The Hidden Light In The Night - Adeptusnull

[Intro – Instrumental, female vocal vibrate] Enternal night thought you were still alive, memory deceiving Then I realized you were dead, just like the world outside In frightful dark I stood, what seemed the dead of night [Verse 2 – Male Lead: quiet intensity] A tear, an old friend, and shiver—time seemed a lie Cruel joker mocking in my mind I didn't choose the pain, but memory laughed it was alive [Pre-Chorus – Male Lead: tension rise, drip louder] Windy draft shook me to the core—what was warmth worth? Couldn't tell you if it had a color Shadows danced a cruel jest, my own shadow pointing, playing not mine Wanted to extinguish this light, so even shadows don't survive [Chorus – Female Ethereal: $uicideboy$ haze, haunting soar, creek underneath] Checked every lamp, dusty, not lit—they were intact, no power Realized no spark needed when nothing left to illuminate So I stopped paying the bill [Verse 3 – Male Lead: heavier grief] In this ruined house, faint light still subsists Forgotten pictures on the wall, smiling assault on the heart Draft on bones, shadows on mind, tarnished reflection shamed me I'll be damned if light intrudes in this hole—it can subsist [Verse 4 – Male Lead: rising anger] Boarded windows, touched nostalgic rotary phone Remembered dialing home, final assault on my soul To hell with it all—I'll burn this place to the ground [Pre-Chorus 2 – Male Lead: restrained fury] What's the point when you're the last one left? Joke that you were chosen—pain like a train rattling tracks [Chorus – Female Ethereal: stronger, accusatory layers] Looked in every corner for this invading light Sealed every seam, barred the strange dream Wouldn't want this for you—ashamed to let memory fade I'm sorry I let you down That's why I must burn this hovel down [Verse 5 – Male Lead: desperate kitchen hit] Kitchen sink, swore I heard family laugh just now Glint of steel through chest, memory almost broke me Turned faucet—well water wailed cold, cleared my eyes Shed has gasoline, matches—burn house, live in shed [Verse 6 – Male Lead: locked panic] Went to door, deadbolts in—key missing, hole facing in Trapped by my own mistake [Bridge – Male → Female layered build: steam reveal] Frustration drove me to shower, clear head—still set to burn In steam, warmth overrated? Looked in mirror Grim smile mine—realized the light illuminating hell Was in me all along, brightening as I accepted love remains Sadness of tomb, yet light still around wake moment trapped in endless night Remembered assembling table, chuckled at legs screwed in Found old butter knife, pried boards like back then Smiled as I unscrewed barricades [Pre-Chorus 3 – Male Lead: rising] Something odd beyond—light show? Prisoner glow? Or more? [Chorus – Female Ethereal: powerful clarity] Pulled boards—light inside when I swore it was night Can't be—I'm just a fool [Bridge – Male Lead: confession] Almost forgot—you said humans have shadows, how we forget Remembered last promise: in darkest nights, will to push through day [Final Chorus – Female Ethereal: radiant defiant soar] Angered at sun hurting eyes, then at myself for forgetting it exists Crawled through window like I promised you Out of catacomb, tomb that dimmed my light Cathedral of horror, theatre of entropical night [Outro – Male Lead: resolute intimate, drip to silence] Remember now why I came—promise to you, this tear Promise to myself: push through the day You said I was defiant—you wouldn't have it any other way