[Intro] (Ethereal ambient pads swell, tape-delay music box bells drift through spacious reverb) (Soft, airy saxophone lick floats in the distance) [Spoken] Three in the morning... Staring at the ceiling with every light still burning. Funny how we fight the dark like it’s out to haunt us. What if the only thing you’re really missing... is what happens when you let go? [Verse 1] (Soft pillowy kick and warm rim clicks enter, shimmering chorus guitar arpeggios float behind airy vocals) Dead tired, tossing under three thick sheets Checking for skeletons, no bones about the heat [Ad-lib: (sweating it out)] Every shadow on the curtain looks ten feet tall Creeping round the doorway, treating tricks like a call Heart beating double-time, paranoid and cold Swearing every floorboard creak is a phantom taking hold Fighting off the heavy eyes, stubborn to the bone Scared of what’s waiting once I drift into the unknown. [Chorus] (Floating wall of lush dream-pop synths, deep warm sub-bass, airy stacked vocal harmonies) Just close your eyes and let the curtain fall You’re running from a shadow that was never there at all [Ad-lib: (let it go)] Step into the velvet, let the darkness pull you deep Turns out the sweetest heaven’s hiding right behind the sleep Why you so afraid to see where the night could lead? Baby, close your eyes... take the leap. [Verse 2] (Beat settles into a hypnotic slow-motion groove, warm Rhodes chords and sultry saxophone fills) Heavy eyelids drop, and the ceiling turns to glass Suddenly I’m floating as the spooky vapors pass [Ad-lib: (so smooth)] The haunted little corner isn’t terrifying anymore It’s a candlelit lounge with a velvet dance floor The bartender’s a specter, literally pouring spirits on ice Tells me, "Relax, darling, the afterlife is nice" I almost ghosted the best party in town No tricks, all treats with the moon looking down. [Pre-Chorus] (Reverb washes swell, shimmering guitar delays build gentle tension, soft atmospheric risers) Spent three whole hours trembling in the sheets Now I’m stepping to the tempo of a thousand sweet beats You never know the magic if you never take the dive Turns out the haunted hour is where we come alive. [Chorus] (Higher Energy — sweeping synth layers, driving tom-heavy percussion, soaring vocal presence) Just close your eyes and let the curtain fall You’re running from a shadow that was never there at all [Ad-lib: (never there)] Step into the velvet, let the darkness pull you deep Turns out the sweetest heaven’s hiding right behind the sleep Why you so afraid to see where the night could lead? Baby, close your eyes... take the leap. [Beat Drop] (Ethereal dream-pop drop — lush wall of shimmering reverb guitars, deep resonant sub-bass, seductive saxophone solo soaring through floating atmospheric pads and celestial vocal chops) [Ad-lib: (Yeah... don't wake me)] [Bridge] (Drums dissolve into soft ambient pads, clean guitar strums with long reverb tails, intimate whispery vocals) I almost made a grave mistake staying up all night Wrapped up like a mummy in my own silly fright All I had to do was ask what the shadows had in store Now I’m dancing with the mystery and begging for some more. [Ad-lib: (give me more)] [Chorus] (Full Energy — maximum dream-pop atmosphere, lush choral vocal stacks, expansive reverb, full cinematic beat) Just close your eyes and let the curtain fall You’re running from a shadow that was never there at all [Ad-lib: (not a single thing)] Step into the velvet, let the darkness pull you deep Turns out the sweetest heaven’s hiding right behind the sleep Why you so afraid to see where the night could lead? Baby, close your eyes... take the leap! [Outro] (Percussion fades, shimmering ambient guitars and drifting bells linger in open space) (Sultry saxophone plays a gentle, melancholic departing phrase) [Spoken] Six AM... the sun is peeking through the blinds. No way. Turn the alarm off... Put me right back to sleep. [Fade to End]
