[Melancholic Piano Intro, slow, emotional, 4 bars] [Female vocals, soft, intimate [Verse 2] [Vocals continue, music slowly builds, adding warm ambient strings and deep bass] Everybody wants the daylight version Grinnin' through the ache like it's not a burden Sayin' I'm fine, I'm movin' on But the sun drops low and the walls go wrong [Chorus] [Music continues to build, full cinematic slow burn production] Hold me in the dark Where nobody's gotta see This ain't the woman that I wanna be Say you love me when the lights go out That's the only time I let it out Hold me in the dark 'Cause I'm barely holdin' on [Verse 3] [Female vocals ] [Maintaining dynamic level, powerful vocals] he rings me up, asks how I'm doin' I say I'm good, just a little ruin But he carried me, so he hears The crack in my voice underneath the years [Chorus] [Full emotional intensity] Hold me in the dark Where nobody's gotta see This ain't the woman that I wanna be Say you love me when the lights go out That's the only time I let it out Hold me in the dark 'Cause I'm barely holdin' on [Bridge] [Instrumental Break, piano and soaring strings melody, music only, emotional crest] [Verse] [Vocals return over dynamic music] Come mornin' I'll paint my face back on Hum some tune that don't mean nothin' Loud enough to drown the static Just to keep my mind from runnin' [Chorus] [Climax, full production, highest emotional energy] Hold me in the dark Where nobody's gotta see This ain't the woman that I wanna be Say you love me when the lights go out That's the only time I let it out Hold me in the dark Just hold me in the dark 'Til I'm strong [Outro] [Instrumental Outro, vocals fade out completely, instrumentation strips away back to the opening piano melody, slow fade out into silence]
