Phone glow bruise on my face in the dark
Seat back, skyline lookin’ like static art
Mint gum half melted in the car tray
Lost track where the fuck did the time stray

I don’t chase highs they just catch up
I don’t look up stars still show up
Headlights blink like déjà vu
Same street brand new mood

Cash low hope high
Every night retry
Cool mask warm mind
My truth stays offline

We don’t stay the same we just stay around
Music loud enough to drown but not be found
If home’s a place I ain’t been in a while
Mirror callin’ me by my real name no smile

Glass doors slide cold air on my wrist
People pass through me like mist
Eyes say hi but minds resist
I’m every version I’ve dismissed

Close my eyes I’m wide awake
Promise lies I still remake
Close my eyes I’m wide awake
Same mistake different ache

Let the neon talk I’m just listenin’
Every color preaching new religion
Heart beats under quiet conditions
Timing off but vision vivid

City feels like somebody’s pulse
Every block got secret cults
Everybody hiding same results
We all feel more real when we’re false

My dreams got overtime
No breaks no warning signs
I’m lost but aligned
Wrong page right timeline

If I fall tonight I won’t announce
I’ll just fade into the background sounds
Maybe purpose finds me on the rebound
Maybe silence speaks when I’m not around

Close my eyes I’m wide awake
Promise lies I still remake
Close my eyes I’m wide awake
Same mistake different ache

Drive slow so my thoughts catch up
Eyes low but stars look up
Not broken just unbuttoned
Life’s loud I stay uncaptioned

Demo (Beginning)

Air dry like prayers unanswered
Late dues stacking like commandments
Caffeine communion every morning
Amen faith dormant

Blue light chapels, I’m kneeling
Timeline hymns keep repeating
City halos charging for healing
Where’s the grace I’m seeking

Phone face down like repentance
Every ping another temptation
I ghost God with hesitation
But beg for divine validation

Saint or sinner
Same design

Hope stretch thin like rosaries
Deliveries pending 배송지
Netflix sermons pretending
My soul ain’t buffering gently

Slow flame devotion flicker
세례받은 ambition bitter
Reruns baptize me quicker
Scriptures lost in Twitter

Laugh like church bells fractured
Humor overtaxed, captured
Prophet of potential
Promises back-ordered, fractured

Saint or sinner
Same design
Same design

Jealous angels eye my sneakers
Like blessings come in triple stitch
Halo hanging off my beanie
Holiness fits better with drip

Saint Laurent salvation
Chrome Hearts on vacation
Cross on my chest
But it’s more decoration

Heaven scrolling my selfies
Like damn he’s doing okay
Calling God collect
But the flex too loud to pray

Saint or sinner
I’m the same design

기대란 병, pilgrim ache
Faith goes blank holy mistake
Something divine dialing my fate
연락 yet again too late

Heart cathedral
No stained glass glow
Waiting for a God
Who won’t show

Fine is a counterfeit grace
Gets carded at the gates
Gets denied, replaced
Face out of place

I don’t split the difference
I am the difference
Blessings backordered
But I keep persistence

Duality fitted
Tailored existence
One soul, two instincts
Holy resistance

Saint or sinner

Saint or sinner
Same design
I’m the same design

Saint or sinner
Still mine
Still mine

Saint or sinner
Same design

Fine fine fine fine
Same design
Same design

Saint or Sinner

Streetlights like a river running underneath my tires
Leaning out the window just to feel a little higher
Headphones on and all the noise just fades away
I’m finding quiet in the places that I used to chase

Ooh, just floating with the city
Ooh, no rush, no worries
I like the way this feels

Quiet glow, I let it show
Breathing easy as I go
Silver skies in stereo
Moving where the night is slow
Quiet glow, I’m in control
Taking care of what I know
City soft and shining low
Moving where the night is slow

Neon on the pavement like a watercolor dream
Staying in the moment where the calm runs clean
Don’t need anybody just to set the tone
Got a little peace I can call my own

Ooh, just floating with the city
Ooh, no rush, no worries
I like the way this feels

Quiet glow, I let it show
Breathing easy as I go
Silver skies in stereo
Moving where the night is slow
Quiet glow, I’m in control
Taking care of what I know
City soft and shining low
Moving where the night is slow

Moonlight staying up for me like it knows my name
I don’t need a destination when the vibe’s this same
If tomorrow wants to call, I’ll take it nice and slow
Cause tonight I’m living in the afterglow

Lights reflect, I find my pace
Nothing lost in quiet space
Every breath a sweet escape
I’m okay, I’m okay

Quiet glow, I let it show
Breathing easy as I go
Silver skies in stereo
Moving where the night is slow
Quiet glow, I’m in control
Taking care of what I know
City soft and shining low
Moving where the night is slow

Quiet Glow

어느 순간부터 모든 게 시시해졌다.
좋아하던 일도, 사람도, 계절도.
시간은 흘렀지만, 다시 뜨거워지지 않았다.

사람들은 다른 사람의 열정에 끌린다고 말하지만
내 불꽃은 오래전에 다 타버려 재만 남았다.

뜨거웠던 시절엔 내가 뱉는 말이 누군가를 다치게 할까 두려워했고,
말들을 삼키다 보니 내 안쪽이 서서히 데어버렸다.
사랑받기 어려운 온도라 더 차가워졌고,
적당히 미지근해져서 조금은 평범해졌다.

