[Verse 1] I’m standing here and all I see are flickering lights beneath me. Cars move just as awake as we are. The rising noise drifting toward the balcony is gently carried by the wind while it carefully tries to steal away my black strands of hair. But under this bright moon I refuse to move— the night will soon disappear. [Pre-Chorus 1] Nothing can hide beneath his light, hanging heavy in the night. Feels so close that I could reach if I leaned a little further beyond the edge beneath. But under this bright moon I refuse to move— the night will soon disappear. I refuse to move [Chorus 1] But shadows slithering around my feet, slowly crawling to my knees, trying to slip back into my mind. I tried to hide in other skies, between the black and white, i see them dying in your eyes. You say shadows need light, so I should stand here by your side. But why? No colors remain. Only contrasts. [Verse 2] Only the moon glows above, like a detective searching the dark for every secret meant to hide. No stretched-out shadows left to hide within, no quiet clouds to mask the white sin, No witnesses to our beginning. Only his light should judge us and unveil what I really am and show these scars. [Verse 3] And even while the ravens behind me still wear their black feathers with stubborn pride, I can see it clearly in the moonlight, My pale hands resting on yours. And I know there are a thousand words that deserve to be spoken now to your face. So why can I not say them? I can’t speak, I can’t breathe, or paint words into existence. You know why and the truth is, me too. But this wounded contrast needs more colors. Otherwise it hurts. [Chorus] And shadows slithering around my feet, slowly crawling to my knees, trying to slip back into my mind. I tried to hide in other skies, between the black and white, i see them dying in your eyes. You say shadows need light, so I should stand here by your side. But why? No colors remain. Only contrasts. [Bridge] The shadows. Are crawling. Never resting. Always consuming. Always present. Always threatening. Always behind my shoulder. Ever since I can remember, it has always been this way. Only Sophie and the gargoyle know why that is. So why— why do you show me colors, if I’m painted only in black and white? so tell me why? [Pre - Chorus2] You say shadows need light— while the white light enfolds me tonight. Lost in no colors. Only contrasts. Until I saw you. [Final Chorus] And shadows slithering around my feet, slowly crawling to my knees, trying to slip back into my mind. I tried to hide in other skies, away from all the black and white, but I can see them dying in your eyes. You say shadows need light, so I should stand here by your side. But why am I… Lost in your colors. Only colors. [Outro] Even the white moon looks like a marble when you show me how it fits between your thumb and index finger. And just as my scars were irreversibly shaped by the dark, I now shape these words for you— “I love you.”
