I Crave Night

[Verse 1]
A dark charm cast in an onyx band
Polished black snug upon my hand
Etched with words I didn’t write
Encircling me through morning light

It warms when dawn leans in too close
A quiet hum, a measured dose
The sun looks down, then turns its face
As if it’s bound to give me space

[Pre-Chorus 1]
The circle holds, the hours behave
But nothing here is truly saved

[Chorus]
I move through light, but I crave night
I stay intact, but I crave night
I pass for whole, yet I crave night
The dark will come, and I crave night

[Verse 2]
They think I’ve learned to walk the day
I haven’t—I just pay the way
A tether tight around my life
It drags me through the hollow strife

It dulls the burn, it mutes the flame
Leaves me upright, not the same
I speak, I nod, I play it right
But nothing in me takes the light

[Pre-Chorus 2]
It guards the flesh, it buys the time
It doesn’t touch what’s left of mine

[Chorus]
I move through light, but I crave night
I stay intact, but I crave night
I pass for whole, yet I crave night
The dark will come, and I crave night

[Bridge]
It doesn’t bless, it doesn’t heal
It doesn’t numb what I can feel
It only stands between the flame
And lets me function, not remain

If there’s a soul still bound to bone
It lives inside the ring alone

[Break]
Cold band
Slow drain
Still here
No flame

[Final Chorus]
I move through light, but I crave night
I stay intact, but I crave night
I pass for whole, yet I crave night
The dark will come, and I crave night

[Outro]
At sundown, I trace the ring again
Let silence fill my chest at last
The night returns what day denies
And I remember how to rise

Gothic-influenced glam rock, sexy pulsating bass, power riff guitars, haunting horrorcore melody, gothic male baritone