We Only Talk in the Dark

You never say it with the lights on

Only when nobodys watching

You only open up at night

When the world cant hear you lie

Daytime you a different man

I dont recognize

You tell truths in whispers

Like they dangerous

Like if you say it too loud

It might ruin us

You hold my face in the shadow

Say this real then you freeze

By morning you act untouched

Like you never needed me

I replay every midnight promise

Every stay you implied

Then I wake up alone again

Watching you switch sides

We only talk in the dark

Thats where I feel safe

When the lights come on

I escape

I say too much when its quiet

I shut down in the day

We only talk in the dark

Thats the way

I dont like who I am exposed

I perform better as a ghost

I learned early what gets judged

Gets used the most

Night dont ask me for answers

It let me breathe

Daytime want explanations

I cant give clean

I dont hate love

I fear permanence

I fear waking up one day

And having to stand in it

Dark feel temporary

Like I can leave it behind

Sunlight make everything real

Thats what fuck with my mind

We only talk in the dark

Thats where we honest

When the sun come up

We strangers

We only talk in the dark

Thats the cost

Say it at night

Then we vanish

I give you pieces not the whole

Thats all I know

I keep accepting fragments

Hoping they grow

I dont mean to pull away

I just panic

You dont mean to hurt me

But you manage

Im braver when nobody sees

Im lonelier when its just me

I say this complicated

I hear you dont choose me

Streetlights flicker

Truth come out

Shadows talking

Hearts too loud

Say it slow

Say it plain

Would you love me

In the day

We only talk in the dark

Thats where we honest

When the lights come on

We lost it

We only talk in the dark

Still we want it

Morning make us strangers

Thats the cost of it

If you can only love me hidden

Dont love me at all

I know

Thats why I keep the lights low