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DarkHorse::NightMare


DarkHorse::NightMare

 

This is the space between my eyes

This is the slowly rising tide

Hear the voices in my head

Listen, don't listen

Brilliant stars are burning bright

Glisten, don't glisten

 

When they ask me if I ever see things

This is what I always say

Maybe I think I had a dark horse

But then they all just ran away

 

Listen to the nothingness in my head

Chase it down and let it spread

Hearing these voices in my mind

Silence, be silent

Silvery fish swims far away

I am loving this darkness

 

When they ask me if I ever see things

This is what I always say

Maybe I think I had a dark horse

But then they all just ran away

 

Turn off the lights and leave this town

Must I forget the jeweled crown?

Hearing the whisper in my ear:

"I am still here"

See all the floating lights that shine

Are they mine, still mine?

Is it such a crime?

 

When they ask me if I ever see things

This is what I always say

Maybe I think I had a dark horse

But then they all just ran away

 

Cold hands taunt and wave away

(Pull me back to life)

Blink and the meaning all goes by

--lying through the eye--

Creatures from many sleepless nights

--where do they go?--

Coming out to play

--come out and play!

 

When they ask me if I ever see things

This is what I always say

Maybe I think I had a dark horse

But then they all just ran away

 

Voice on the left beats till the music ends

Voice on the right cries out in pain

You see the port has all the cannons

So is the fighting all in vain?

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