I still leave the light on

[Top Prompt: High-end slowcore with subtle indietronica and restrained breakbeats, 82 BPM, KI-nski Indie voice persona, intimate close-mic male vocal, fingerpicked electric guitar, soft piano fragments, warm detailed bass, crisp acoustic drums gradually joined by clipped off-grid breakbeats, spacious modern production, emotionally raw but sonically polished, quiet verses, aching chorus lift, bridge built around confession rather than volume, unresolved ending] [Intro: empty kitchen ambience, refrigerator tone, isolated piano notes] [Fingerpicked guitar enters slowly] [Lead vocal close and almost conversational] I keep buying milk for three [Verse 1: intimate vocal, sparse guitar and piano] I keep buying milk for three Put your cereal on the shelf Set one chair back at the table Then pretend it’s for myself Your coat still hangs behind the door One sleeve pressed against the wall I tell myself I’m keeping order I don’t touch it much at all [Pre-Chorus: low bass pulse enters, vocal held back] I say I’m getting used to this I say it till the room goes still [Chorus: warm lift, drums entering gently, guitar widening] I still leave the light on Over the sink I still leave the light on Long after I should sleep Not because I know you’re coming Not because I think you’re gone I just can’t sit here in the dark So I still leave the light on I still leave the light on [Post-Chorus: restrained broken beat flickers beneath sustained guitar] [Verse 2: dry vocal, beat slightly more present] I kept saying I was tired When I meant leave me alone Made every room feel temporary Then asked why no one felt at home I washed the cups I cleared the plates I learned to make the silence neat But every night the kitchen opens Like a space I can’t complete [Pre-Chorus: percussion thins, bass remains] I thought silence kept the peace I never heard what silence did [Chorus: slightly fuller, vocal beginning to crack] I still leave the light on Over the sink I still leave the light on Long after I should sleep Not because I know you’re coming Not because I think you’re gone I just can’t sit here in the dark So I still leave the light on I still leave the light on [Instrumental Interlude: clipped breakbeat, muted piano loop, delayed guitar fragments] [No large crescendo] [Bridge: drums drop away, vocal very close and exposed] I made you carry every question While I carried being right Called my distance self-protection Let it fill the house each night I kept saying we were failing Like it happened on its own I know who stopped showing up While still standing in the home [Brief silence] I know saying that Won’t bring you back [Final Chorus: full detailed mix, emotional expansion without belting] I still leave the light on Over the sink I still leave the light on So I can see where I have been Not because I think you’re coming Not to prove that I belong I’m just trying not to disappear So I still leave the light on I still leave the light on [Final Lift: breakbeat loosens, guitar harmonics widen] I still leave the light on I still leave the light on [Outro: drums and bass fall away, kitchen ambience returns] Your coat still hangs behind the door I straighten it And let it stay The kitchen’s empty I am here That’s all I know To say [Almost whispered] I am here [Final piano note, room tone]