Love in the Acid Dawn [lyrics by SonicSketch]
Opening with a sparse piano and ticking percussion, syncopated hand drums add an irregular pulse, Male vocals enter, fractured and raw, woven with tremolo guitar and spectral synths, In the chorus, sevdah-tinged melodic lines and dissonant harmonies intensify, layered over a throbbing, driving beat
Love in the Acid Dawn [lyrics by SonicSketch]
Opening with a sparse piano and ticking percussion, syncopated hand drums add an irregular pulse, Male vocals enter, fractured and raw, woven with tremolo guitar and spectral synths, In the chorus, sevdah-tinged melodic lines and dissonant harmonies intensify, layered over a throbbing, driving beat
Lyrics
©2025 SonicSketch & Nenolo
Lyrics by SonicSketch
Music by Nenolo
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Verse 1
I really thought this one was different
I don’t say that lightly
I don’t fall fast
I don’t give much away
You said all the right things slowly
Like you meant to keep them
Like you knew how careful
I had learned to be this way
I stood there open
No armor
No clever exit planned
Just me
Believing you could hold it
That you could understand
Pre-Chorus
Every time I leaned in closer
You pulled back just enough
Like loving me was fine
As long as it never got hard
Chorus
Love in the acid dawn
It burns before the day begins
Love in the acid dawn
I feel it on my skin
I give you all I am
You give me half your heart
Love in the acid dawn
Is tearing me apart
Verse 2
You loved me best when I was quiet
When I didn’t ask for proof
When I swallowed every question
And called that the truth
I told myself this is how it goes
That wanting more is greedy
Lying here beside you
Felt lonelier than being alone
I watched the light come up
Through a window we didn’t share
And I knew
You weren’t staying
You were barely there
Pre-Chorus
You said you didn’t want to lose me
You never chose to give more
You held my hand like a habit
Not like something worth fighting for
Chorus
Love in the acid dawn
It burns before the day begins
Love in the acid dawn
I feel it on my skin
I give you all I am
You give me half your heart
Love in the acid dawn
Is tearing me apart
Love in the acid dawn
Never had a chance to start
Bridge
I don’t need you to save me
I don’t need grand
I just needed someone
Who wouldn’t let go
When it hurt to stand
I stood in the rain
Let it eat at my skin
If loving you was the cost
I paid it again
And again
And again
Chorus
Love in the acid dawn
Say it doesn’t hurt, but it does
Love in the acid dawn
Say it’s real, but it’s not enough
I break myself in two
Trying to make this work
Love in the acid dawn
Is the worst kind of hurt
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Outro
I’ll survive this
I always do
But surviving love
Was never the goal
Love in the acid dawn
Never could be whole
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