Prompt:

[Genre: Ambient folk, Downtempo, Electronic lullaby, Acoustic guitar with space pads, Soft rock ballad] [Tempo: 65 BPM] [Key: C major, shifting to A minor in bridge, returning to C major for final chorus] [Production: Acoustic guitar (gentle chords and arpeggios), massive synth pads, distant Rhodes piano, deep slow bass, very soft electronic drums (gentle kick like a heartbeat, faraway hi-hats), granular textures, huge reverb and delay. Electric guitar solo (David Gilmour style) in the final section – slow bends, emotional vibrato, soaring sustained notes, warm delay, clean tone with reverb. No spoken word, all sung gently. Warm, floating, cinematic like a campfire under the stars.] [Vocals: Male voice, softly sung, warm and tender, like a lullaby, breathy, intimate, no falsetto, no rap, no speaking.] [Intro - acoustic guitar arpeggios alone, soft and slow, 8 bars, then space pad enters gently] [Verse 1 - male voice, sung softly, acoustic guitar arpeggios and soft pad] If I had to wake up and you weren't there The sun would still rise, but I wouldn't care The coffee would cool in an empty cup And I'd just learn to live without looking up They say time heals, but time is slow And I don't know which way the healing goes I only know your name inside my chest Is the only thing that puts my fears to rest [Verse 2 - male voice, warm and tender, soft pulse bass and Rhodes enter] How do I breathe with half a set of lungs? How do I sing when all my songs are sung? The world would keep on spinning, that I know But I'd be a river with nowhere to flow You are the gravity that holds my feet The quiet answer when I'm incomplete And if you left, I wouldn't make a scene I'd just become a ghost inside a dream [Chorus - male voice, wider, soft electronic drums enter, acoustic guitar strumming gently] How do I live without you? How do I even try? The sky would still be blue But I would learn to cry Without a sound, without a fight Just a slower version of the night How do I live… how do I live… When every breath is half of what you give? [Interlude - acoustic guitar arpeggios and space pad only, floating, no drums, 8 bars] [Verse 3 - male voice, soft and intimate, acoustic guitar and soft beat return] I've seen the movies where the lovers part And somehow still manage to keep a heart But that's not me, I'm not that strong Without you, nothing feels like it belongs You don't have to stay, you don't have to swear I just need to know that you're still there Somewhere in the static, somewhere in the noise The softest signal of a quieter voice [Chorus 2 - male voice, fuller, with strings-like pads and acoustic guitar] How do I live without you? How do I even try? The sky would still be blue But I would learn to cry Without a sound, without a fight Just a slower version of the night How do I live… how do I live… When every breath is half of what you give? [Bridge - male voice, tender, key shifts to A minor, only acoustic guitar and space pad, no drums, no bass] Maybe love is not about the staying Maybe it's the courage to keep praying That somewhere, in another life, another time I'll find you whole, and you'll still be mine But until then, I'll hold the memory tight A hologram of us against the night And if you go, I won't ask why I'll just learn to live… with a different sky [Electric Guitar Solo - David Gilmour style, soft and emotional, over space pad and soft beat, no acoustic guitar] Slow melodic bends, weeping tone, emotional vibrato, lots of reverb and warm delay, soaring over C major chords. Crying, intimate, like a voice without words. 8 bars, then blends back into acoustic guitar. [Final Chorus - key returns to C major, warmer, wider, full arrangement (acoustic guitar + space pads + soft drums + electric guitar sustained notes in background)] How do I live without you? I don't. I just pretend. I build a world where you're still there Right up until the end The simple truth is hard to hold: You are the fire when I am cold So how do I live? I'll live this way: A little less each day… but here I'll stay… How do I live? I'll never know. But I'll keep going… nice and slow… For you… for me… for all we were… How do I live? I just prefer… To live with you inside my chest… Than to live at all and settle for less. [Outro - sung softly, not spoken, only acoustic guitar arpeggios and space pad, no beat, no electric guitar, slow fade] So if you go… take this song… It's not that short, it's not that long… It's just the echo of a man Who loved the best way that he can… And I'll be here… in the reverb… in the drone… Not whole… but not alone… (Not alone…) [Last acoustic guitar chord, huge reverb, fades into silence]