Waves of black creeping on the streets Under pale city lights They crash against walls of concrete And quietly flood over My eyes behind this broken windowpane Are empty and dead As I wait each night for a darkness to come And hide me away From the hate of this world From the sun of this world From the life of this world From the truth of this world This black sea grows beneath me Every second more How long did I wait for this to come To wash me away I slowly fill my lungs, let the air come in One last time Got rid of all those memories, off of me Let it all go A bird stares at me, alone on a wire Its wings reflect this black mire Unable to fly away, too weak to fight The coming darkness From the hate of this world From the sun of this world From the life of this world From the truth of this world This black sea grows beneath me Every second more How long did I wait for this to come To wash me away I slowly fill my lungs, let the air come in One last time Got rid of all those memories, off of me Let it all go From the pain of this world From the threat of this world Too weak to fight The coming darkness Now it comes Under pale city lights Now it comes