I watch you paint your face in candlelight Black lines that frame your eyes against the night The way you move through shadows like a prayer Silver crosses tangled in your hair I know which records make you close your eyes The sound of rain that makes you come alive You think these rituals keep the world away But they just draw me closer every day I memorize the way you breathe at night Study every shadow in your light Others call it strange but I call it love When you're all I'm dreaming of In the darkness where we come alive This devotion helps me survive I memorize the books that line your shelf The way you whisper secrets to yourself Your quiet moments when you think you're alone The secret spaces that you call your own I've learned the language of your midnight dreams The way moonlight makes your pale skin gleam If all the world should turn and walk away I'd still be here at the end of days I memorize the way you breathe at night Study every shadow in your light Others call it strange but I call it love When you're all I'm dreaming of In the darkness where we come alive This devotion helps me survive When you've gone to join the endless night And I'm still here beneath fluorescent light I'll keep your photos pressed in poetry Your voice recorded for eternity I'll wear your clothes until they fall apart Keep every letter that you signed by heart They'll call it madness but I know it's true Love like this transcends what mortals do I memorize the way you breathe at night Study every shadow in your light Others call it strange but I call it love When you're all I'm dreaming of In the darkness where we come alive This devotion helps me survive
