Album
The Noise Between Heartbeats
Album · by Mike Baker
The quiet that sits underneath everything else.
A note before you read: these songs deal with burnout, panic, disappearing, and the difference between surviving and wanting to be here. Support resources are on this page.
The story
The Noise Between Heartbeats lives in the space where everything is loud and quiet at the same time.
Between panic and control.
Between anger and silence.
Between saying “I’m fine” and meaning anything but that.
These songs weren’t written to fix anything.
They’re snapshots of pressure, burnout, defiance, withdrawal, and the moments where you keep going without knowing why. Some tracks hit hard and fast. Some stop the room completely. All of them are honest.
It’s an album about thinking too much, feeling too deeply, disappearing on purpose, coming back louder, and learning how to exist in the middle of it all.
If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, underestimated, quietly furious, or held together by music alone — this record is for you.
Turn it up. Sit with it.
Welcome to The Noise Between Heartbeats.
If you recognized yourself here
Being alive and wanting to be here are not the same thing
One of these songs is about exactly that difference. If you are somewhere in it, that is worth saying out loud to someone who is trained to hear it.
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — in the US, call or text 988, or chat online. Free, confidential, 24/7. Text and chat are also available in Spanish, and there is a Deaf and Hard of Hearing option.
- If someone is in immediate danger — call 911, or go to the nearest emergency room.
Outside the US, the Find A Helpline directory lists free crisis lines by country.
If you only have a few minutes
Start here
01Every Thought at Once
The opener places the listener inside a crowded mind before the album begins sorting pressure into fear, anger, silence, and survival.
02I Lied When I Said I Was Fine
A common answer becomes a barrier between inner distress and the people who might respond if they understood what was happening.
03The Noise Between Heartbeats
The title track gives the record its central physical sensation and holds the tension between visible functioning and private alarm.
04Still Here Somehow
The song recognizes survival in language tired enough to feel honest, leaving room for relief without forcing celebration.
Tracks
- 01Every Thought at Once
- 02My Brain Won't Let Me Sleep Tonight
- 03I Lied When I Said I Was Fine
- 04Don't Tell Me I'm Lucky
- 05The Noise Between Heartbeats
- 06Nothing Feels Heavy Until It Does
- 07Too Aware To Be Okay
- 08This Is The Part Where I Disappear
- 09Panic Is My Co-Pilot
- 10I'm Not Better, Just Quieter
- 11Still Alive Is Not The Same As Living
- 12Sad Songs For Surviving
- 13Still Here Somehow
- 14What We Don’t Say Out Loud
- 15Why Am I Like This
- 16Assorted Asses
Track by track
01Every Thought at Once
Thoughts compete without order as memory, anticipation, responsibility, and fear demand attention in the same moment.
02My Brain Won't Let Me Sleep Tonight
The body needs rest while the mind keeps reviewing the day and preparing for threats that have not arrived.
03I Lied When I Said I Was Fine
A practiced answer ends the question while protecting the speaker from exposure and separating him from possible support.
04Don't Tell Me I'm Lucky
Visible blessings do not cancel distress, and forced gratitude leaves the struggling person feeling misunderstood.
05The Noise Between Heartbeats
Anxiety fills the small spaces between physical signs of life, turning ordinary awareness into sustained alarm.
06Nothing Feels Heavy Until It Does
Pressure accumulates quietly until the person carrying it reaches a point other people mistake for a sudden change.
07Too Aware To Be Okay
Attention fixes on thoughts and sensations until self-awareness becomes another source of fear.
08This Is The Part Where I Disappear
Withdrawal appears as a familiar stage in the cycle, offering temporary distance while weakening connection.
09Panic Is My Co-Pilot
Panic travels beside the narrator and comments on every choice, even when no immediate danger is present.
10I'm Not Better, Just Quieter
Less visible distress does not prove healing, especially when silence has become another way to protect other people.
11Still Alive Is Not The Same As Living
Survival receives full credit while the song asks what support, purpose, and connection would help life feel inhabited again.
12Sad Songs For Surviving
Music holds emotion without demanding a quick repair and gives the listener company through a difficult hour.
13Still Here Somehow
The narrator remains present without claiming certainty about how, offering a plain statement of endurance.
14What We Don’t Say Out Loud
Fear of judgment and burden keeps important truths unspoken, leaving people close enough to care and too far away to respond.
15Why Am I Like This
Confusion turns inward as the narrator searches for an explanation that accounts for both struggle and selfhood.
16Assorted Asses
Dark humor directs frustration outward and gives the album a rough release after sustained internal pressure.
Where it leads
The Noise Between Heartbeats stayed close to panic, withdrawal, and survival. Two days later, Love Is Louder Than Fear widened the frame toward faith, relationship, public courage, and the daily choice to keep love active under pressure.