dance through the night

[Verse 1 – Male, soft, low] Hon-est-ly, I’m scared of be-ing a-lone, Sleepless nights cut straight to the bone. Em-pty words, a mask upon my face— Would any-one no-tice, would any-one trace? [Verse 2 – Female, strong, controlled] They tell me “stand tall, don’t e-ver fall,” But strength can be the heaviest wall. I burn like fire, I take the f***t, Yet who will hold me in the night? [Pre-Chorus – Male, volume rising] Does fate have mer-cy, or will I be damned? A tree once bloom-ing, now bro-ken, un-manned. The petals are gone, they won’t re-turn— I watch them wi-ther, I watch them burn. [Pre-Chorus – Female, strong with crack] They call me fierce, they call me flame, But pow-er’s a mask that hides my name. I can be strong, but deep in-side— I need a place where I can hide. [Chorus – Male, emotional, pleading] Will some-one see me, for all that I am? Not with kind lies, not a-no-ther sham. I’m beg-ging—don’t let me dis-ap-pear, Just see me once, see me clear. [Chorus – Female, almost overlapping male, starts strong then softens] See the fire, but see the ache, See the bur-den no one can take. I am not end-less, I’m flesh and bone— I don’t want to stand a-lone. Strong e-nough, but still in need, A hand to catch me when I bleed. [Bridge – Both, overlapping] Male (soft, trembling): See me… see me… Female (higher, cracking): See the fire, see the ache… Both swell mid-line, then fade into soft, broken harmony.