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[TITLE: KEEP THE LIGHTS ON]
[STYLE: Dark Indie Pop, Alternative Hip-Hop, Percussive Rock, Glitch Pop, Atmospheric Synths, Heavy Drums, Warm Bass. MALE VOCAL ONLY.]
[INTRO: Room noise, drum hit, footsteps, distant hum.]
[VERSE 1: FAST MALE RAP]
Woke up with a question
I don't remember asking.
Checked the clock, my phone,
The ceiling for an answer.
Nothing.
Cool.
Coffee in my bloodstream,
Deadlines in my head.
A thousand little voices
Taking turns inside my bed.
Everybody says,
"You're doing fine."
Funny fucking sentence
When you're barely getting by.
So I nod.
Say I'm good.
Say I'm tired.
Say whatever gets me through.
[DRUMS ENTER: Tight kick, claps, distorted percussion.]
I keep moving like I'm late
for somewhere I never meant to go.
[PRE-CHORUS: PERCUSSION BUILDS]
Maybe if I run fast enough
I won't have time to wonder
why I'm running.
[CHORUS: BIG MALE VOCAL]
Keep the lights on,
I don't wanna know
what I might hear
if everything goes quiet.
Keep the lights on,
keep the noise up loud.
If I stop for a second,
I might hear myself now.
[VERSE 2: RHYTHMIC MALE RAP]
Drawer full of batteries
for things I never use.
Three cables with no purpose
and one missing shoe.
Plans written backwards,
dreams with no address.
Got a talent for convincing myself
that less is probably best.
"Be realistic."
Yeah, I tried it.
Didn't like it.
Turns out realistic
is just fear with better lighting.
I keep every little failure
like a trophy in a box,
then wonder why my shoulders
feel like somebody's got them locked.
I laugh when I'm uncomfortable.
I joke when I get scared.
If I turn everything to nothing,
maybe nothing's really there.
Right?
[WHISPERED: Keep moving.]
[QUIET: I'm trying.]
[DRUM BREAK: Heartbeat percussion. Drop.]
[PRE-CHORUS]
Maybe if I run fast enough
I won't have time to wonder
why I'm running.
[CHORUS]
Keep the lights on,
I don't wanna know
what I might hear
if everything goes quiet.
Keep the lights on,
keep the noise up loud.
If I stop for a second,
I might hear myself now.
[BRIDGE: Piano, distant synth]
What if I don't need
to fix everything tonight?
What if I can sit here
without turning off the light?
What if the voice in my head
doesn't have to disappear?
What if I just tell it:
[BEAT]
"You don't get to drive."
[DRUMS EXPLODE]
[FINAL VERSE: RAPID MALE RAP]
Let it talk.
Let it scream.
Let it tell me every reason
I'm not who I said I'd be.
I got cracks.
I got scars.
I got nights I can't remember
and mornings that were hard.
But I'm still here.
That's enough.
I don't need to win tonight.
I just need to make it
to the morning.
[WHISPERED: Keep going.]
[FINAL CHORUS: HUGE MALE VOCAL]
Keep the lights on,
I don't wanna know
what I might hear
if everything goes quiet.
Keep the lights on,
keep the noise up loud.
If I stop for a second,
I might hear myself now.
Keep the lights on.
Keep the lights on.
I'm still here.
[OUTRO: Drums fade.]
I'm still here.
Details
GeneratedAug 27, 2026
Duration3:34
LanguageEnglish
Credits
Prompt byNeti
ModelAria v5.5
