What I seek in Moonlight

[Intro] [haunting vocal sample, distant female whispers] Sunlight, sunshine What I seek in moonlight Sunlight, sunshine Castin’ black magic on your cheap talk habits Sunlight— Moonlight— Calling on the sunshine Moonlight— Moonlight— [Verse 1] You talk prettier beneath the light Funny how your story changes overnight You wear this life like a borrowed breath But lies can’t hide what you desire Gilgamesh You talk in circles when the daylight shines Dress up your poison and call it “prose” I don’t need candles to see what you hide I wait for the dark and hear it beat inside Your little truths don’t survive the night They look so pretty underneath the light But moonlight knows what sunlight won’t It shows me everything you swear you don’t [Pre-Chorus] Keep talkin’, darling Give me another lie I can taste the difference When you change your alibi [Drop] SUNLIGHT— MOONLIGHT— [Chorus] What I seek in moonlight Ain’t what you came to find You came looking for an answer I came looking for your mind Callin’ on the sunshine While I’m cursin’ in the deep You can hide behind the daylight But the dark don’t let you sleep What I seek in moonlight Is buried underneath You keep praying for forgiveness I keep digging underneath Moonlight— Tell me what you seek Moonlight— Tell me what you keep The fuck it mean to me? I’M HIDING WHAT YOU SEEK [Verse 2] Gold tongue Cold hands Pretty little promises You dress your hunger up And call it innocence You want my secrets I want what’s behind your eyes You want to know my name I wanna know what you deny Draw your little circles In the dust beneath your feet Light another candle Watch the shadows underneath You can call it superstition You can call it black magic But every time you tell me no Your heartbeat says you had it [Pre-Chorus] Keep talkin’, darling Give me another lie I can hear your pulse change Every time you justify Keep talkin’, darling Don’t you look away The truth gets so much louder When you’re begging it to stay [Drop] SUNLIGHT— MOONLIGHT— [Chorus] What I seek in moonlight Ain’t what you came to find You came looking for an answer I came looking for your mind Callin’ on the sunshine While I’m cursin’ in the deep You can hide behind the daylight But the dark don’t let you sleep What I seek in moonlight Is buried underneath You keep praying for forgiveness I keep digging underneath Moonlight— Tell me what you seek Moonlight— Tell me what you keep [Bridge] [everything strips back; cello drone, reversed bells, whispered vocals] You wanted the forbidden You wanted something rare You knocked upon my door Like I wouldn’t hear you there You wanted all the answers You wanted what I know But truth is not a treasure, darling Truth is what you owe [whispered] You came looking in the dark… [lead, low and intimate] And now you’re scared of what it shows [building screams / choir] I don’t need your blood I don’t need your name I don’t need your body I don’t need your shame I want the thing you buried Before you learned to lie The little piece of truth You couldn’t kill inside [Breakdown] SUNLIGHT! SHOW ME YOUR FACE! MOONLIGHT! STRIP IT AWAY! SUNLIGHT! ALL THAT YOU FAKE! MOONLIGHT! GIVE ME THE TRUTH YOU COULDN’T SAY! [Final Chorus] What I seek in moonlight Ain’t what you came to find You came looking for an answer I came looking for your mind Callin’ on the sunshine Black magic underneath You can dress it up in daylight But the moonlight sees your teeth What I seek in moonlight Is everything you hide You can lie beneath the sunshine But you can’t outrun the night Moonlight— Tell me what you seek Moonlight— Tell me what you keep [Outro] [beat dissolves into distant bells and breathing] Sunlight, sunshine… What I seek in moonlight… You came looking for something… You just never knew what you asked for. [whispered] I did. Moonlight— Moonlight— [haunting vocal sample fades]