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Instinct
Alternative
Instinct was released on November 14, 2025 by Audin as a part of the album Instinct - Single
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Release DateNovember 14, 2025
LabelAudin
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM81

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Audin
Audin
Programming
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kurtis Switzer
Kurtis Switzer
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Audin
Audin
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I tell everyone I’m fine,
Say it clean, say it steady,
Like maybe I almost believe it.
But my chest still remembers you…
The shape you carved out when you walked away.
Some nights it feels like my ribs are caving in
Around the hollow you left behind.
I won’t lie
You broke me.
Not clean, not merciful…
You shredded me in the quiet places,
Behind my voice,
Between my breaths,
In the parts of me nobody else sees.
[Pre-Chorus]
You walked out like it cost you nothing.
And I hated you for that—
But a twisted part of me admired
How easily you stepped over the wreckage of me
And kept walking.
[Chorus]
I wish
[Chorus]
I wish I could’ve been that cold.
But I felt everything
Too damn deeply to forget.
I didn’t crumble
I cracked.
And cracks let the truth spill out:
I loved you in a way
You were never built to hold.
[Verse 2]
You were a gentle storm,
And I was the house dumb enough
To stand in the open
Thinking I’d stay standing
When you finally hit.
There were mornings I woke up reaching for you
Before I even opened my eyes.
Instinct.
Memory.
Cruel muscle memory I never asked for.
[Pre-Chorus 2]
But under all the pain
Beneath the ache that still claws at my sleep
Something else grew.
A stubborn fire.
A quiet strength born from the ruins
You left me crawling through.
[Chorus]
I wish I could’ve been that cold.
But I felt everything
Too damn deeply to forget.
I didn’t crumble
I cracked.
And cracks let the truth spill out:
I loved you in a way
You were never built to hold.
[Chorus 2]
I never knew heartbreak
Could build someone stronger.
But here I am
Dragging myself out of memories
I wasn’t ready to leave.
Hands bloody,
But moving forward anyway.
[Bridge]
I’m still hurting.
God, I’m still hurting.
Some nights feel like drowning
Without the mercy of going under.
But I’m not the same person
You walked away from.
I’m sharper now.
Colder in places.
Warmer in others.
Stitched together with threads of fire
And wounds turned into warnings.
[Breakdown]
You taught me what I could lose
But you also taught me
What I can survive.
That’s why I’m standing here,
Even with everything inside me shaking.
I still miss you
That part never changed.
But your name doesn’t break me anymore.
It reminds me
I lived through pain
You don’t come back from the same.
[Outro]
I’m not healed.
I’m not whole.
But I’m here
Breathing through the shards,
Carrying the strength I forged
In the ruins you left.
And someday,
When the ache finally loosens its grip,
I’ll look back and see:
I wasn’t collapsing.
I was being reborn.
Written by: Kurtis Switzer
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