Poisoned Daydream 🌒⚡By Blackthorn Riot

Song By Blackthorn Riot Written In Blood And Neon By Ronan McCalmont & Rikki Morningstar [Intro] [Distorted guitar pulse beating underneath static] [Violin trembling in the distance] Some people get really good at looking okay. Even when they’re barely holding themselves together inside. [Verse 1] I found you sitting outside the apartment building that night Wrapped in a blanket too thin for the cold Streetlights flickering above the parking lot Turning everything orange, pale, and tired-looking [Sharp violin accent] Your coffee had already gone cold in your hands But you still held onto it like it was helping somehow Cars drifted slowly through rain-covered intersections nearby Headlights sliding across your face in broken shapes You asked me if exhaustion ever really leaves people And I hated how honestly I answered When I said “I don’t think it fully does.” [Pre-Chorus] There are nights when people accidentally tell the truth Usually sometime after midnight When they’re too tired to keep pretending they’re okay anymore [Violins slowly swelling] [Chorus] Poisoned daydream That’s what this city started feeling like to me Beautiful from far away But quietly destroying people underneath the surface [Violins crashing violently through distorted guitars] Poisoned daydream Rainwater glowing beneath broken streetlights Everybody searching for comfort somewhere Without knowing how to ask for it out loud [Verse 2] Around three in the morning we walked to the convenience store together Neither of us really talking much anymore The fluorescent lights inside made everybody look exhausted Like sleep stopped visiting this neighborhood years ago [Fast emotional violin strikes] The cashier stared blankly at a tiny television behind the counter Some guy outside argued quietly into a payphone And I remember thinking How loneliness somehow feels louder in crowded cities You laughed softly at something stupid I said Then immediately looked guilty afterward Like happiness itself had started feeling unfamiliar to you That part stayed with me longer than anything else [Pre-Chorus] Nobody teaches you how to carry someone else’s sadness carefully Without letting it slowly sink into your own chest too [Violins rising emotionally] [Chorus] Poisoned daydream Cold coffee and sleepless conversations after midnight People pretending they’re functioning normally While quietly falling apart in slow motion [Violins colliding violently with distorted guitars] Poisoned daydream Streetlights bleeding into rain-filled puddles Trying to keep each other emotionally alive For one more difficult night [Bridge] [Deep emotional violin quietly breaking apart] Right before sunrise The rain finally started slowing down You leaned your head against the car window silently Watching the whole city turn pale beneath the clouds And I remember realizing How many people survive quietly every day Without anybody understanding How hard they’re fighting just to keep going [Soft whispered backing vocals] “How hard they’re fighting…” [Build-Up] [Violins becoming chaotic and aggressive] Some years never fully leave people behind Parts of us stay trapped there permanently Still wandering through sleepless nights Still searching for warmth in places that can’t really give it [Final Chorus] Poisoned daydream Traffic humming softly through rain again A few exhausted people still trying Not to disappear completely into themselves [Violins soaring violently above distorted guitars] Poisoned daydream And somewhere underneath all the exhaustion and sadness There’s still a small fragile part of me That believes people can save each other quietly sometimes [Outro] [One final violin note trembling in the distance] “I think we were both more exhausted than we ever admitted…” [Static slowly dissolves into silence]