[Intro]
You're so calm when you're unraveling, dear,
You're a dream when you're not listening, dear—
I'm fading.

[Verse 1]
You're the only one who swears there's nothing
Left to feel in this connection—
That's your grand confession.
You're a last kiss, a static echo,
The applause after affection—
It defines you, too.

[Verse 1 – Shift]
You can't pretend while I'm away
That you won't play back every day
The ways we lost control.
But don't reach out—I'm
Residing in a silence
That won't take your name anymore.

[Pre-Chorus]
Something to post,
Something to prove,
Nothing feels close
When there's nothing to lose.

[Chorus]
Sleep tight, streetlight—
We've got two hundred eyes that saw us last night.
Sleep tight, streetlight—
Your lips were saying love, but your eyes said goodbye.
Sleep tight, spotlight—
Pretend it's right, pretend it's right,
Pretend tonight.

[Verse 2]
You're the only version of my fiction
That I almost believed—through
All the staged conviction.
You're a past fever, last teaser—
I'm scrubbing off the preview
Of how we once aligned.

[Bridge]
Don't try to find me—
I'm parked between regret and reinvention.
That kiss on 4th and Vine—
It played like cinema,
But it meant decline.

[Final Chorus – Reprise]
Sleep tight, streetlight—
We've got two hundred eyes that saw us last night.
Sleep tight, streetlight—
Your lips were saying love, but your eyes said goodbye.
Sleep tight, spotlight—
Pretend it's right, pretend it's right,
Pretend tonight.
Tonight.

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"Public Display of Affection" is a slow unraveling of love’s theater, where every glance, every kiss, is staged for an audience that doesn’t see the cracks. Beneath the city’s neon haze and under the judgment of a hundred passing eyes, the song exposes how connection can be both intimate and performative—an art form of holding together what’s already falling apart. Through brooding baritone delivery, shimmering guitars, and shadows of synth, it becomes a cinematic confession of the quiet lies we tell in public to protect what’s already broken in private.

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Genre: Post-Punk Revival / Cinematic Indie Rock
Key: A Major
BPM: 127
Time Signature: 4/4

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Artist: Kareem Tyler 
https://www.instagram.com/tylercraftsart

© 2025 Kareem Tyler. All Rights Reserved.

Public Display of Affection

Project KT (Knowledge Transfer) is the solo vision of Kareem Tyler—a multidimensional artist navigating the limits of the physical realm through immersive, genre-blending sound. Fusing progressive rock, symphonic fusion, post-punk ambience, and metallic catharsis, Project KT crafts cinematic soundscapes led by violin, orchestral depth, and raw poetic tension.

After a life-altering accident caused partial vocal cord paralysis and ended his ability to play piano, Kareem rebuilt his artistry through digital composition and visual design—transforming personal trauma into transcendent expression.

That rebirth came to life in Echoes of the Void (2025), a symphonic progressive metal epic charting entropy, solitude, and rebirth across expansive movements. Its companion, Beyond the Void, reimagined the work as a cinematic and orchestral odyssey, featuring Canadian singer-songwriter Valeria Rusnak, whose operatic vocals added radiant contrast to Kareem’s baritone foundation. Together, they forged a dialogue of shadow and light, entropy and grace.

Though Project KT remains firmly Kareem’s vision—writing, producing, and shaping every detail—he is actively seeking a female vocalist to further embody its still-untold emotional core. With an evolving presence on Instagram, BandLab, and SoundCloud, Project KT continues to weave cross-medium narratives that fuse sound, image, and meaning.

For listeners and collaborators drawn to gothic romanticism, cinematic drama, and genre-fluid experimentation, Project KT offers more than music—it is an echo unfolding into infinity.