Longing

Though the pitch black darkness surrounds me, sleep will never wash over my soul

Twisting an turning restlessly, I ponder and wonder what's wrong with me

I am an old man and I get what I want, but what I really want I cannot have

There is no amount I wouldn't pay, please tell me what's your going fee

It drives me crazy and I'm going to lose it, please I beg you to stop this insanity!

Happiness is the one true key

A rap from above sends me turning about; there is an unseen ghost in this dark lonely house

From the window there comes a flash of black feathers, at once a magpie is upon my dead body

This bird will become the bearer of my death; it mocks and destroys me in heart

This bird reflects my one true being, I myself am my one true enemy

You sit there watching, forever watching, tell me what you want from me!

Happiness is the one true key

What can I do to make this right; I have traveled down the wrong path of life

I long for you to touch my heart, please relieve this anguish, I beg of thee

You fly towards me and rip and scream, you are the last thing I shall ever see

It is too late to repent my sins; you fly away with the soul of my body

I was self absorbed and was a greedy old man, and in the end greed got the best of me

Happiness is the one true key