Falling Like A Promise - Raven Blackthorn
Dark Cinematic Gothic Rock / Power Ballad
About
A dark, cinematic power ballad wrapped in longing, memory, and surrender. “Falling Like a Promise” feels haunted and intimate at first, then slowly rises into a massive, emotional chorus with thicker guitars, bigger drums, and a dramatic, heart-open finish. It carries Raven Blackthorne’s signature mix of gothic romance, storm-lit vulnerability, and fierce emotional weight.
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Your name is still here, in the kitchen air
Like a hymn nobody sings but it’s always there
I’ve been actin’ strong, but I ain’t been fine
Just learned how to smile on borrowed time
[Pre-Chorus]
Every road I take
Ends up back at you
Like my heart never learned
Another truth
[Chorus]
I’m fallin’ like a promise
I was scared to keep
Fallin’ like a sunrise
Over miles of memory
If love’s a fire, let it burn me
If it’s a river, let it pull me through
Yeah I’m fallin’… fallin’ into you
[Verse 2]
I tried new towns, new sounds, new faces
Still felt your ghost in the safest places
And every “maybe” I held too tight
Turns into you in the middle of night
[Bridge] [strip to piano, then build]
Say the word and I’ll come undone
I’m tired of runnin’ from what I want
[Final Chorus] [Ad-Lib Outro]
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Details
BPM
78
Key
C Minor
Mood
Haunting, yearning, emotional, romantic, dramatic, rising
Duration
3:50
Genre
Dark Cinematic Gothic Rock / Power Ballad