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[VERSE 1]
I only call you when the night gets quiet
When the world stops askin’ who I’m tryin’ to be
You open up that door like you already knew
I’d end up standin’ there, half broke, half free
You touch me like you’re tryin’ not to feel it
But you feel it anyway, same as me

[PRE-CHORUS]
We keep sayin’ we’ll stop this someday
But someday never comes in the dark

[CHORUS]
’Cause we only work in the darkness
Where the truth don’t have to shine
Where your hands can say you want me
While your heart pretends it’s fine
We’re a fire that dies at sunrise
But burns too bright to fight
Baby, we only work in the darkness…
And fall apart in the light

[VERSE 2]
You always look at me like I’m the answer
But you know damn well I’m just a place to hide
I feel you tremble when you pull me closer
Like you’re holdin’ on to somethin’ you can’t keep alive
I love you in the ways I shouldn’t love you
And I leave you in the ways that make me cry

[PRE-CHORUS]
We keep sayin’ we’ll walk away clean
But clean don’t happen in the dark

[CHORUS]
’Cause we only work in the darkness
Where the truth don’t have to shine
Where your hands can say you want me
While your heart pretends it’s fine
We’re a fire that dies at sunrise
But burns too bright to fight
Baby, we only work in the darkness…
And fall apart in the light

[VERSE 3]
I swear I’d stay if stayin’ didn’t break us
I swear I’d go if goin’ didn’t hurt
You’re the one thing I can’t carry forward—
And the one thing I can’t leave in the dirt
We keep meetin’ where the shadows cover
Everything we can’t make work

[Bridge]
Maybe in another lifetime
I’d be yours without the night
Calder: Maybe in another lifetime
We’d stop losin’ every fight
But this one’s ours…
And it don’t feel right

[FINAL CHORUS]
So we only work in the darkness
Where the truth can take its time
Where your lips can say you need me
Though your life ain’t meant for mine
We’re a fire that fades at sunrise
But God, we burn so right
Baby, we only work in the darkness…
And we let go in the light