(Haunting vampire ballad) [Verse 1] The clock strikes twelve and the shadows lean in Curtains breathe soft like a lover’s thin skin Moonlight paints silver across the cold floor I rise from the dark where the living keep score Dust on the mirror, a face I don’t own Centuries whisper in blood and in bone The hunger arrives like a velvet-edged blade I come out at night… and the night is my grave [Chorus] I come out at night When the world is asleep I drink from the quiet I wear what you keep Soft as a promise Sharp as a knife I come out at night And I take what is life [Verse 2] Your window is open, a heartbeat so loud I taste every secret you never allowed Warmth on my tongue, then the silence returns Another soft name that the darkness still burns I walk through the centuries barefoot and bare No reflection to follow, no prayer left to spare The curse is a crown and the night is my throne I come out at night… and I never go home [Chorus] I come out at night When the world is asleep I drink from the quiet I wear what you keep Soft as a promise Sharp as a knife I come out at night And I take what is life [Bridge] Don’t look for the dawn It won’t come for me I kissed it goodbye In a different century If you feel my breath On the back of your neck Just close your eyes, darling There’s no turning back [Final Chorus] I come out at night When the living grow still I wear all your shadows I drink all your will Beautiful, broken Eternal, and slight I come out at night… And I never leave light (Fade on repeated whisper: “I come out at night… I come out at night…”)
