Black Leather In The Spotlight

Okay, Lovelies! This one is a little love letter in black leather. 🖤 I’ve played with that look on stage for a while now, but I never had a song that really felt like it. So I wrote this track for a friend who always cheers for "dark armor" - LEIDIA and of course for all the metal-lovers out there. Not as a request, but as a thank you. 🔥

❤꧁ღ⊱♥ Tarja Ravenveil ♥⊱ღ꧂❤

██▓▒­░⡷⠂ 𝙻𝚢𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚜 ⠐⢾░▒▓██

Backstage light, my shadow on the wall,

black gloves on, I hear them in the hall.

Black lipstick set, the smokey eyes in place,

zip the leather up, feel the heartbeat race.

High-heeled boots, I test the solid ground,

the floor is humming with the low-end sound.

Someone calls my name out in the dark below,

they are chanting “Tarja” as the spotlights glow.

Every stitch on my skin is a line I chose,

every step in these boots is a door I close.

Black leather in the spotlight tonight,

I am made of metal, breath and light.

Let the hurdy-gurdy howl, let the guitars ring,

we shake the air with every note we sing.

Black leather and a fearless song,

if you stand with me, we both stay strong.

This is not disguise or borrowed skin,

this is how the fire feels within.

First row hands reach up into the sky,

eyes like mirrors that are asking “why”.

You said you love the way this dark suit shines,

how it turns my fear into electric lines.

Cello tones once carried all my tears,

now the band roars loud behind my years.

Fiddle of the north, hurdy-gurdy cuts the air,

I ride the riff like I was born up there.

Every light in my face is a test I pass,

every note on my tongue is a shattered glass.

Black leather in the spotlight tonight,

I am made of metal, breath and light.

Let the hurdy-gurdy howl, let the guitars ring,

we shake the air with every note we sing.

Black leather and a fearless song,

if you stand with me, we both stay strong.

This is not disguise or borrowed skin,

this is how the fire feels within.

This is not for you to judge or own,

this is how I claim my stage, my throne.

Smooth black leather, high heels on my feet,

a way to stand here and not retreat.

If you see power when I walk this floor,

then understand, I have been small before.

Tonight this body, voice and band as one

turn all my shadows into roaring sun.

Black leather in the spotlight tonight,

I am made of metal, breath and light.

Let the hurdy-gurdy howl, let the guitars ring,

we shake the air with every note we sing.

Black leather and a fearless song,

if you stand with me, we both stay strong.

When the house lights fall and the noise is gone,

this is still the skin I carry on.

Black leather, let the night stay wild,

hear the storm inside the quiet child.

If you ever doubt the place you are,

put your armor on and step into the stars.

██▓▒­░⡷⠂Thx 4 listening!⠐⢾░▒▓██