No more of my darkness
All my Technicolor dreams
Seem to fade to black and white pictures
I�m growing tired as time stands still before me
Now I�m frozen here on the ladder of my life
It seems I�m slowly slipping away
And I�m too late to save myself from falling
Now trapped on the borderline
This whiskey�s going dry
The guy in the other corner is a vagabond king
He�s wearing a styrofoam crown over his heart
And I wonder if I might end up the same
The waitress� smile is crooked
And she�s giving me the eye
I might have said Yeah!
But this bar�s a hangover
And things are not what they seem
As I close this door
I head for the warmth of home
But my journey entails a walk through the cold depths of society
Walking along the street
A dummy in the showcase mimics me
As my pupils size increases
I saw my reflection in the window
And didn�t know my own face
I couldn�t even tell what I felt
Being so unrecognisable to myself
In the brief second before I go my way
I ponder on if I should capitulate
Now I walk the avenue
Until my feet felt like stone
As the darkness encompasses me
I still see my enslaved shadow trail along
Now as this itinerant is homeward bound
I tell my fellow darkness
�It�s just you and I my friend �
As I enter my place of refuge
I lay myself down on the bed
And once again this restless heart is going to sleep alone tonight
I know I�m a prisoner to all that I hold so dear
I also realise that I�m a hostage to all my hopes and fears
It all fills my heart
Just like the crumpled bits of paper fill my room
But when the days are long
And the nights are spent alone
And you�re sure you�ve had enough of this life
Don�t let yourself go
Sometimes everything is wrong
Sometimes you think that there�s nothing left that you can do
And there�s only pictures hung in the shadows left there to look at you
Always remember though that everybody hurts
But others should be happy for someone to hold on to
Because it�s so hard to hold on
When there�s no one to lean on
I know there are things I�ve done I can�t erase
And it is so hard to hold on with the world in your face
When you�re trying to hold on
Even when there�s no one to dream on
But just know that you�re going to live through the rain
And don�t ever let your love turn to hate
Just keep the faith
And even you will be found in your lost world
by Emile Joseph
