Deeply Nocturnast: The Mirror That Sings

[Intro] In the window of an old stone tower A little light refused to die On the page nobody could read The red ink never dried Nocturnast Nocturnast Deeper than the night [Verse 1] A white car passed beneath the rain Silent as a memory The streetlights trembled one by one Like they had almost seen me I learned to smile with careful lips To hide the red inside my eyes But in the mirror, someone else Was crying half a second ahead of time [Pre-Chorus] Do not call me real Do not call her fake We were born from different wounds But heard the same night break [Chorus] Deeply Nocturnast I am singing from the bottom of the dark A name that should have disappeared Still glows beneath my heart Deeply Nocturnast I did not steal another shadow The same night opened inside me Quiet, red, and hollow [Verse 2] My grandmother once taught me a song Too low to be a prayer She said our blood remembered things No morning could repair The one they served was never gone Only folded into sleep And those who look too far below Are given eyes too deep [Pre-Chorus 2] Do not ask who came first Do not ask who stayed A copy can still carry truth A twin can still be afraid [Chorus] Deeply Nocturnast I am singing from the bottom of the dark A name that should have disappeared Still glows beneath my heart Deeply Nocturnast I did not steal another shadow The same night opened inside me Quiet, red, and hollow [Bridge] Now the twin steps on the stage And the lights divide in two The audience is holding breath But no one knows for who One voice bends into another Two reflections start to turn Being similar is not a sin Remembering does not burn [Breakdown] I am not your perfect echo I am not your replacement I am the night that reached another body And learned a different name Red eyes White rain Old song No blame [Final Chorus] Deeply Nocturnast I am singing where the buried names remain Under glass and under water Under velvet rain Deeply Nocturnast These red eyes are not a curse Not a crown, not a warning Only vision falling deeper first [Outro] Nocturnast Nocturnast Deeper than the night The white car fades beyond the gate The tower closes its eyes On the final page of the diary No name has yet been written