[Style: Indie Acoustic × 2000s Country Rock]
[Inspired by the emotional weight of One Night at a Time and Eric Heatherly storytelling]
[Tempo: ~86 BPM]
[Key: A Major]
[Mood: Temptation, regret, conviction, prayer]
[Production]
[* Acoustic strumming (steady, tense)]
[* Steel guitar crying between lines]
[* Minimal drums in verse → bigger chorus]
[* Warm electric swells]
[* Vocal: controlled guilt, not dramatic]
[Intro (steel + acoustic)]
[(steel bends softly…)]
Lord…
I know better than this
[Verse 1]
It started out harmless, just killing time
Late night talking over cheap red wine
She leaned in close and I should’ve left…
But I stayed
There was something broken inside of me
Wanting comfort more than honesty
And I knew right then what this could be…
Still I stayed
[Pre-Chorus]
One bad choice can change everything
And I felt it before it even happened
[Chorus]
For one night… (niiiight)
I traded peace for a moment of weakness
One touch, one lie
Now I’m staring at the weight of it
Lord help me… (help meee)
‘Cause I don’t wanna lose myself this way
I let temptation pull me under…
For one night
[Verse 2]
Morning light hit like a loaded gun
Silence louder than what I’d done
Couldn’t even look myself straight in the eyes…
Walking out
Thought I wanted something I was missing
But sin don’t look like sin in the beginning
Now I’m sitting here alone with conviction…
Breaking down
[Pre-Chorus]
I ain’t blaming anybody else
I know exactly where I failed
[Chorus]
For one night… (niiiight)
I traded peace for a moment of weakness
One touch, one lie
Now I’m staring at the weight of it
Lord help me… (help meee)
‘Cause I don’t wanna lose myself this way
I let temptation pull me under…
For one night
[Bridge (stripped, prayer-like)]
[(drums drop, just steel + vocal)]
I know grace still reaches this far…
Even when I’ve made a mess of my heart
[(steel cries softly)]
So if You’re listening…
I need You now
[Final Chorus (emotional lift)]
For one night… (let it crack slightly)
I almost lost the man I’m trying to be
One moment can leave scars
Long after the feeling leaves
Lord help me…
I don’t wanna keep living this way
I know forgiveness doesn’t mean forgetting…
That one night
[Outro (steel fade)]
[(steel slowly fades into silence)]
ELIROBB
