Track · Jun 4, 2026 · English

Porch Light

Artemis15

Duration

4:09

Language

English

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

My dad was a porch light

Laughing in the hall

He knew how to make me

Feel ten feet tall

Sunday morning trouble

Candy in his hand

I learned the word safe

From my father’s smile

[Pre-Chorus]

Then the room went cold

Like a door in rain

All those little answers

Turned into shame

I was just a child

He was the one who lied

[Chorus]

Porch light, porch light

You burned so bright

Porch light, porch light

Then you left my sight

I keep looking up

For a face I know

Porch light, porch light

I don’t trust men anymore

[Verse 2]

Now a voice gets closer

And my chest goes tight

Even gentle footsteps

Can steal my night

I read every promise

Like a hidden knife

If you say you love me

I hear goodbye

[Pre-Chorus]

And I hate that fear

Lives in my skin

I want to be open

I want to begin

But every sweet word

Feels like a trick again

[Chorus]

Porch light, porch light

You burned so bright

Porch light, porch light

Then you left my sight

I keep looking up

For a face I know

Porch light, porch light

I don’t trust men anymore

[Bridge]

He was joy and poison

Both in one hand

A joke in the doorway

A storm in the plan

I’m learning the truth

I’m learning my name

I can love my own self

Without your shame

[Final Chorus]

Porch light, porch light

You burned so bright

Porch light, porch light

Then you left my sight

I keep looking up

For a face I know

Porch light, porch light

I won’t live scared anymore

Porch light, porch light

I’m mine to hold

Porch light, porch light

I’m mine to hold

Style

alt-pop ballad with pulsing half-time drumsfingerpicked pianoand a restrained bass swell; verse stays intimate and sparsepre-chorus opens with rising strings and breathy doubleschorus lands on a wide stacked vocal hook with a short synth liftbridge strips to piano and a cracked solo vocal before the final chorus blooms. close-mic female vocalwarm versesaching harmoniesdelayed ad-libs on the hookbright but wounded mix.lightjoyful

Prompt

Female. A song about daddy issues. My dad was a light and a laugh. Kept me joyful. But he was lying and grooming me until he tried to die. Now I’m scared for life and can never truly trust a man again

Credits

Prompt by

Artemis15

GeneratedJun 4, 2026

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