I've known true anguish I've once felt light A broken spirit, I stand alone ♪ My fortress of one ♪ The past has brought me back to this place I'm drifting lifeless once again Lost beneath a shroud of night The sun's warm rays never in my sight This taste of black on my tongue Can't erase the things I've done ♪ My fortress of guilt ♪ I hate what I am No pain is greater than the truth ♪ This pounding, pounding in my head I cannot let them in My inner demons taunting me I must not lead them here
Lead me out of the light Bring me into the... Darkness creeping close to me I feel its numbing grasp I know its cold emphatic call I cannot break its spell ♪ Lead me into the dark Bring me closer to ♪ Malignant spirits have entered my soul Let the darkness come inside again ♪ Departing life My tormented soul Submit and die Let the darkness in