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A smoky, late-night confessional draped in neon and memory.
“Midnight Hunger” dives into the ache of desire, the sting of regret, and the kind of love that lingers long after it's gone. With raw lyrics and a moody, sensual atmosphere, this track captures the emotional fallout of moments we can’t forget—and maybe don’t want to. Perfect for late-night listening, heartbreak loops, or slow-burning seduction.

# Midnight Hunger

[Verse 1]
You say it's just the hour,
But I feel the weight of years
Pressing on this silence
Like whispers drenched in tears
The city's neon heartbeat
Pulls me back into the haze
Where shadows wear your perfume
And time forgets my name

[Chorus]
This midnight hunger—
It don’t ask, it just consumes
Craving every lie we whispered
In that low-lit motel room
Your touch is like a ghost now
But I still burn with the bruise
This aching hour remembers
Everything I meant to lose

[Verse 2]
The vinyl spins its sorrow,
Same song as the night before
Ashtray full of maybe
Keys still in the door
Your lipstick stains the mirror
Like a promise half-erased
And I drink to dull the echo
Of the way you said my name

[Bridge]
I was never made for mercy
You were never built to stay
We danced like sinners in the dark
Then slipped in separate ways
But this hour pulls me under
Where your memory won’t fade—
A fever I keep feeding
In the bed that we unmade

[Final Chorus]
This midnight hunger—
Keeps me calling through the static
Wishing I could lose you
But addiction turns fanatic
You haunt me like a rhythm
That no silence can undo
Still starving for your shadow
In this hour born for two


Midnight Hunger

Scarlet Letters on My Soul is a slow-burning soul confessional — a whispered reckoning of love marked by guilt, longing, and irreversible touch.

Over brushed drums, velvety Rhodes, upright bass and torchlike vocals, the song unfolds like a prayer too bruised to be answered. Jazz-blues guitar and organ breathe through the verses, while punchy horns lift the chorus into emotional clarity. A vibraphone bridge slows time before the final descent into silence and surrender.


Scarlet Letters on My Soul
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(Verse 1)
I wear no chains, but I feel the weight
Of every glance that came too late
You touched me once and marked me deep
With vows too wild for me to keep

My skin is clean, but still I burn
Each step away is one return
Your name is carved in chapel stone
But it’s my heart that bears the tone


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(Pre-Chorus)
I tried to pray, I tried to hide
But grace won’t wash what’s seared inside


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(Chorus)
These scarlet letters on my soul
Ink that time can’t make whole
Branded by a holy fire
Lit by hunger, lit by choir
No absolution, no control
Just scarlet letters on my soul


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(Verse 2)
I kissed your mouth in sacred dark
Each touch a sin, each sin a spark
I swore I’d walk the narrow way
But love like this can’t learn to stay

You left with guilt and left me bare
The cross was light, but not the stare
Of all the truths I’ll never speak
It’s yours that makes my silence weak


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(Pre-Chorus)
I closed the door, I wore the veil
But you still haunt beneath the hail


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(Chorus)
These scarlet letters on my soul
Whispers carved in burning gold
I never asked to wear your flame
But now it flickers with my name
No absolution, no parole
Just scarlet letters on my soul


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(Bridge)
If love is wrong, then so am I
But saints have sinned with softer lies
And if you’d knock, I’d let you in
To write your name on me again


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(Final Chorus – stripped down)
These scarlet letters, deep and red
They live in everything I’ve said
No priest can cleanse, no law console
Just scarlet letters
on
my
soul.

Scarlet Letters on My Soul

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Fantasy

[Intro]
Oooooh ooooh
Oooooh ooooh
You don’t have to go just yet

[Verse 1]
No need to rush
It’s just us
You can't breathe
You can't trust

Lights still low
Time moves slow
We don’t talk
But I still know

[Pre-Chorus]
Stay a while
Stay a while
You look tired
Just stay a while
(oooooh ooooh)

[Chorus]
You don’t have to be okay
You don’t have to smile today
You don’t have to play it cool
I’m still here with you

(Oooooh ooooh)
Still here with you


[Verse 2]
We’ve both been
On the edge before
No need to explain
No keeping score

You lean in
Say nothing new
Still feels
Like déjà vu

[Final Chorus]
You don’t have to be okay
You don’t have to run away
You don’t need a reason why
Just stay here tonight

Oooooh ooooh
Just stay here tonight

[Outro]
Oooooh ooooh
Oooooh ooooh
Just stay awhile

Stay Awhile

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Things That Matter

Love Is a House with the Lights Left On


[Verse 1]
I don’t sleep in the bedroom we made
The sheets still hold your shape
Your name is a whisper the walls obey
Like dust that won’t get swept away

[Verse 2]
The kettle still sings at quarter to five
Like you never walked out of our life
The clock ticks soft like a lullaby
For ghosts who never said goodbye

