Paradox After Midnight

[Verse 1]
Too self-aware
Talk myself in circles
Darkness is my home
I keep the curtains closed
I’m a paradox
Laughing while I’m breaking
Feel too much at once
Then I don’t feel at all
[Chorus]
I’m different and dark
That’s the way I glow
Trust comes slow
So I walk this road alone
Mood swings
Midnight
Cut me to the bone
I’m learning me
In a house that feels like unknown (oh)
[Verse 2]
Sideways stare
I don’t believe a promise
Every open hand
Looks like a hidden knife
Late night realizations
Hit me like a bottle
I’m the question and the answer
I’m the lie and I’m the life
[Chorus]
I’m different and dark
That’s the way I glow
Trust comes slow
So I walk this road alone
Mood swings
Midnight
Cut me to the bone
I’m learning me
In a house that feels like unknown
[Bridge]
If I’m hard to hold
It’s ‘cause I drop myself
Leave my heart on read
Hide it on the shelf
But in this quiet
I hear my own name
Maybe I’m the storm
And I’m the shelter from the rain (yeah)
[Chorus]
I’m different and dark
That’s the way I glow
Trust comes slow
So I walk this road alone
Mood swings
Midnight
Cut me to the bone
I’m learning me
Learning me as I go

rock, Smoky blues-rock groove with male vocals, overdriven Rhodes and a lazy, swung drum pocket; bass walks in the verses then locks into a heavier riff on the hook. Gritty guitar doubles the vocal on key lines, chorus widens with organ pads and stacked harmonies. Final chorus strips to voice, Rhodes, and rim clicks, then band crashes back in for a short, distorted outro., soul, blues