Living in the shadows Live a life of sins Now you feel the pressure There ain't no giving in Do you ever wonder Do you ever think What may lie beyond you What's the missing link Will you enter the paradise Will you see the light What is your destination Your eyes will see - eternal dark There ain't no use behaving Life can never change There ain't no book to guide you You're desperate to the range Why do you listen To the holy man Satan will take you The only one who can Will you enter the paradise Will you see the light What is your destination Your eyes will see - eternal dark Living in the shadows Live a life of sins Now you feel the pressure There ain't no giving in Do you ever wonder Do you ever think What may lie beyond you What's the missing link

Hot air hangs like a dead man From a white oak tree People sitting on porches Thinking how things used to be Dark night It's a dark night Dark night It's a dark night The neighborhood was changing Strangers moving in A new boy fell for a local girl When she made eyes at him She was young and pretty No stranger to other men But windows were being locked at night Old lines were drawn again I thought these things Didn't matter anymore I thought all that blood Had been shed long ago Dark night It's a dark night He took her to the outskirts And pledged his love to her They thought it was their secret But someone knew where they were He held her so close He asked about her dreams When a bullet from a passing car Made the young girl scream I thought these things Didn't happen anymore I thought all that blood Had been shed long ago Dark night It's a dark night Dark night It's a dark night

We are not our bodies We are not our minds Halls of black mirrors Struggling to find If we could just witness Some truth in it all Under the cold moon The dark night of the soul Mind, body and spirit are drawn to the flame Let the light and the candle be one in the same Finally see you aren't stuck in one place Sit back behind it in infinite space Trembling hands, tender embrace Shadows merge from the fire, paint a skull on your face Afraid of the truth, afraid of the fear Afraid of the feelings that guided you here in the dark In the dark We are not our bodies We are not our minds Halls of black mirrors Struggling to find If we could just witness Some truth in it all Under the cold moon The dark night of the soul Breathe in the smoke, fell through the floor Passed through the veil, opened the door Seething and angry, raw energy Another dimension has it's claws in me Feminine venomous, I felt afraid The caverns I entered, I never escaped I don't believe in bad trips, there's something to glean Came back to this world, but if felt like a dream in the dark In the dark We are not our bodies We are not our minds Halls of black mirrors Struggling to find If we could just witness Some truth in it all Under the cold moon The dark night of the soul We are not our bodies We are not our minds Halls of black mirrors Struggling to find If we could just witness Some truth in it all Under the cold moon The dark night of the soul The dark night of the soul The dark night of the soul The dark night of the soul The dark night of the soul

Tunnel vision at blinding speed Controlling my thoughts, obsessing me Void of any uncertainty Throughout my very soul Lost illusions of mind control Resisting all hope of letting go Racing impulse of dark desire Drives me through the night I try to shut it down It leaves me in the dust No matter what I've found I can never get enough Frantic actions of insanity Impulsive laced profanity Long for elusive serenity Way out of my control Traveling through both space and time Out of body, out of mind Out of control My wheels in constant motion Spinning round and round it goes I can't let up, I can't let go Can't stop this flame from burning Forever more, into the night, blistering Focus here, focus there Cannot see the light Falling down through the night Sprawling everywhere Searching left, searching right Panic setting in I can no longer fight When will this end? Accelerate, dislocate Set to crash and burn Haven't got time to waste Not planning to return Aggravate, agitate When will I ever learn? There's no way out of here Nowhere to turn Obsessive yearning Compulsive burning Still never learning Insane random thoughts of neat disorder Scattered wasteland surrounding me Tattered memories of what used to be Apocalyptic mind debris Until we meet again Traveling through both space and time Out of body, out of mind Out of control My wheels in constant motion Spinning round and round it goes I can't let up, I can't let go Can't stop this flame from burning Forever more, into the night, blistering Traveling through both space and time Out of body, out of mind Out of control My wheels in constant motion Spinning round and round it goes I can't let up, I can't let go Can't stop this flame from burning Can't stop the wheels from turning Traveling through both space and time You get yours and I got mine Out of control My wheels in constant motion Spinning round and round it goes I can't let up, I can't let go Can't stop this flame from burning Forever more, into the night, blistering

To rise, to fall To hurt, to hate To want, to wait To heal, to save Can't hear it, we fear it Awareness won't come near it Distractive, reactive Disguised in spite of time I never bared my emotion My passion always strong I never lost my devotion But somewhere fate went wrong Can't let them rape me again Your venom's not family here Won't let them fill me with Fatalistic remedies What if the rest of the world Was hopelessly blinded by fear? Where would my sanctity live? Suddenly nobody cares It's never enough You're wasting your time Isn't there something I could say? You don't understand You're closing me out How can we live our lives this way? You tell me I'm wrong I'm risking my life Still, I have nothing in return I show you my hands You don't see the scars Maybe you'll leave me here to burn What if the rest of the world Was hopelessly drowning in vain? Where would our self pity run? Suddenly everyone cares Blood... heal me Fear... change me Belief will always save me Blood... swearing Fear... staring Conviction made aware Give up on misery Turn your back on dissent Leave their distrust behind Wash your hands of regret Do you feel you don't know me anymore? And do you feel I'm afraid of your love? And how come you don't want me asking? And how come my heart's not invited? You say you want everyone happy Well, we're not laughing And how come you don't understand me? And how come I don't understand you? Thirty years say we're in this together So open your eyes People in prayer for me Everyone there for me Sometimes I feel I should face this alone My soul exposed It calms me to know that I won't Blood... heal me Fear... change me Belief will always save me Blood... swearing Fear... staring Conviction made aware Give up on misery Turn your back on dissent Leave their distrust behind Wash your hands of regret Blood... heal me Fear... change me Belief will always save me Blood... swearing Fear... staring Conviction made aware Learning from misery Staring back at dissent Leaving distrust behind I'm inspired and content

He seemed no different from the rest Just a healthy normal boy His mama always did her best And he was daddy's pride and joy He learned to walk and talk on time But never cared much to be held And steadily he would decline Into his solitary shell As a boy he was considered somewhat odd Kept to himself most of the time He would daydream in and out of his own world But in every other way he was fine He's a Monday morning lunatic Disturbed from time to time Lost within himself In his solitary shell A temporary catatonic Madman on occasion When will he break out Of his solitary shell He struggled to get through his day He was helplessly behind He poured himself onto the page Writing for hours at a time As a man he was a danger to himself Fearful and sad most of the time He was drifting in and out of sanity But in every other way he was fine He's a Monday morning lunatic Disturbed from time to time Lost within himself In his solitary shell A momentary maniac With casual delusions When will he be let out Of his solitary shell