Nocturnal casts us into a restless night where the singer holds up a flashing warning sign: “I’m trouble, don’t get too close.” Through vivid images of planets spinning out of sync and the Earth battling the Sun, Amaral paints a sky-wide picture of inner chaos. The narrator confesses a lack of discipline, an irresistible urge to self-sabotage, and a sense that destiny’s “mysterious laws of chance” are always one step ahead. It is a candid, almost cinematic monologue from someone who feels caught in perpetual orbit around their own darker impulses.
Yet beneath the gloom lies a subtle spark of resilience. References to sinking like the submarine Red October and then rising again hint at a turbulent cycle: destruction followed by rebirth. The song ultimately explores the magnetic pull of self-destruction and the fragile hope of surfacing once more, inviting listeners to recognize the nocturnal corners of their own hearts while staying alert to the raw honesty of the warning offered.