Windows of the Night (Blues)- Original text and vocals - Maya Love

[Intro – slow slide guitar, distant Hammond organ, soft brushed drums] Yeah… Some eyes speak louder than words… Some windows never open… [Verse 1 – low, smoky vocal, sparse guitar] Your eyes are two windows, half in shadow, half in light. When I look deep inside them, I lose myself somewhere tonight. Behind those silent panes, the old world drifts away. Every scar that lives inside them whispers, “Nothing stays the same.” [Pre-Chorus – Hammond organ rises, bass moves forward] And I wonder in the darkness what your silence really means. Are those tears just cast shadows, or is there fire underneath? [Chorus – full slow blues, guitar and organ answer the vocal] Your eyes are windows to the night, showing what your soul keeps out of sight. I can see the storm, I can see the sea, but what lies beyond still hides from me. Your eyes are windows into you, and sometimes I see myself there too. I knock on the glass, but you don’t let me in, still my heart keeps choosing you again. [Instrumental Fill – short slide-guitar response] Oh, your eyes… They keep talking when you don’t say a word… [Verse 2 – restrained rhythm, deep bass and rimshot] In the wrinkles of your vision lies a road of dust and rain. Some dreams have fallen broken, some still whisper through the pain. You carry towns of voices underneath your tired skin. But you smile like someone searching for a way back home again. [Pre-Chorus – wider organ chords, drums slowly build] And I wonder in the darkness if the truth can really show. Or do we only see the pieces we are willing to know? [Chorus – stronger vocal, blues guitar fills between the lines] Your eyes are windows to the night, showing what your soul keeps out of sight. I can see the storm, I can see the sea, but what lies beyond still hides from me. Your eyes are windows into you, and sometimes I see myself there too. I knock on the glass, but you don’t let me in, still my heart keeps choosing you again. [Bridge – almost spoken, free vocal phrasing, guitar answers each line] Maybe eyes are not reflections, maybe they’re a room. Where forgotten truths lie waiting like dust beneath the moon. Maybe every silence is a sentence left unsaid. Maybe we are truly seen when we stop asking to be read. [Guitar Solo – expressive slow-blues solo, long bends and warm sustain] Yeah… Don’t turn away… Look a little closer… There’s still a light behind the pain… [Final Chorus – emotional climax, full band and backing vocals] Your eyes are windows to the night, but I never turned away the light. Behind the storm, behind the pain, there’s a living heart beating again. Your eyes are windows into you, and maybe tonight you’ll let me through. No knocking on the glass, no words, no demands, just two quiet eyes and two trembling hands. [Outro – Hammond organ and slide guitar slowly fade] Your eyes are windows, but no one sees everything inside. Sometimes love is simply waiting until you’re ready to step outside. Yeah… windows of the night… Still shining through the pain…