[Intro – distant pads, muffled water FX, soft claps]
Ooooooh yeah…
Ooooooh yeah…
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[Verse 1 – whispered vocal, low sub-bass, faint claps every 2 beats]
Pressure on my chest, it’s getting tighter,
Every breath I take just pulls me deeper.
Sinking slow, I’m chasing faded light,
The ocean floor’s the only friend in sight.
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[Pre-Chorus – airy synth build, ghost whispers panned L/R, heartbeat kick + claps]
Can you hear me? Can you save me?
Every wave is pulling harder.
I’m a shadow, lost and weightless,
Slipping further into water…
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[Chorus – 808 bass drop, layered vocals, trap hi-hats + steady claps]
Ooooooh yeah,
Like I’m drowning underwater,
Like a fish out of fresh water,
Reaching out but it don’t matter,
I’m drowning, drowning.
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[Verse 2 – pulled back, glitchy vocal FX, sparse claps only on downbeats]
Hands keep slipping, no one pulls me higher,
Even in the dark I feel the fire.
Can you hear me screaming through the waves?
Or will my voice just echo in this grave?
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[Pre-Chorus – distorted synth rise, layered whispers, heartbeat kick + quicker claps]
Can you hear me? Can you save me?
Every wave is pulling harder.
I’m a shadow, lost and weightless,
Slipping further into water…
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[Chorus – full 808 slide bass, harmonies, echo FX on “drowning,” claps layered with snare]
Ooooooh yeah,
Like I’m drowning underwater,
Like a fish out of fresh water,
Reaching out but it don’t matter,
I’m drowning, drowning.
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[Bridge – stripped back, soft clap echo, single sonar ping, dry vocal]
Heartbeat fading like a sonar,
Echoes breaking in the deep.
If I don’t come back tomorrow,
Promise me you’ll let me sleep.
(Silence beat → drop back in)
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[Final Chorus – wall of sub-bass + airy choir harmonies, fast claps, trap hats, layered vocals]
Ooooooh yeah,
Like I’m drowning underwater,
Like a fish out of fresh water,
Reaching out but it don’t matter,
I’m drowning, drowning.
(Drowning, drowning, drowning…)
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[Outro – pads fade, whispers, final clap fading into reverb]
Ooooooh yeah…
Like I’m drowning underwater…
(echo: drowning… drowning…)