For those who don’t know me, my name is Daun, and I’m the founder of Midnight Reverie. Every song released under Midnight Reverie is written by me, and each one represents a piece of my life, my experiences, and the emotions that have shaped who I am.

My first album, Journey’s End, was released in 2023 and told the story of my life up to the birth of my son. Many of those songs had actually been written years earlier and lived quietly in my Google Docs before becoming part of the album. Songs like “Mask of Deception,” “Beautiful Disaster,” and “Shattered but Standing” captured different chapters of that journey.

Now, I’ve finished my newest album:

DEATH OF CUPID

This album is much more personal. It tells the story of loneliness, heartbreak, love, fear, trust, and what happens when someone who has spent so much time trying to protect others begins to lose faith in being saved themselves.

“Endless Abyss” opens the album with that feeling of staring into an endless void—the kind of loneliness where some days it feels like you’re looking into nothing and wondering if anything is looking back.

“No Longer Superman” is an admission that I can’t always be everyone’s protector. No matter how hard I try to save or protect the people around me, sometimes I end up being the one who gets hurt.

“Death of Cupid” represents my frustration and loss of faith in love itself. Sometimes it feels like Cupid has missed me so many times that maybe he was never aiming in my direction at all.

“Shattered Stars” looks back at the relationships that ended in betrayal, dishonesty, and heartbreak. It’s the feeling of having your heart shattered so completely that the pieces might as well have been scattered among the stars.

“The Moon Still Hears Me” is about loving someone who feels impossibly far away. It’s about longing for that person so deeply that, when they aren’t there, the moon becomes the only thing left to hear you calling for them.

“Savior in White” was originally written with my cousin, Dan Angel. It represents the part of me that has always wanted to protect the people I love. But it also deals with the painful realization that sometimes you can’t save everyone. Watching someone you love hurt or suffer while being powerless to stop it is its own kind of pain.

That leads directly into “Black Knight.”

The Savior in White wanted to protect everyone from darkness. The Black Knight has become something different. Instead of trying to destroy that darkness, he carries it. He takes on the pain of the people around him, even when doing so comes at a cost.

“Savior in White — Encore” brings those two versions of myself together. It’s a reimagining of the original song, with the Black Knight I’ve become speaking to the Savior in White I used to be.

“Being Alone” came from something much simpler and more difficult to admit: I feel alone a lot. I have friends and people I care about, but there are still moments when I wonder whether, in the end, I’m going to die alone.

“One Light” shifts the focus toward hope. Children are our future. Whatever happens to us and whatever battles we fight, that future is worth protecting. There always needs to be a light left burning for the generation that comes after us.

“Goodbye…” came from one of my lowest moments. I was hurting, exhausted, and overwhelmed enough that I wanted to put those feelings into words. The song became a way of expressing what I couldn’t otherwise say.

“Cruel Fate” deals with the fear that maybe love simply isn’t meant for me—that I’m somehow fated to never find it or incapable of holding onto it.

“Pain” confronts the fear underneath so much of this album: heartbreak, loneliness, and the possibility of dying without ever finding the kind of lasting love that means so much to me.

Then comes “Silver Symphony.”

After so much darkness, I wanted something that allowed me to look back at everything I’ve survived with a little more light. It’s a moment of reflection and positivity—a reminder that even painful experiences can become part of something meaningful.

Eventually, the album reaches one of the roots behind much of that pain with “Because She Cheats.” It came from loving someone who betrayed me. What made it harder was that we had been friends before we became something more, only for the relationship—and eventually the friendship itself—to disappear.

Finally, there is “The Road Less Traveled.”

It’s about being tired of carrying all of this pain. It’s about being emotionally cut deeply, struggling to trust love again, and realizing that there are only a handful of people I truly trust.

But it’s also about continuing forward.

It’s about the idea behind the footprints in the sand—that sometimes, when you don’t believe you have the strength to keep walking, you’re being carried through the hardest part of the journey.

I didn’t write Death of Cupid because I wanted sympathy.

I wrote it because I needed somewhere for these emotions to exist.

I needed to hear my own pain reflected back at me through music.

These songs are pieces of heartbreak, loneliness, love, anger, fear, hope, and ultimately survival. If you’ve ever felt alone, questioned whether love was real, tried to carry everyone else’s pain, or wondered whether you had enough strength left to keep going, maybe you’ll hear a little bit of yourself in these songs too.

Below you’ll find Death of Cupid in the order I intended the story to be heard.

If the album connects with you, please listen, share it, and follow Midnight Reverie on SoundCloud.

Founder & Songwriter
Midnight Reverie

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