Under the Yellow Lamp Lyrics

Track 11. Under the Yellow Lamp

Under the Yellow Lamp—JULY 1989

[Verse 1]

The city slows, the silence blooms.

I find new worlds inside my room.

A yellow lamp keeps watch all night.

It warms the dark with gentle light.

My notebook waits with open hands.

One tiny thought becomes new plans.

The clock moves on, but I don't chase.

Each quiet breath gives dreams their place.

[Pre-Chorus]

They say I'm only losing sleep.

They never see what midnight keeps.

The night has never been my cage.

It lets my restless mind engage.

[Chorus]

Under the yellow lamp I stay.

Where dreams are never far away.

I overthink, then breathe it through.

My waking dreams become my truth.

I write the words daylight can't find.

I chase the echoes in my mind.

While all the world is fast asleep.

The night is mine alone to keep.

[Verse 2]

A poem finds a melody.

A question grows inside of me.

A sketch becomes a brighter view.

A line of code begins anew.

I read until the pages turn.

My midnight thoughts begin to burn.

I build tomorrow, page by page.

The night becomes my quiet stage.

[Pre-Chorus]

I close my eyes but stay awake.

To hear the sound the silence makes.

The darker grows the evening sky.

The more my heart remembers why.

[Chorus]

Under the yellow lamp I stay.

Where dreams are never far away.

I overthink, then breathe it through.

My waking dreams become my truth.

I write the words daylight can't find.

I chase the echoes in my mind.

While all the world is fast asleep.

The night is mine alone to keep.

[Bridge]

Each heart is drawn toward its own light.

Mine softly glows through every night.

I meditate until I'm still.

The silence bends into my will.

[Final Chorus]

Under the yellow lamp I stand.

With hope alive in both my hands.

I overthink, then let it go.

And watch another dreamlight grow.

From poems into melodies.

From questions into memories.

When morning paints the window gold.

My midnight story has been told.

Album: Under the Yellow Lamp (2026)