Don't Follow the Paper Lanterns - DriftAloftAudio

Not every light is meant to lead you home. If paper lanterns appeared through the fog, would you follow them—or turn back before they noticed you? A haunting, cinematic song for October nights. 00:00 Intro 00:16 Verse 1 00:49 Pre-Chorus 01:05 Chorus 01:46 Verse 2 02:18 Pre-Chorus 02:36 Chorus 03:25 Bridge 03:57 Final Chorus 04:33 Outro LYRICS: [Verse 1] The harvest fair was closing down October fog consumed the town Then golden lights slipped through the trees Like little suns among the leaves A paper trail beyond the gate They swayed as though they meant to wait And from the dark, I heard you call Though you’ve been gone since early fall [Pre-Chorus] Every flame leaned toward the pines Every shadow looked like mine Then the church bells warned again From somewhere underneath the wind [Chorus] Don’t follow the paper lanterns No matter whose voice they borrow They’ll promise a road through the darkness But it won’t lead home tomorrow Cover your ears when they whisper Turn when the last streetlight burns Don’t follow the paper lanterns Because something follows in return [Verse 2] They crossed the creek without a sound Their light never touched the ground One wore the words you used to say And drifted farther through the gray I nearly stepped beyond the stones To chase that voice between the oaks But underneath its perfect tone A hundred others begged for home [Pre-Chorus] Every flame became an eye Every branch reached from the night Then all at once, the lanterns knew I finally saw what pulled their strings [Chorus] Don’t follow the paper lanterns No matter whose voice they borrow They’ll promise a road through the darkness But it won’t lead home tomorrow Cover your ears when they whisper Turn when the last streetlight burns Don’t follow the paper lanterns Because something follows in return [Instrumental Break] [Bridge] I ran until the bells fell silent Past the fields and rusted signs But one small light kept floating Half a heartbeat behind mine I locked the door before the sunrise Drew every curtain in the room Then heard your voice outside my window Saying, “I came home with you” [Final Chorus] Don’t follow the paper lanterns No matter how brightly they burn They know every name that you’ve buried And every face you still yearn for When all of the pathways have vanished And something moves under the ferns Don’t follow the paper lanterns Because something always returns [Outro] Morning found one by my doorway Cold and folded, dark within But when October night descended It quietly lit again *Song is created with assistance of generative AI. #Driftaloftaudio #halloweenmusic #spookymusic