[Chorus]
Love is a house with the lights left on
No one home, but nothing gone
Your coat’s still hanging on the chair
Like silence dressed in what you wear
And I walk through rooms we don’t belong
In love like a house with the lights left on

[Verse 3]
The mirror still fogs like you just stepped out
I talk to the steam like you’ll answer somehow
Your toothbrush leans like it misses your hand
Even the soap won’t understand

[Chorus]
Love is a house with the lights left on
It hums your name after you’re gone
A photograph that won’t sit straight
A birthday card that came too late
And I live in rooms where you’ve withdrawn
In love like a house with the lights left on

[Bridge]
No doors slammed, no shattered glass
Just the sound of time that doesn’t pass
A quiet ache, a breath held too long
A record skipping our favorite song

[Final Chorus]
Love is a house with the lights left on
The warmth remains, the warmth is wrong
I sleep beside your hollow side
Where memory keeps the bed half-alive
And I stay in rooms where you belong
In love like a house with the lights left on

Love Is a House with the Lights Left On

🕯️ “Daylight Bruise” 
A confession whispered in morning light.
“Daylight Bruise” is the postscript to a love that lingered too long —
a tender, unflinching soul ballad about self-betrayal, memory,
and the slow ache of letting go in full view of the sun.

No fireworks. No final kiss.
Just a woman, a mirror, and the silence after the fall.

☁️ Genre: Minimalist Soul / Acoustic Noir
✨ Vibe: Morning after the storm

Daylight Bruise


[Verse 1]
Sunlight's a bully through the windowpane,
Coffee’s bitter and it tastes like shame.
The mirror don’t lie, but she don’t forgive —
Shows every line I said I’d never relive.

[Chorus]
And oh, this daylight bruise, it’s a quiet thing,
Don’t scream like regret, just a slow, cold sting.
A shadow stretched from last night's sin,
Not your hand — my own — that let you in.

[Verse 2]
Your voice still echoes in the empty glass,
Lipstick smeared like a faded past.
Sheets still warm where no one lies,
I kissed the ghost and called it wise.

[Chorus 2]
And oh, this daylight bruise, it lingers low,
Not fire, not frost — just a truth I know.
A hurt that hums beneath the skin,
Not your goodbye — my yes to you again.

[Bridge] (fragile, exposed)
I can’t hate you for the part you played —
I wrote the scene and begged you to stay.
Some sins come dressed in silk and smoke,
But it’s the morning that leaves me broke.

[Final Chorus]
This daylight bruise, it don’t fade fast,
A love like ours was built to last…
But only in the dark, in rooms untrue —
Where I pretend… I’m not the bruise too.

[Outro]
A single, broken chord.
No fade out.
Just release.

Daylight Bruise

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An experiment of story-telling through sound.

Like a Baby's Held

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Nova Rae & The Vibes – Spotlight Stories (Live)

A velvet voice. A rhythm-soaked stage.
From sultry whispers to full-band fireworks — this live album takes you on a slow-burning, soul-funk journey through dimly lit bars, late-night confessions, and spotlight revelations.

Nova Rae leads with soul, swagger, and spark — every line delivered like it’s just for you.
Just one take, one night, and one voice that turns groove into soul.

Includes a special Christmas bonus track — unwrapped in rhythm, glowing with soul.

Come for the stories. Stay for the heat.
Your seat’s still warm — slide in.


Late Checkout

The Empty Chair at the Jazz Club

Verse 1 (smoky, jazzy guitar riff · vocal upfront, intimate, slight rasp)
Another night, another velvet booth.
They still pour your gin, you know?
The bartender shakes his head,
he says I’m the only loyal customer left.
I told him loyalty
is just a nice word for stuck.


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Pre-Chorus (minimal trip-hop drums enter: dusty kick, brushed snare, vinyl hiss, sidechained sub)
I swear I saw your shadow
by the exit sign, flicking ashes.
I almost called your name,
but darling, you don't answer calls
from this side of the grave.


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Hook (epic but restrained · horns swell without triumph · heavy, non-uplifting sub-bass · late phrasing)
It's just the empty chair at the jazz club,
the only kind of heartbreak I still understand.
The band plays blue, the way you always liked it,
and I'm dancing slow with your ghost again.

(Repeat Hook)


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Bridge (tempo pulls back · isolated electric piano · spoken word · audible breath)
They say time heals.
But if it did,
I’d have nothing left to drink to.

Funny thing is…
I don’t miss you.
I miss the version of me
that still waited.


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Hook (drums hit harder · full, mournful brass section · maximum sub-bass presence)
It's just the empty chair at the jazz club,
the only kind of heartbreak I still understand.
The band plays blue, the way you always liked it,
and I'm dancing slow with your ghost again.


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Outro (fade to silence · distorted vinyl scratch · weary whisper)
…Guess I'll have one more for the road.
Your road.



The Empty Chair at the Jazz Club

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