Daytime Moon on the Dunes

[Intro – Instrumental: mellow clean guitar arpeggio over warm bass groove]

[Verse 1]

Dark woods hide a candy home

Search and walk, I’m still alone

Only witches here I see

No princess’s kiss for me

[Verse 2]

Somewhere time just slipped away

I was left, the world won’t stay

All I knew was twist and fight

Never found that forest light

[Pre-Chorus]

Bag on my back, I’m moving on

Chasing the light until it’s gone

Daytime moon above the dunes

She’s the only one who pulls me through

[Chorus]

I need the fire to rise above

On the road they all call “plain”

Past the edge where no clues gleam

I paint the dark with my dream

[Interlude – Instrumental: groove-driven bassline with airy guitar chords]

[Verse 3]

Truth won’t fade, it stays and waits

Stand still, they say, accept your fate

“Grown-up” smiles can hide the fire

But it kills a child’s desire

[Verse 4]

I forgot what mattered most

Dreams I held so close, so close

“Grow up” came, but I’ll defy

Kick and climb until I fly

[Pre-Chorus]

Bag on my back, I’m moving on

Chasing the light until it’s gone

Daytime moon above the dunes

She’s the only one who pulls me through

[Chorus 2]

I need the fire to rise above

On the road they all call “plain”

Lonely dark will try to take

Every dream that I create

[Interlude – Instrumental: lead guitar riff climbing into the bridge]

[Bridge]

Bag on my back, I run again

Through the wind, the dust, the sand

Daytime moon on golden dunes

Lights my future, lights my noon

[Chorus Final]

Choosing the way they all call plain

That can be courage all the same

Staying myself through every fight

That is the thing that keeps me right

[Outro]

Didn’t see my feet take flight

As if my world was painted white

Only witches here I see

No princess’s kiss for me