[Verse 1] The chandelier is burning out my eyes, I'm suffocating underneath the bright blue skies. The cameras want a piece of us to take away, A souvenir to sell them for a rainy day. I'm tired of the stage, I'm tired of the glow, There's only one direction I know how to go. So draw the curtains tight across the glass, And let the blinding circus safely pass. [Chorus] I want to love you where the shadows are deep. Where the rest of the city has gone to sleep. I don't want a romance that's meant for the screen, I want to be human. I want to be unseen. In the absolute black, where the costumes fall apart, I am trusting you with the heavy part of my heart. [Verse 2] There is a terror to being held so tight. It's terrifying stepping completely out of the light. When every single flaw is laid across the floor, And there is no one left to hide behind the door. You trace the bitter scars I didn't want to show, In the only sanctuary that we ever know. No audience to clap, no critics to appease, Just you and I falling softly to our knees. [Chorus] I want to love you where the shadows are deep. Where the rest of the city has gone to sleep. I don't want a romance that's meant for the screen, I want to be human. I want to be unseen. In the absolute black, where the costumes fall apart, I am trusting you with the heavy part of my heart. [Bridge] So turn off the sun! Let the daylight be done! I don't need a witness, I don't need a crowd! Our silence is speaking so deafeningly loud! Oh, I am surrendering the dawn! Keep the heavy curtains drawn! I’m dropping the armor, I’m letting it fall! I’m giving you nothing, to give you it all! [Chorus] I want to love you where the shadows are deep! Where the rest of the city has gone to sleep! I don't want a romance that's meant for the screen, I want to be human, I want to be unseen. In the absolute black, where the costumes fall apart... I am trusting you with the heavy part of my heart.
