[Intro: solo piano nocturne, slow, ornate, night] The candle holds the dark in place, A single theme I cannot chase... [Verse 1: piano + entering strings] Night writes its name across the keys, A face I loved, a fevered peace, The heart outgrows the measured line, Obsession dressed as the divine... [Chorus: full Romantic orchestra, idée fixe soaring] Nocturne in the storm, I follow still, One motif bending the iron will, From salon hush to thunder’s throne, I am the night — I am alone! [Verse 2: darker, more chromatic, idée fixe in the bass] The scaffold march, the witches’ choir, The self on fire, the self on fire, Form was a room — I break the door, Wanting is the only law... [Bridge: piano alone again, fragile nocturne returning] [Final Chorus: larger, Wagnerian swell, then sudden piano close] Nocturne in the storm, I follow still... (theme resolves into a last unresolved piano note)
