Fog Lights

[Verse 1]
I never packed for twenty
I only planned to disappear
Burned my future in a journal
Threw the ashes in a mirror
Some mornings I’m already tired
Before my feet can find the floor
Every step feels like a secret
I’m not supposed to take anymore
[Chorus]
Some days I’m walking through a fog
Hands out
Hoping for your face
Hate this life
Then love it
When you pull me into place
You’re my little glimpse of hope
In a world that feels all wrong
I don’t know how to want to stay
But you keep my grip on strong
[Verse 2]
I laugh at jokes I don’t get
I say “I’m fine
” then change the theme
Fold my pain into my pockets
Till it’s ripping at the seams
You trace the scars I never show
Whisper
“Breathe
Just breathe with me”
I don’t believe in happy endings
But I trust you when you say “we”
[Chorus]
Some days I’m walking through a fog
Hands out
Hoping for your face
Hate this life
Then love it
When you pull me into place
You’re my little glimpse of hope
In a world that feels all wrong
I don’t know how to want to stay
But you keep my grip on strong
[Bridge]
Eighteen candles
Almost gone
I was ready for the dark
Then you lit one
Small and shaking
Set it right inside my heart (yeah)
I still don’t have a grand plan
Still get lost inside my head
But when I feel the void reach for me
I just reach for you instead
[Chorus]
Some days I’m walking through a fog
Hands out
Hoping for your face
Hate this life
Then love it
When you pull me into place
You’re my little glimpse of hope
In a world that feels all wrong
I don’t know how to want to stay
But with you
I’m holding on

Indie-emo ballad with male vocals, close-mic’d and a little shaky. Fingerpicked acoustic guitar and soft bass pulse carry the verses; tiny piano notes and a dusty pad bloom in the chorus. First hook stays intimate and low, second chorus adds fragile harmonies and a subtle floor-tom build. Leave lots of air around the vocal, let breaths and cracks stay in the take.