Grin in the Dark
A dark rap, moody, dark, orchestral, male and female vocals intertwining with haunting strings and echoing percussion, rap, heavy bass, duet, deep gravelly and whispering male voice, thin and whispering female voice, Reverb and delay are used on the lead synth, haunting echoes, sub-heavy drums, and eerie vocal chops, Verses stay tense and intimate, chorus blooms with layered harmonies and a lifting counter-melody
Grin in the Dark
A dark rap, moody, dark, orchestral, male and female vocals intertwining with haunting strings and echoing percussion, rap, heavy bass, duet, deep gravelly and whispering male voice, thin and whispering female voice, Reverb and delay are used on the lead synth, haunting echoes, sub-heavy drums, and eerie vocal chops, Verses stay tense and intimate, chorus blooms with layered harmonies and a lifting counter-melody
Lyrics
Verse 1 - Female
Been sleepwalking through my days
All these trophies made of clay
Smiles on pictures, fake display
Heart a room I lock away
Scrolling through a highlight reel
Thinking, “Is my pain even real?”
If I disappear, who would feel
More than just a passing chill
Chorus – Duet
I’m gonna grin in the dark till the sun shows up
Heart still thin but it’s thick with guts
If joy’s in the maze, I’ll bleed my way through
I won’t give up
I won’t give up on you
I’m gonna dance with the hurt till it turns to light
Trip, fall, curse, still I fight my fight
If hope’s hard to find, I’ll rip the sky in two
I won’t give up
Till I find my happy truth
Verse 2 – Male
I was raised on “tough it out”
Swallow storms, never shout
Turn your panic into product
Turn your terror into clout
But when the doors close
And the noise dies down
I was one thin thought
From never turning around
Had a note on the table
Just a date, no goodbye
Phone lit up, your name
Little halo in the night
You wrote “breathe, just breathe
Stay long enough to see
The joke the world plays
When pain births peace”
Chorus – Duet
I’m gonna grin in the dark till the sun shows up
(keep that grin, keep that grin)
Heart still thin but it’s thick with guts
(thick with guts)
If joy’s in the maze, I’ll bleed my way through
I won’t give up
I won’t give up on you
I’m gonna dance with the hurt till it turns to light
We trip, fall, curse, still we fight this fight
If hope’s hard to find, we’ll rip the sky in two
I won’t give up
Till I find my happy truth
Bridge – Female
What if the gold’s in the gravel?
What if the grace’s in the grind?
What if the laugh that you’re chasing
Is hiding behind one more try?
So hold my hand through the blackout
We’ll joke about all of our scars
We’ll carve our names in the shadows
Till they look just like stars (oh yeah)
Chorus – Duet
We’re gonna grin in the dark till the sun shows up
(keep that grin, keep that grin)
Hearts still thin but they’re thick with guts
(thick with guts, oh)
If joy’s in the maze, we’ll bleed our way through
We won’t give up
I won’t give up on you
We’re gonna dance with the hurt till it turns to light
Trip, fall, laugh, still we fight this fight
If hope’s hard to find, we’ll rip the sky in two
We won’t give up
Till we find our happy truth
End