Leave The Light Off

[OPENING — deep baritone, nearly whispered; single clean guitar] Leave the light off. I know this room. I know which floorboards bend and where the shadows move. Don't wait beside the door. Don't tell me what it's for. I've spent my whole damn life trying to see a little more. [INSTRUMENTAL — clean guitar melody; warm bass gradually enters] [REFRAIN — soft melodic clean vocal] **Leave the light off. I'm alright tonight. Not better. Not fixed. Not suddenly right.** I don't need tomorrow to promise me a life. Leave the light off. **I'll make it through the night.** [LONG INSTRUMENTAL — melodic bass takes lead; drums enter in an unusual slow meter; extended clean guitar solo] [SECOND MOVEMENT — low baritone; distorted guitars begin appearing underneath] There are things I still regret. There are names I can't forget. There are mornings I wake angry. There are nights I haven't yet. Maybe that's all this is. Maybe this is all I get. [Pause] I thought I'd need an answer. **I don't need one yet.** [INSTRUMENTAL BUILD — the album's earlier rhythmic motifs begin subtly returning; guitars become enormous] [FINAL ERUPTION — screamed vocal over crushing half-time riff] I'M STILL HERE. THAT'S ALL I KNOW. NO FUCKING SIGN OF WHERE TO GO. NO FINISH LINE. NO AFTERGLOW. **JUST ONE MORE NIGHT I DIDN'T LET GO.** [Everything drops] [FINAL REFRAIN — deep clean baritone; single guitar] Leave the light off. I'll find the bed. Tomorrow can decide what happens next. [Long pause] **I'm not there yet.** [Single unresolved guitar chord]