Love On Halloween (Between Saints and Souls) by Gloria Buono-Daly © 2025

[Intro] 
Halloween, my favorite holiday, 
Oh, how I love my Halloween.
Last year, on Halloween, I was at that place
Where music lifts the red roof off,
Feeling music, love, and memory
Wrap around the room… 
We’re all a little masked,
A little hidden,
Sometimes playful,
Sometimes unsure… 

[Verse 1] 
“Take off your mask,” it’s not Halloween, 
They laugh— 
But sometimes, that is your face.
From far away, you look so sure, 
Up close, you shift, you change. 
Maybe truth’s a kind of trick, 
And love, a sweet charade. 
We all play ghosts of who we are, 
Afraid to fade.

 [Pre-Chorus] 
It’s the night before the saints are named, 
And the souls are softly called.
Between the living and the shadows, 
Truth feels small…

[Chorus] 
Don’t take off your mask tonight, 
It’s safer when you gleam.
What’s really real, what’s in between— 
The silence or the dream… 
Ghosts cry boo-hoo-hoo-hoo...
Owls ask who-who-who-who… 
And I still can’t see through you…

[Verse 2] 
They say appearances deceive, 
But maybe they protect. 
We wear what keeps us shining 
From the cracks we can’t correct. 
I thought I saw your Truest self, 
But maybe that was mine— reflected in a mirror, 
Blurred in borrowed time...

 [Bridge] 
“Take off your mask,” they tease again, 
But what if we can’t bear 
The rawness of the faces 
Hiding underneath the air… 
Between the saints and the souls, 
We learn what love conceals— 
How laughter hides the loneliness 
That only truth reveals….

[Final Chorus] 
Don’t take off your mask tonight, 
The world’s not ready yet. 
The dawn may bring forgiveness,
But the dark can’t forget…. 
Ghosts cry boo-hoo-hoo-hoo…
Owls ask who-who-who-who... 
And maybe I’m masked, too…

[Outro] 
Tomorrow brings the saints, 
Then the souls who softly stay— 
But Halloween, we’re somewhere in between, 
Pretending life away… 
“Take off your mask,” they say— 
But maybe this is me, 
In love, in doubt, 
On Halloween…

[Final Outro]

We dance between both,

On Halloween

Between saints and souls.

And that night, I knew for sure—

I don’t just love that man..
He is part of who I am…
Who I want, I got to be…
And something in me…
Will always carry that soul of him,
I’ll take Love On Halloween…

[instrumental fade out]

Wooohoo..hoo...hoo...oooo....oooo...oooo...oooo 

 Wooohoo..hoo...hoo...oooo....oooo...oooo...oooo

 Wooohoo..hoo...hoo...oooo....oooo...oooo...oooo

  [end of song]