Midnight

(Heavy guitar riff fades in)
(Verse 1)
Used to hide beneath the covers, heart a frantic drum
Twelve o'clock would chime, the shadows start to come
Whispers in the darkness, monsters in the hall
Thought the world was ending, every time the clock would fall
(Chorus)
But the ghosts I feared were never real, just figments of my mind
The scariest things I've faced, are the truths I left behind
No longer hiding in the dark, the monsters I once knew
Now I face the real-life demons, the ones that haunt me through
(Verse 2)
Adulthood's a battlefield, where innocence is lost
The dreams I held so tightly, shattered at a cost
Responsibilities like chains, weighing down my soul
The weight of expectations, taking their cruel toll
(Chorus)
And the ghosts I feared were never real, just figments of my mind
The scariest things I've faced, are the truths I left behind
No longer hiding in the dark, the monsters I once knew
Now I face the real-life demons, the ones that haunt me through
(Bridge)
The clock strikes midnight, but the darkness isn't fear
It's the emptiness inside, the doubts that linger near
The whispers in the silence, the echoes of regret
The ghosts of choices made, the paths I haven't met
(Chorus)
And the ghosts I feared were never real, just figments of my mind
The scariest things I've faced, are the truths I left behind
No longer hiding in the dark, the monsters I once knew
Now I face the real-life demons, the ones that haunt me through
(Outro)
(Heavy guitar riff builds to a crescendo)
The clock strikes twelve, the world keeps spinning on
But the ghosts I face now, are the battles I've begun
The fight for hope, the fight for peace, the fight to find my way
Through the darkness of adulthood, to a brighter, better day
(Fade out)