After the Storm Settles

Soft cinematic ballad with intimate, breathy female vocals over felted piano and warm pads; tempo stays slow and unhurried. Sparse piano leads the verses with subtle string swells; chorus opens with wider pads, gentle legato strings, and light vocal doubles. Reverb is lush but controlled, leaving an intimate, close-mic feel that slowly widens into a soothing, hopeful glow by the final chorus., light, ambient, warm, emotional, soft, relaxing, healing, gentle, slow

[Verse 1]
Steam on the window
Mug in my hands
Still warm
Shadows along the hallway
Fading like an old
Soft storm

I used to brace for thunder
Even when the skies were clear
Now I just watch the curtains
Breathe in and out right here

[Chorus]
This is the quiet after
After the breaking
After the fall
Learning to live with the cracks in the plaster
Finding a home in the weight of it all
I’m not the same as I was before
But I’m still here
I’m still here

[Verse 2]
Pages that never ended
Half-written
Left on the floor
Now I can turn them over
Light through a half-open door

Some of the hurt is gentle
Sanded down by passing days
I let it sit beside me
Teach me its quieter ways

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
[whispered vocals] Breathe in
Breathe out
Count the colors in the room
Every little
Little proof
That I made it through the wound

Let the morning take its time
Let the softest things be loud
Let my hands unclench
Unwind
I can almost say it proud

[Chorus]