그런 날들을 지나며 썼다.
‘싱그러움은 이제 없어’


Lyrics, Composed, Mixed & Mastered by 재서

싱그러움은 이제 없어

You wear Chanel No 5 again
Smells like love I can’t defend
Your heels click soft in midnight time
그대 웃음 half divine

You laugh in lace and cigarette smoke
I play the fool in second-hand hopes
Your coat’s Dior, your eyes say stay
하지만 난 또 fade away

La-la-love me, 천천히
Round and round, just you and me
If it’s spring, I’ll never know
La-la-love me, don’t let go

We talk like models off the clock
You pose, I pray the flash will stop
추억 같아 this cafe glow
My heart hums slow like old echo

You hum a tune in Prada shade
I’m stitched in dreams that time won’t save
Your charm’s couture, my heart’s undone
밤이 오면 you still run

La-la-love me, spin me slow
Round and round the feelings sew
If the thread begins to show
La-la-love me, don’t let go

Maybe grace is just good lighting
사랑은 fitting’s timing
Every vow’s a borrowed trend
Every heart must stitch again

So la-la-love me, fade me low
In this velvet season’s glow

Velvet Season

You talk slick with that cherry lip
Flip your hair like a movie clip
Faded Nike sweats, you slide on beat
Saying 괜찮아 then kiss your teeth

Your perfume hits like after hours
Lines you drop come sweet then sour
You laugh low like you know the game
Smile that hides what you won’t explain

You move close like you’re reading me
Soft voice tilted with irony
You say don’t fall but you pull me in
Good intentions wearing thin

Kiss me once, kiss me twice
Love feels soft and sugar light
Kiss me once, kiss me twice
You’re my trouble, you’re my vice

Kiss me once, kiss me twice
Love feels soft and sugar light
Kiss me once, kiss me twice
You’re my trouble, you’re my vice

Late night taxi, your phone face down
You say 아니야 with your eyes down
Gold hoop earrings, your voice on tilt
Pretty lies wrapped up in silk

You press close like a midnight dare
Perfume ghost still in your hair
Half truth grin that you always wear
Sweet talk heavy like you’re saying a prayer

You breathe slow like a beat about to drop
Say you’re done but you never stop
Every line that you improvise
Feels like gospel in disguise

Kiss me once, kiss me twice
Love feels soft and sugar light
Kiss me once, kiss me twice
You’re my trouble, you’re my vice

Kiss me once, kiss me twice
Love feels soft and sugar light
Kiss me once, kiss me twice
You’re my trouble, you’re my vice

Late night habits, lips on fire
You say stay like a backup choir
If we crash then we crash on beat
Two lost kids in designer heat

Kiss me once, kiss me twice
Love feels soft and sugar light
Kiss me once, kiss me twice
You’re my trouble, you’re my vice

Kiss me once, kiss me twice
Love feels soft and sugar light
Kiss me once, kiss me twice
You’re my trouble, you’re my vice

Say you’re done then pull me slow
Some goodbyes don’t wanna go

Kiss Me

Red curtain sighs, spotlight hums low
We know our lines, still steal the show
Your smile rehearsed, my hands remember
Every act feels like last December

They’ll quote us like it’s Casablanca
Black and white hearts in the frame
We’re golden age in technicolor drama
Different reels, same flame

Line by line, we fall in tune
Same old play beneath the moon
Curtain up, we play it through
The stage between me and you

Old piano hums, the velvet shakes
We pour champagne on our mistakes
You bow too soon, I miss my mark
We both shine better in the dark

They’ll write us down like Gone with the Wind
Beautiful lies we improvise
Your gaze feels like a closing scene
Cut to black before goodbyes

Line by line, we fall in tune
Same old play beneath the moon
Curtain up, we play it through
The stage between me and you

Lights fade slow, I still hear the crowd
Names in gold, but hearts too loud
Maybe truth is just good timing
And grace is how we keep smiling

Line by line, we find what’s true
Not every script was meant for two
Curtain down, but I see through
The stage between me and you

My love, curtain’s low
But I still glow

Line By Line

You breathe slow like a midnight hymn
Soft as a secret trimmed on the brim
Your scent hangs close like a whispered sin
가지 마, drifting warm and thin

Gold cufflinks flash when you turn my way
Balmain lapel in the smoky sway
Your voice cuts quiet through velvet air
돌아와, like a silent dare

Shadows lean in when you call my name
Low like a gamble, sharp like a flame
You say don’t stay, but you hold me still
Soft contradiction bending your will

Round and round, the room turns slow
Lights fall soft like afterglow
Round and round, you pull me near
Love hits quiet, crystal clear

Your glass tilts slow with a crimson pour
Baccarat shine on the marble floor
A half smile hides what you never say
Don't let go, fading as you sway

Tom Ford shadows on your skin tonight
Eyes like embers under yellow light
You move like trouble dressed in gold
기억해, slipping soft and cold

Sweet on the tongue but sharp inside
You love in riddles you never hide
You say don’t fall, but your hands insist
Two soft lies in a single kiss

Round and round, the room turns slow
Lights fall soft like afterglow
Round and round, you pull me near
Love hits quiet, crystal clear

Smoke curls up like a whispered vow
Soft devotion breaking now
If this ends with a shattered tune
Let it fade under neon moon

Round and round, the room turns slow
Lights fall soft like afterglow
Round and round, you pull me near
Love hits quiet, crystal clear

이 밤 끝에 너만 남아
돌아와도 괜찮아
난 여전히 그 자리야

Round and Round

Quiet seats, the lights go low
Every heartbeat still echoes slow
Golden dust falling through the air
Feels like no one’s really there

Curtain falls, but I’m still shining
Every ending needs refining
Hold this song past closing time
Stay a moment past the line

Empty rows like a midnight train
Soft footsteps echo through the frame
Silhouette caught in silver glow
Some goodbyes just end too slow

Curtain falls, but I’m still trying
Every close leaves something crying
If we fade then fade in time
Leave the echo, keep the rhyme

I’ll be here when the lights all go
밤이 끝나도

Curtain Falls

Kalvin Kim
Experimenting through genres and sound.

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