Blinded

[Verse 1]
You trace my scars
Like reading lines on a map
Say you see stars
I just see all that I lack
You call it faith
When you lean into my fear
Your hands feel safe
Still I’m disappearing here
[Chorus]
I’m blinded
By the way you look at me
Like I’m something holy
But I’m breaking quietly
You find it
So beautiful
This pain I drag behind
You say I’m shining
I’m blinded
[Verse 2]
You slow your voice
Every syllable a drug
You leave me choice
Till I’m leaning into the flood
You taste my doubts
Like a secret only we share
You turn me inside out
Then ask why I’m so bare
[Chorus]
I’m blinded
By the way you look at me
Like I’m something holy
But I’m breaking quietly
You find it
So beautiful
This hurt I try to hide
You say I’m shining
I’m blinded
[Bridge]
Pull me closer
Closer than my shame (oh)
Say it’s over
Then you breathe my name (hey)
Every promise
Balanced on a knife
Tell me
Are you
Saving me or stealing my life?
[Chorus]
I’m blinded
By the way you look at me
Like I’m something holy
But I’m breaking quietly
You find it
So beautiful
This ache you left inside
You say I’m shining
I’m blinded
[Outro]
Soft surrender
One last trembling touch
If this is tender
Why does it hurt this much?
Fade to silence
Still your shadow stays
I walk in circles
You light the wrong way

folk, Intimate art-pop ballad with male vocals over a slow-building dream pop bed: close-miked acoustic guitar and soft upright piano, warm sub-bass pulsing in triplets, airy pads forming a cinematic halo. Verses stay hushed with ghostly folk harmonies and distant reverb; chorus blooms wide with layered background vocals and a seductive low-end swell. Final drop hits with toms, reversed swells, and shimmering synth sparkles, then falls back to near a cappella for a fragile outro., ballad, art pop, dream pop