
Oracle in the Dark
[Intro] (Music: A lone, melancholic acoustic guitar or a distant, weeping violin loop. Soft, ticking clock sound to set the post-dream atmosphere.) [Verse 1 - Rhythmic, Breathless, Staccato] Awaken quick with phantom pains inside my heart My head is heavy, I don’t know where to start The ceiling spins, the shadows whisper in the room I’m breathing fast, trapped inside a fading gloom Cold sweat, warm tears, chasing what the night-time stole Another piece of waking life that takes a toll Am I an oracle or just lost in the dark? Left with the ashes of a sudden, blinding spark. [Pre-Chorus] The lines are blurring now between the truth and lies I see the future or the past before my eyes... Je ressens ta perte, mais tu es toujours là... (PRONUNCIATION: Zhuh ruh-sahn tah pairt, may too ay too-zhoor lah) Et d'autres qui n'ont jamais existé. (PRONUNCIATION: Ay d'ohtruh kee nahn zhah-may eg-zees-tay) (The music suddenly cuts to complete silence for a split second, a breathless gasp) [Chorus / The Drop - Massive, Heavy, Cinematic] (Music: The drop hits with a punishingly deep sub-bass, heavy 808 glides, and sweeping, dramatic orchestral strings. The vocal melody here stretches out into long, crying, operatic notes over the driving rhythm) Oh, this heavy head! Dancing through the nightmares left unsaid! Is it a vision or a ghost? The things that hurt us always haunt us the most! (Instrumental break with a heavy, driving, ethnic-infused synth or string hook) [Verse 2 - Fast-paced, overlapping vocals] Footsteps on the floorboard but the house is still A premonition pushing through a frozen will I trace the outlines of a face I used to know Or maybe someone that the dream just chose to show The room is tilting, gravity is giving in Where does the nightmare end and where do I begin? [Outro] (The heavy drums fade out. Only a distant string and a ticking clock remain.) Am I an oracle... or just lost in the dark? Dans le noir... (In the dark...) Juste une illusion. (PRONUNCIATION: Zhoost oon ee-loo-zyohn) (Final sharp breath, cut to absolute silence.)

