UK artist Quinn Oulton transforms the sterile world of hospital waiting rooms into haunting alt-R&B with Heavy Breathing, where fluorescent lights and anxious moments fuel one of the year’s most visceral singles.
The track’s genius lies in its observational power – catching those small details that linger during life’s biggest waits: the “smile lines from gentle teasing,” friends speaking in hushed tones, and that endless game of watching doors for news.
Rather than drowning in the weight of it all, Oulton’s production rides these waves of uncertainty like a tide coming in and out.
Between verses about “fresh pages” and “faded ceilings,” a clever beach metaphor surfaces again and again.
The chorus lands like an anchor: “Together we’ll fight our way back to the beach” – turning medical anxiety into something we can face together, on steady ground.
Find this standout track from Quinn Oulton’s ‘Lead You To Water‘ EP on major streaming platforms. Your late-night playlist just found its new companion.
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Quinn Oulton Heavy Breathing Lyrics
Blue light from faded ceilings
Room spills with patients
Playing the waiting game
Smile lines from gentle teasing
Fan through fresh pages
Squeeze your leg and pray
A thousand eyes upon the gates
Silent and sober
God calls you over
Night falls in two dimensions
Eyes closed but far from sleeping
Nothings new
Close friends with good intentions
Speak soft I watch their words
Wash over you
Try not to focus on the pain
They say It’s far too soon to
Write off good news
It could go the other way
But right now we’re dazed and confused
Chorus:
Head down, heavy breathing
Can’t cope with this feeling
Swear it’s the not knowing that’s getting to me
These waves are relentless
Broke down our defences
Together we’ll fight our way back to the beach
Our way back to the beach
I can’t control these feelings
Lost any sense of reason
Scatterbrain
Brave face keeps me from screaming
Fuck this I’ll just come back another day
But as I try to walk away
I regain composure
cnd I pull you closer
Gotta learn to share the weight
Cos right now we’re dazed and confused
Chorus:
Head down, heavy breathing
Can’t cope with this feeling
Swear It’s the not knowing that’s getting to me
These waves are relentless
Broke down our defences
Together we’ll fight our way back to the beach
Can’t cope with this feeling
Swear it’s the not knowing, knowing
Knowing that’s getting to me
These waves are relentless
Broke down our defences
Together we’ll fight our way
Fight our way back, back, back
To the beach
To the beach
To the