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Artwork for »Breathing after that«. A woman painted in ink sits with her eyes closed and her hands clasped in front of her chest. Dark streaks of tears run down her face, carved like deep emotional lines. Her expression is weary yet inward-focused, as if she is searching for comfort or grounding in a quiet moment of breathing. Soft, blurred shadows surround her, enhancing the sense of retreat, sorrow, and a fragile hint of hope.
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Breathing after that is Track 2 from the album IN THE STATIC by Dschafaa — gentle folk-pop.

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Credits & AI

Lyrics: Dschafaa

Produced with: Suno (AI-generated music & vocals based on the original text)

This track was created in collaboration with generative AI. Text, concept, and the choice of version are by Dschafaa; Suno generates the sonic realisation and voice from the submitted material.

Lyrics

Lyrics: Dschafaa

War in my mind.
A nothing rears up.
Prayers, unheard.
Sleep as refuge.
Functioning.
Surface smooth.
Eyes straight.

[Chorus]
Straining against meaningless.
Straining against the strain.
Love for all,
except me.
Breathing after that.

[Verse]
Pointless, pressed.
What for?
Free — to be.
A dream.
Faith in an after,
forced through.
Empty slogan.
Bitter.

[Chorus]
Straining against meaningless.
Straining against the strain.
Love for all,
except me.
Breathing after that.

[Verse]
Mouth locked tight.
Quarantine. Preventive.
Tears, dry, alone.
A cautious you.
Misunderstood.
Life pulls on.

[Chorus]
Straining against meaningless.
Straining against the strain.
Love for all,
except me.
Breathing after that.

[Verse]
Mantra for healing.
Self-rust, near empty.
What never shatters?
Nothing to say,
nothing to do,
no I here.

[Chorus]
Straining against meaningless.
Straining against the strain.
Love for all,
except me.
Breathing after that.

[Outro]
Love for all,
for me — maybe.
Breathing after all.

Διά · Holding Together

Διά is the space where a song is allowed to hold multiple meanings at once — psychological, philosophical, mystical, and poetic. “Holding together” means not collapsing these perspectives into a single truth, but hearing their shared tension as part of the experience.

Breathing-after-that DIA (EN)

These eight layers are not competing explanations. They are complementary illuminations of the same experience. The track can hold all of them simultaneously:

A psychological pattern and a spiritual state.
A neurological condition and an existential crisis.
A poetic expression and a philosophical question.
A personal rupture and a universal human experience.

The IPF method does not resolve the ambiguity. It honors it as the space where meaning lives.

What remains? Breath. Maybe love. The question itself.

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