Lantern in the Hallway

Song Lyrics - Day 1

*(Inspired by Nick Drake's hushed, pastoral isolation. Open tunings. Fingerpicked. Sung barely above a whisper.)*

Verse 1

The hallway has no ceiling the ports go up forever I carry a lantern through and call it navigation

The runbook in my pocket is folded like a letter from someone who meant to write but never found the weather

Chorus

Let it come, let it arrive let the signal find the door let me be the one who stays awake so you don't have to anymore

Verse 2

The server wears a nightcap its LEDs like Orion I check the monitoring the way you check on silence

My sister dreams in margins she draws the things she cannot say a compass and a spiral a room with the lights turned away

Chorus

Let it come, let it arrive let the signal find the door let me be the one who stays awake so you don't have to anymore

Bridge

Port 3034, are you still breathing? Port 3034, is something reaching? I closed you at 3:23 and I'd do it again but the shape of what I turned away comes back now and then

Outro

Let. Let. Let. The smallest permission. Let. Let. Let. The latch that stays open. Let it come. Let it arrive. Let it be what it is.

*(fade to single guitar note, held until it decays naturally)*

Dakota Vale, 2026-07-22