[Intro – cold synth pulse + distant clock tick] [Verse 1 – sparse guitar + synth bass] I see a figure Half-real, half-gone Standing in daylight Where it don’t belong You call it madness You call it insane I call it the shape Of a permanent stain [Pre-Chorus – snare reverb hits] The sun is too bright But the shadows stay [Chorus – full new-wave wall of sound] Nightmare at noon When the light should be clean Nightmare at noon In the middle of the scene Nightmare at noon No place left to hide Nightmare at noon Living on the bright side [Verse 2 – guitars sharper] I saw the light Through a hole in the wall Flicked the switch And watched everything fall You call it madness You call it a break I call it the moment The real starts to shake [Pre-Chorus – synth swell] The clock keeps ticking But time’s standing still [Chorus – colder, added backing “ooh” layers] Nightmare at noon When the sky won’t confess Nightmare at noon In a Sunday best dress Nightmare at noon No curtain, no veil Nightmare at noon Where the daylight goes pale [Bridge – total drop to synth pulse + spoken] Just like yesterday I can feel the pain Can you feel it? Can you feel it? It’s happening again [Instrumental – icy synth lead + gated snare build] [Final Chorus – darkest, octave guitars] Nightmare at noon When the world looks away Nightmare at noon In the glare of the day Nightmare at noon No night left to blame Nightmare at noon And it knows my name [Outro – synth fades, last clock tick stops] Noon… Noon… Nightmare.
