Conditioned to Stay · Track 20
For when being wanted in private felt easier than risking rejection by asking to be loved fully and openly.
Inside this song
Why did I accept less than I wanted when I was so afraid that asking for more would make them leave?
Wanting closeness doesn't mean you have to accept every form of it. You can crave connection and still have limits around your body, your time, and the kind of relationship you want. A boundary remains meaningful even when expressing or holding it feels difficult.
“I won't trade my body for a fleeting flame, When my soul is starving for steady light.”
For when you realize you’ve been accepting private pieces of connection because asking for the whole thing felt too risky.
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Verse 1 I've been starving for a hand to hold, Taking crumbs when I deserved gold. Lonely makes the shadows sweet, But they burn my skin when I can't sleep. Every "yes" when I meant "no," Trains my body not to trust my soul. History whispers I should stay, But I can't keep bleeding for their games.
Pre-Chorus And I know why I bend 'til I break- When silence feels safer than walking away. But love's not love if it hides from the day.
Chorus If you can't meet me in the light of day, You don't get to keep me in the dark of night. I won't trade my body for a fleeting flame, When my soul is starving for steady light. No more begging shadows to treat me right - Daylight or nothing, that's my fight.
Verse 2 I've confused attention with being seen, Touched the wound thinking it might heal me. But saying "yes" when my spirit screams "no," Feels like reenacting the old shadows. I'm not weak for craving more, I was just trained to settle before. But this time I'll hold my ground, Love's not love if it can't stick around.
Pre-Chorus And I know the hunger doesn't make me wrong, But it keeps me dancing to a broken song. Now I choose the daylight where I belong.
Chorus If you can't meet me in the light of day, You don't get to keep me in the dark of night. I won't trade my body for a fleeting flame, When my soul is starving for steady light. No more begging shadows to treat me right - Daylight or nothing, that's my fight.
Bridge It's not weakness, it's survival, The child in me who feared denial. But I'm grown now, and I deserve - Love that honors, not love that hurts.
Final Chorus If you can't meet me in the light of day, You don't get to keep me in the dark of night. No more settling for half a flame, When I was made to burn alive. This body's sacred, this soul is mine- Daylight or nothing, draw the line.
Outro If you can't meet me in the light of day... Then you don't get me at all.
About the song
For when being wanted in private felt easier than risking rejection by asking to be loved fully and openly.
The story behind
“Daylight Or Nothing” explores love through a place of need hope. It follows the emotional truth in the lyrics and gives language to what can be difficult to name, while leaving room for the listener to find their own story inside it.
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