I’m made of hollow bones (They ring with your name) Every breath’s a haunted note (I sing, I break) I was never meant to fly But I fell for you like sky Now there’s silence in my soul And music in my cry [Verse 2 – introduce distant tribal drums and vocal harmony echo] I kept your whispers in my marrow (They hum when the moon is near) You carved your vows into my silence But forgot to leave them here I was the storm you barely noticed The shadow in your sun Now I unravel in the quiet The damage softly done [Pre-Chorus – repeat, more intensity] Was it love, or just your echo? Was I whole, or just your ghost? [Chorus – repeat with more intensity] I’m made of hollow bones (They ring with your name) Every breath’s a haunted note (I sing, I break) I was never meant to fly But I fell for you like sky Now there’s silence in my soul And music in my cry [Bridge – strip down to vocals + ambient pad, add choral whispers of the chorus in background] Can you hear me now in the quiet? Where your love used to sleep? I don’t need your arms to hold me Just your absence on repeat [Chorus – final, slow and fragile. Piano + vocal only to start, full swell at last two lines] I’m made of hollow bones (They ring with your name) Every breath’s a haunted note (I sing, I break) I was never meant to fly But I fell for you like sky Now there’s silence in my soul And music in my cry [Outro – let strings linger, heartbeat fades slowly. Whispered repetition of "hollow bones..." trails off.]
Song info
A melancholic dream-pop ballad with slow-build cinematic tension. Ethereal textures like wind, distant thunder, and ambient synths weave around delicate piano and cello. Vocals are breathy, intimate, and layered with whispers and soft falsetto. Meant to evoke emotional unraveling and post-love emptiness with a haunting sonic beauty.
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