

Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] The lake went black in June Clouds hung like wet stone Lord Byron laughed too loud While rain gnawed the windows Polidori poured the night Mary, keep your hands still Claire leaned close to the pane And Percy chased the chill [Pre-Chorus] We lit the lamp again We fed the fire thin Laudanum in the drawer And a dare under my skin Tell me what you fear Tell me what you see [Chorus] The year without a summer The year without a sun We called the dark to dinner And it came for everyone The year without a summer (hold me through the storm) The year without a summer And I was not the same no more [Verse 2] My page went pale and stayed My pulse kept time with rain Byron spoke of monsters Like they knew him by name Percy smiled at lightning Claire sang to pass the smoke Polidori watched me As if I were a joke [Pre-Chorus] But I saw the poor thing move In the flicker of the glass A stitched-up kind of future With a heart that wouldn’t last Tell me what you fear Tell me what you see [Chorus] The year without a summer The year without a sun We called the dark to dinner And it came for everyone The year without a summer (hold me through the storm) The year without a summer And I was not the same no more [Bridge] I gave him bloodless breath I gave him borrowed name I heard the room go silent As the thunder split the frame If I can make a life Then I can make a grief If I can make a creature Then I can make belief [Final Chorus] The year without a summer The year without a sun We called the dark to dinner And it came for everyone The year without a summer (hold me through the storm) The year without a summer And I was not the same no more
Tags
Gothic folk-rock with a slow, swinging 6/8 pulse and stormy percussion, layered strings and low piano drones; verse stays intimate and close-mic with sparse acoustic plucks, pre-chorus adds bowed bass and tremolo guitar, chorus opens into stacked female harmonies and grim gang echoes. Reversed swells, thunder rolls, and glassy chimes bridge each section. Dark, wide, cinematic mix with a damp room feel and ghostly delay throws on key lines.
4:04
English
No
4/23/2026