Hello, darkness, my old friend
I’ve come to talk with you again
I have nothing here to sell you
Just some things that I will tell you
Some things I know will chill you to the bone
I can still feel the breeze that rustles through the trees
And misty memories of days gone by
But we could never see tomorrow…
No one told us about the sorrow
The grass in the valley is starting to die
And out in the darkness the whippoorwills cry
I can’t spell away this hurt
That’s dripping down my cheek
My pouring tears
Are running wild
All I hear is the sound of rain falling on the ground
I sit and watch as tears go by
It’s plain to see
The sun won’t shine today
But [I’m not] in the mood
For sunshine anyway
Now the clouds have covered o’er
And the wind is blowing cold
I don’t need anybody
Because I learned to be alone.
…
I can’t remember anything
Can’t tell if this is true or dream
Deep down inside I feel the scream
This terrible silence stops me
Words like violence
Break the silence
Come crashing in…
Painful to me
Pierce right through me
I’m not half the man I used to be
There’s a shadow hanging over me
Oh, yesterday came suddenly
You remember the faces, the places, the names
You know it’s never over, it’s relentless as the rain
In the town of broken dreams
The streets are filled with regret
I’ve only sad stories to tell this town
My dreams have withered and died
Now those memories come back to haunt me
They haunt me like a curse
Is a dream a lie if it [doesn’t] come true
Or is it something worse?
I fall to pieces
Time only adds to the flame
And goodnight to the street sweepers
The night watchmen flame keepers
That hollow place where martyrs weep
And angels play with sin.
…
So, you think you can tell Heaven from Hell
Blue skies from pain?
I don’t build up illusion till it makes me sick
[I’m not] afraid of confusion, no matter how thick
Why does the sun go on shining?
Why does the sea rush to shore?
And the sunlight shining through the crack in the window pane
Numbs my brain, oh Lord
Life is but a memory
Happened long ago
Theatre full of sadness
For a long forgotten show
Time has a way of taking time
Loneliness is not only felt by fools
Alone, I call to ease the pain,
“Hello emptiness, I feel like I could die”
Emptiness
Is a place you’re in
With nothing to lose
But no more to win
Emptiness is filling me to the point of agony
Growing darkness taking dawn
I was me, but now he’s gone
No, I can’t forget tomorrow
When I think of all my sorrow
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door, I must have it painted black
Accidentally like a martyr
The hurt gets worse and the heart gets harder.
…
[I’ve] used up all [my] coupons except the one…
Written on [my] wrist
Along with several thousand dreams
I’m sinking in the quicksand of my thought
And I [don’t have] the power anymore
I’m so hard to handle
I’m selfish and I’m sad
I’m beat, I’m torn
Shattered and tossed and worn
I could live a little better with the myths and the lies
When the darkness broke in
I just broke down and cried
I wear this crown of shit
Upon my liar’s chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
No one knows what it’s like
To be hated
To be fated to telling only lies
And there’s a taste in my mouth
As desperation takes hold
Above me a bird slowly crawls across the sky
Why is there nothing now to do but die?
I tried and failed and I’m tired and weary
Everything I ever [did] was wrong
And I feel like going home
I was shivering inside…
I was swallowing my pain
I said, Mother I’m frightened
The thunder and the lightning
I’ll never come through this alone
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Ice frozen six feet deep
How long does it take?
Now in darkness, world stops turning.
