713 - The Dark Knows Your Name (love song)

Keep your eyes on mine a moment longer, Let the rain erase the avenue. One glance, and the room turns unfamiliar, As though the walls were waiting here for you. Your hair escapes and falls across your shoulder, You laugh before you try to set it right. I watch the careless grace of every motion, And feel the hours surrender to the night. You speak my name as though it's something fragile, A secret only meant for you to keep. And I can feel your voice beneath my breathing, Reaching places words could never reach. There's a tenderness you carry That you never learned to hide. And a thousand quiet stories Living underneath your eyes. I could spend my life discovering What the daylight never sees. All the beautiful, unspoken things You leave inside of me. The dark knows your name now, I breathed it against your skin. All the rooms I built for hiding Let your quiet wandering in. I don't want some perfect version, I want the truth your shadows keep. Even the sorrows left unspoken, Even the dreams you lose in sleep. Let the hours turn to ashes, Let the rain forget the street. I could love you through the silence, Through the places words can't reach. The dark knows your name now... And the night has never felt so sweet. Your laughter interrupts the thunder, And suddenly the window isn't cold. There's mercy in the softness of your features, A kind of peace no prayer has ever told. You tilt your head when something makes you wonder, Your eyes grow still before you let it show. And every fleeting change upon your face Becomes another world I want to know. Your hands are resting close beside the candle, The flame is trembling softly in the glass. I almost reach to brush your fingers, But I'm afraid to make the moment pass. Then you close the space between us, Your hand finds mine beneath the light. Such a small and simple gesture... Yet it stays with me all night. If I could borrow how you see yourself, For just a moment, just one night, I'd show you all the hidden beauty That escapes your own sight. Not only when you're laughing, Not only when you're warm... But in the quiet, tired moments When you think your light is gone. The dark knows your name now, I breathed it against your skin. All the rooms I built for hiding Let your quiet wandering in. I don't want some perfect version, I want the truth your shadows keep. Even the sorrows left unspoken, Even the dreams you lose in sleep. Let the hours turn to ashes, Let the rain forget the street. I could love you through the silence, Through the places words can't reach. The dark knows your name now... And the night has never felt so sweet. I won't ask you to be flawless. I won't turn your hurt to art. I would rather learn the weather Passing slowly through your heart. If there are nights you cannot smile, We can let those nights be true. Love is not a brighter window... It's staying at the window with you. And when your eyelids grow too heavy, When the words begin to fade, I'd still be tracing every detail In the silence where we lay. The softness underneath your lashes, The warmth that lingers in your hand... There are ways a soul can answer What the mind can't understand. Tell me how a single glance Can make a lifetime feel too brief... How a voice can carry comfort To the places buried deep... How a smile can hold forgiveness Without a single word being said... How someone can become a feeling That remains when everything has fled... The dark knows your name now, And every shadow knows it too. There's not a part of your existence I would ever ask you to undo. Let me love the things you question, Every tender, hidden scar. All the pieces you call ordinary Are the wonders that you are. Let the moon abandon heaven, Let the clocks refuse to move. There's a lifetime in one moment When I'm sitting close to you. And if the world should lose its language, If the stars forget to shine, I would know you in the darkness By the rhythm next to mine. When the last light leaves the curtains, And the rain begins to cease, I'll be listening to your breathing, To the beautiful, unguarded peace. No grand promises are needed, No eternity to claim... Just the warmth of you beside me... And the dark... Still knowing your name.