Darkness

...

Take me to that place where darkness reigns
it's the only place where I can truly see

My life is littered with shadows
they seem to follow me
swallow me

swallow me

in the darkness of your mind
the darkness of your past

engulf me in a thousand lost nights
of all your shattered dreams

Tell me all your dirty secrets
show me all your stains
wrap me in the soiled clothing of your past
hidden
like the only dress you ever owned
the one worn inside-out and back-to-front

Strip me of this long black coat
woven from years of silence
and the sound of drinking alone
this coat that strangles me
cloaks my voice
and chokes my tongue

Set me free in the night-time
of your darkest desires

Our wardrobes both could tell some lurid tales
our naked bodies - even more
but let's fling open the doors of our minds
read what's underneath this skin of ours

I want you to see the world
through my bruised eyes
and tell you why my bleeding face
once blinded me

to love

Let's flip the switch
on the brighter side of life
sunshine, flowers, and childhood innocence
long gone
they can't teach me a thing
and I don't want to learn
I want to study your night sky

Unleash the thunder
rumbling in your troubled heart
I'll drench you in the stormclouds of my mind
Let's wash ourselves
down each others darkened streams

Tonight would be the perfect night
for the sky is as black as our souls
The moon and stars have hand-clouds over their eyes
over their ears

Let's start life anew
Let's start life from the mountaintops
and ride each other
down
our dirty rivers
until we splash into the darkness of the sea

It will stop us dreaming of ...

what never was

what can never be

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