[Intro – Male (low, distorted whisper over rising guitars)] Yeah… When the lights go down, I listen. Shadows talk. I talk back. [Verse 1 – Male Rap (Rock drums + guitar riff)] I hear the whispers when the lights go down, Shadows creeping on my spine when they circle ’round. They say I'm better off alone, Yeah, I know that tone— But I’m stronger in the silence than I ever was at home. Made peace with the pain, let it carve my name, All these scars hit harder than the words I never claimed. Tried drowning out the noise, but these demons learned to swim, So I walk through the fire with a half-broke grin. [Pre-Verse Rock Lift – Male (gritty melodic)] Woke up in a warzone built from my past, Thought I left it behind but the mirror still cracks. You say I need saving? Nah— I rise with the flame. This chaos is mine, it remembers my name. [Chorus – Female Pop/Rock (unchanged)] I’m not afraid of the voices in the dark They tell the truth that's buried in my heart I don't want your light, I don't need your spark Let me dance with the monsters in the dark Let me dance with the monsters in the dark [Verse 2 – Female (Pop-Rock) + Male Rap Ad-libs] Female: See, I ain’t tryna be your hero, I’m no saint, I'm the scribbled-out line in a story born from pain. Every scream in the night’s just a verse I breathe, Every demon’s a friend that refused to leave. Leave… yeah, they never leave… But they sharpen me. Female: I tried to fix it, I did, I swear, But this mind’s a maze with no exit anywhere. So I learned to grow from the voices I hate, Yeah, they made me who I am— No need to escape. [Pre-Chorus – Female soaring + Male low harmony] You say I'm broken, I say I'm free You see a prison, I see a key Don’t try to change me, just let me be This chaos is my symphony… No, I don't need saving, don’t pull me away, This the place I’m rooted—let the monsters stay. I made my home in the shadow where the truth hits hard, Where the fears I faced left permanent scars. I don’t run from the dark, I don’t flee from the fight, I’m the ghost in the hall, I’m the howl in the night. Yeah the world tried to break me, but I broke that fate— Now the chaos is a melody I elevate. Let the monsters stay… Let the monsters stay… Female: I found strength in the silence, peace in the fear Male: I don’t run from the shadows, I keep them near Female: They’re not my curse, they’re my battle cry Male: They taught me to live when the world said die [Rap Breakdown – Male (aggressive, fast flow over chugging guitars)] Bring the static, let it hit my chest, I thrive in the places where the lost feel blessed. Take a step in the dark, feel the pulse ignite, I was born in the void where you kill or fight. No shame on me, no chains on me, Let the whole damn world put the blame on me. I evolved from the pain that they laid on me— Now the monsters don’t haunt, they stay with me. [Chorus – Female Pop/Rock (unchanged)] I’m not afraid of the voices in the dark They tell the truth that's buried in my heart I don't want your light, I don't need your spark Let me dance with the monsters in the dark Let ’em talk, let ’em scream, I’m alive in the dark I don't break, I don't bend, this is where I start No more shame, no mask, I’ve embraced each scar Let me dance… let me dance… Let me dance… Let me dance… With the monsters in the dark… (With the monsters…) In the dark… Let me dance… With the monsters in the Let me dance… Let me dance… With the monsters in the dark… (With the monsters…) In the dark… Let me dance… With the monsters in the dark…