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Breadcrumbs (bonus)
Alternative
Breadcrumbs (bonus) was released on June 13, 2025 by Ctrl Z Design as a part of the album Same Four Corners
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Release DateJune 13, 2025
LabelCtrl Z Design
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM56

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Zac Jortner
Zac Jortner
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Zac Jortner
Zac Jortner
Producer

Lyrics

I didn't start releasing music
For strangers
I just wanted my friends
To hear me
The ones who stopped
Replying
The ones I used to
Trust with the truth
I am not okay
I dropped songs like
Breadcrumbs
Hoping they'd follow
The trail
And finally get it
But they didn't
Most of them never
Listened
Some of them don't
Even talk to me
Anymore
Yeah it still stings
But somewhere along
The way
You showed up
Not the ones
I used to beg
To understand
But strangers
Who became friends
People who check in
Share memes
Sit with my songs
Like they matter
Like I matter
You didn't have
To listen
You didn't have
To care
But you did
So thank you
For finding my sound
For sticking around
For seeing me
When I
When I couldn't stand
On my own
For supporting me
When I was barely
Holding it together
For being real
When the real ones
Disappeared
For listening
Even when I wasn't sure
My words were worth
Hearing
Half a million streams
In just four months
And yeah that's wild
But that number
Doesn't tell
The truth
It doesn't show
The nights I couldn't
Move
The days I stayed
In bed
Watching sunlight shift
Across the wall
And called it
Progress
It doesn't show
The meds
That made it worse
The breakdowns
The new diagnoses
That hit harder
Than I could bear
Like a warning
Like the truth
Maybe I was
Just broken
I did everything right
I reached out
I got help
And still
I kept slipping
Some days I felt
Like a ghost
Watching myself disappear
Into a liminal fog
Where nothing felt real
Except the ache
But I kept writing
Kept creating
Because that was
The only thing
That made me feel
Alive at all
And now I'm starting
To feel something
Again
Not perfect
Not healed
But a little more
Like a person
I've been smiling more
Laughing without
Forcing it
Doing things
I used to love
The ones I forgot
I even missed
But hope is
Terrifying
Because every time
I've felt it before
I've watched it vanish
Like it owed me
Nothing
But hope is
Terrifying
Because every time
I've felt it before
I've watched it vanish
Like it owed me
Nothing
So if I seem
Nervous
It's because I am
If I seem distant
It's because I'm scared
Of sinking again
Of watching the world
Keep turning
While I lay still
And fading
So thank you
Not for saving me
But for staying
For showing up
When I didn't even
Know how to ask
For letting my words
Exist in your world
Even when mine
Was crumbling
Thank you
For reminding me
I'm not alone
Not in a
You fixed it
Kind of way
But in a quiet
I see you
Kind of way
I didn't start
This journey
For anyone else
But the fact
That you came along
That you listened
Really listened
That you were
Feeling the same way
That you cared
It means more
Than I ever thought
It would
So this is me
Still standing
Still scared
Still writing
And somehow still here
Thank you
For making me
Not feel so alone
For listening
Even when I wasn't sure
My words were worth hearing
Written by: Zac Jortner
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