Milk and Mercury

Milk and Mercury

Drifting

Story Behind The Song

Inspired by the universal experience of attraction that overrides reason - moments when we're pulled toward someone or something despite our better judgment. The moth metaphor emerged as a way to capture that specific quality of being drawn to warmth and light while sensing danger, but being unable to resist regardless. Written to evoke the same haunting, suspended-in-time quality as "Wicked Game."

Song Description

A slow-building, cinematic indie pop-rock ballad exploring the helpless magnetism of dangerous attraction. The narrator recognizes they should turn away but finds themselves continuously drawn closer, using the moth-and-light metaphor to capture the mix of beauty and peril in forbidden or ill-advised desire. Spacious production with tremolo guitar and breathy male vocals creates an intimate, nocturnal atmosphere suitable for reflective romantic scenes.

Song Length 3:56 Genre Rock - Alternative, Pop - Dreampop
Tempo Very Slow (Under 70) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Poignant Subject Attracted, Crush, Will
Similar Artists Chris Isaak, Cigarettes After Sex Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

[VERSE 1]
There's a glow around you, soft and quiet,
A light I never meant to follow.
But something in the dark keeps pushing me
Closer than I should go.

[PRE-CHORUS]
I tell myself to turn away,
But every part of me still leans your way...

[CHORUS]
Like a moth to the light,
I can't pull back.
I know I should run,
But I keep drifting in.

[VERSE 2]
Your warmth moves through the room like a whisper,
A pull I don't know how to fight.
I try to hide inside the shadows,
But you keep turning toward my sight.

[PRE-CHORUS]
I promise I won't fall again--
Then you breathe, and I forget.

[CHORUS]
Like a moth to the light,
I can't pull back.
I know I should run,
But I keep drifting in.

[BRIDGE]
Maybe it's danger,
Maybe it's fate...
But something in your glow
Won't let me escape.

[FINAL CHORUS]
Like a moth to the light,
I can't pull back.
I know I should run,
But I keep drifting in.

Lyrics Britnie Carlson © 2025 Music Britnie Carlson
Producer Britnie Carlson Performance Milk and Mercury

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