# **“DON’T FOLLOW ME NOW”** **[Intro — distant synths, whispered]** Don't follow me now... Turn around. Go back to the light. **[Verse 1]** I saw you standing underneath the streetlight, Calling my name like you did before, But I don't belong to that world anymore. You still see the boy you knew that night, Still searching for his eyes in mine, But he's gone where your sunlight can't shine. I remember the summer, The taste of your name, The way we were burning Before everything changed. But somewhere after midnight, Something took my hand— And I crossed over Where you can't follow me back. **[Pre-Chorus]** So don't come looking, Don't say you understand, Some doors close forever When you leave them where they stand. **[Chorus]** **Don't follow me now,** Stay where the daylight falls, Don't trade your morning For the shadows that call. **Don't follow me now,** There's nothing left to find, The guy that you knew Died that night. Don't dim your sunshine for me, Don't let my darkness make you blind, You were made for the morning— I was lost to the night. **[Verse 2]** I can hear your footsteps Three blocks down the street, I can hear your heartbeat Skipping underneath your feet. And God, I remember What it felt like to be Warm in the sunlight, Still human, still me. Now the moon is my mirror, The shadows my home, I walk through the city But I walk it alone. There's a hunger inside me I can't explain, And every time I see you I remember your name. **[Pre-Chorus]** So turn back, baby, Before the night gets deep, There are things in the darkness You were never meant to see. **[Chorus]** **Don't follow me now,** Stay where the daylight falls, Don't trade your morning For the shadows that call. **Don't follow me now,** There's nothing left to find, The guy that you knew Died that night. Don't dim your sunshine for me, Don't let my darkness make you blind, You were made for the morning— I was lost to the night. **[Bridge — music drops to bass and distant synth]** If you love the man I used to be, Then let that memory live. Don't come searching in the darkness For something I can't give. You can't bring back a heartbeat Once the silence settles in. And you can't pull me toward the sunrise When the night is under my skin. I know you want to save me... But there is nothing left to save. **[Instrumental — huge 80s synth solo]** **[Final Chorus]** **Don't follow me now,** I see the dawn behind your eyes, Go back to your daylight, Leave me with the night. **Don't follow me now,** Don't let my shadow cross your mind, The guy that you knew Died that night. Don't dim your sunshine for me, Don't let my darkness steal your flame, You were made to chase the sunrise— I was made to wear the rain. **[Outro — whispered, fading]** Don't follow me... Your sunlight can't reach me now. Don't dim your sunshine... For a man who died that night.
