Love in the Acid Dawn [lyrics by SonicSketch]

Opening with a sparse piano and ticking percussion, syncopated hand drums add an irregular pulse, Male vocals enter, fractured and raw, woven with tremolo guitar and spectral synths, In the chorus, sevdah-tinged melodic lines and dissonant harmonies intensify, layered over a throbbing, driving beat

[Verse 1] 
I really thought this one was different
I don’t say that lightly
I don’t fall fast
I don’t give much away

You said all the right things slowly
Like you meant to keep them
Like you knew how careful
I had learned to be this way

I stood there open
No armor
No clever exit planned
Just me
Believing you could hold it
That you could understand

[Pre-Chorus] 
Every time I leaned in closer
You pulled back just enough
Like loving me was fine
As long as it never got hard

[Chorus] 
Love in the acid dawn
It burns before the day begins
Love in the acid dawn
I feel it on my skin
I give you all I am
You give me half your heart
Love in the acid dawn
Is tearing me apart

[Verse 2] 
You loved me best when I was quiet
When I didn’t ask for proof
When I swallowed every question
And called that the truth

I told myself this is how it goes
That wanting more is greedy
Lying here beside you
Felt lonelier than being alone

I watched the light come up
Through a window we didn’t share
And I knew
You weren’t staying
You were barely there

[Pre-Chorus] 
You said you didn’t want to lose me
You never chose to give more
You held my hand like a habit
Not like something worth fighting for

[Chorus] 
Love in the acid dawn
It burns before the day begins
Love in the acid dawn
I feel it on my skin
I give you all I am
You give me half your heart
Love in the acid dawn
Is tearing me apart
Love in the acid dawn 
Never had a chance to start

[Bridge] 
I don’t need you to save me
I don’t need grand
I just needed someone
Who wouldn’t let go
When it hurt to stand

I stood in the rain
Let it eat at my skin
If loving you was the cost
I paid it again
And again
And again

[Chorus] 
Love in the acid dawn
Say it doesn’t hurt, but it does
Love in the acid dawn
Say it’s real, but it’s not enough
I break myself in two
Trying to make this work
Love in the acid dawn
Is the worst kind of hurt
...

[Outro] 
I’ll survive this
I always do
But surviving love
Was never the goal

Love in the acid dawn
Never could be whole

...

2114/7500

©2025 SonicSketch & Nenolo Lyrics by SonicSketch Music by Nenolo _______________________________ [Verse 1] I really thought this one was different I don’t say that lightly I don’t fall fast I don’t give much away You said all the right things slowly Like you meant to keep them Like you knew how careful I had learned to be this way I stood there open No armor No clever exit planned Just me Believing you could hold it That you could understand [Pre-Chorus] Every time I leaned in closer You pulled back just enough Like loving me was fine As long as it never got hard [Chorus] Love in the acid dawn It burns before the day begins Love in the acid dawn I feel it on my skin I give you all I am You give me half your heart Love in the acid dawn Is tearing me apart [Verse 2] You loved me best when I was quiet When I didn’t ask for proof When I swallowed every question And called that the truth I told myself this is how it goes That wanting more is greedy Lying here beside you Felt lonelier than being alone I watched the light come up Through a window we didn’t share And I knew You weren’t staying You were barely there [Pre-Chorus] You said you didn’t want to lose me You never chose to give more You held my hand like a habit Not like something worth fighting for [Chorus] Love in the acid dawn It burns before the day begins Love in the acid dawn I feel it on my skin I give you all I am You give me half your heart Love in the acid dawn Is tearing me apart Love in the acid dawn Never had a chance to start [Bridge] I don’t need you to save me I don’t need grand I just needed someone Who wouldn’t let go When it hurt to stand I stood in the rain Let it eat at my skin If loving you was the cost I paid it again And again And again [Chorus] Love in the acid dawn Say it doesn’t hurt, but it does Love in the acid dawn Say it’s real, but it’s not enough I break myself in two Trying to make this work Love in the acid dawn Is the worst kind of hurt ... [Outro] I’ll survive this I always do But surviving love Was never the goal Love in the acid dawn Never could be whole ...

0/500