Kuala Lumpur Zinc

[Fragile male tenor | intimate close microphone delivery | restrained breathing] K.L breathes at night… Even while fragile, life is too short To reach everything the heart desires Yet long enough for what the soul truly needs [VERSE 1] Beneath the neon night sky Another sleepless night Cold tiles become my bed tonight The city is cold with rain and darkness While I slowly break Under fluо light I feel disturbed [PRE-CHORUS 1] A small orange shadow Slips out from beneath a mamak chair Shivering, and somehow… Its tiny heartbeat Sounds louder than mine Tonight feels endless Was presence destined tonight [CHORUS 1] Ohho little Oyen… So peacefully you sleep On top of my warm chest While the storm outside Breaks me apart And your breathing Becomes the only sound Pulling me away From fading [INTERLUDE — Sadness Oddyss] [BRIDGE 1] This city has forgotten me But not you, little orange wanderer Every night… every night As if you were comfortable Being close to me As if you trusted me Before I trusted anyone else again [INTERLUDE — Cat Sounds] (ngiyaw …nyeaaowww) (mrrrp… mrrrp…) (moew~nyaa) [VERSE 2] Little restless orange cat Looking at you feels like looking at myself Our days are painfully sad As if life forced us both to survive I must rise again and again These legs must keep walking Ever since you arrived I started feeling guilty For showing you a life this difficult [PRE-CHORUS 2] Now cheap soap and cold water Replace the poison Flowing through my veins On my first day of work I felt ashamed of myself Trying to survive, learning to live again One hour at a time So difficult to endure The same endless days [CHORUS 2] Oyen… When I return home Smelling like everything I promised to leave behind Breathing through your gratitude You still wait for me Still waiting inside our little home As if you were already used to Waiting for me to come back With your curious little eyes With your quiet wonder Until I slowly learned What it means to miss someone [BRIDGE 2] I never expected Not every wound closes quickly Not every soul returns untouched But somewhere beneath Broken bones and damaged veins Something still begs to be loved You became my healing The blessing inside my life My strength… my breath To fight once again [FRAME BREAK] Once again… Please… Ohho once again… Let me hold you again Please do not leave yet… Please do not leave me again (Errr… errr…) (sob… sob…) (hhk…..............) [Breathing breaks between tears. Trembling voice beneath the rain. Heartbeat slowing drastically. Shaking breaths.] [VERSE 3 — Massive orchestral swell slowly rising beneath intensifying rain. Heavy heartbeat pulse. City atmosphere dissolving.] The wind feels violent tonight Anxiety attacks my chest I ran home without patience The first thing I saw Was an empty bowl And suddenly… Darkness filled my hands I found shaking orange fur Curled against the storm [CLIMB] Calling your name While my chest burns apart So painfully empty A life once depending on me Beneath crumbling neon Shivering like memory Beneath the freezing rain And when you looked at me… That became your final gaze Toward the companion You had been waiting for [FINAL CHORUS] Oyen… Your tiny heartbeat Brought me home From a life of misery And on the day I escaped my suffering You were no longer there beside me Leaving me frozen Inside the memories we shared And for the first time I cried… these tears For your departure For my freedom For the life we shared together For something I finally allowed myself to feel (Errr… errr…) (sob… sob…) (hhk…..............) [Breathing breaks between tears. Trembling voice beneath the rain. Heartbeat slowing drastically. Shaking breaths.] [OUTRO] Ohho Oyen… my little companion If love can still reach Those who truly need it Then perhaps that is the trial of their hearts And if love still remains For those who truly desire it Then perhaps separation Becomes the final test they must endure And what comes after that… Beneath a leaking roof Someone still remains here Because something small Refused to sleep alone again [Audio cue: Warm piano replaces percussion. Violent storm becomes soft morning drizzle. Acoustic space shifts from empty city vastness into intimate warmth.] …some hearts survived… …because another heart (Chose to stay…) [Soft rhythmic purring slowly fills the remaining silence.] (Silence)