[Instrumental Intro — 8 bars]
(Piano arpeggio, soft strings, breathy pad — slow build)
[Verse 1]
Your jacket on my chair, coffee gone cold at dawn,
Streetlight writes your silhouette across my bedroom wall.
The kettle hums like an old song we used to know,
A postcard from last summer tucked beneath the snow.
[Pre-Chorus]
And in the hush I trace the map of where you’ve been,
A steady pulse that pulls me closer from within.
I learn the shape of morning when your hand finds mine,
Small honest gestures keeping time with every line.
[Chorus]
You are my heartbeat.
You are my heartbeat in the night.
Soft as a whisper, steady as light.
You are my heartbeat.
[Post‑Chorus / Vamp — 8 bars]
(Short piano motif — repeat)
You are my heartbeat — hold me, hold me.
You are my heartbeat — hold me close tonight.
[Verse 2]
Your laughter in the hallway like a record skipping slow,
Your name on every paper where my messy feelings go.
We patch the holes of silence with a cigarette and grin,
Count tiny victories for the little wars we win.
[Pre‑Chorus 2]
When streets forget the footsteps and the windows blur to gray,
I fold the map of us and choose the road that’s paved this way.
You bring the sun to winter rooms, the courage to be small,
A light that makes the ordinary feel like something more than all.
[Chorus]
You are my heartbeat.
You are my heartbeat in the night.
Soft as a whisper, steady as light.
You are my heartbeat.
[Bridge — Fast section, 8–12 bars — Tempo jump ~120 BPM]
(Drums cut in, electric piano and bass push)
Run with me, through alleys wide and neon rain,
Spin the world, we’ll learn to taste the quick and strange.
Hold the breath, then let it go — collide and then release,
Short and bright and dangerous, an honest kind of peace.
[Instrumental Break — 16 bars]
(Piano solo into strings, electric guitar pads underscore, gradual decrescendo back to slow tempo)
[Chorus — Final, with harmonies]
You are my heartbeat.
You are my heartbeat in the night.
Soft as a whisper, steady as light.
You are my heartbeat — keep me alive.
[Outro — Extended, intimate — 16+ bars]
(Piano sparse, single acoustic guitar, close harmony)
Your jacket on my chair, the coffee finds its steam,
We trace the constellations of the life we weren’t sure we’d keep.
You are my heartbeat — beneath the quiet, underneath the loud,
A steady drum, a secret drum that calls me out of doubt.
You are my heartbeat — hold me, hold me.
You are my heartbeat — hold me close tonight.
(Fade with repeating vocal ad-libs: “hold me,” “you are my—” until soft silence)
[Production Notes]
- Suggested tempo: Verses & Choruses 64–70 BPM (slow, intimate). Bridge jumps to ~120 BPM for 8–12 bars (fast, urgent), then return.
- Arrangement: sparse piano and warm strings for verses; add subtle Rhodes, bass, and light percussion for choruses; full band (drums, bass, synths, electric guitar) for bridge; intimate close-harmony vocal layering on final chorus and extended outro.
- Structure to ensure >2:40: 8-bar instrum