At midnight in the alley
A Tom-cat comes to wail,
And he chants the hate of a million years
As he swings his snaky tail.
Malevolent, bony, brindled
Tiger and devil and bard,
His eyes are coals from the middle of Hell
And his heart is black and hard.
......
When I close my eyes I finally have everything
beauty to comfort me
hugs to warm me
love to convince me
but only as long as my eyes are closed
so I stay with my eyes closed, pretending to be warm
with my eyes closed, I miss everything, life as it happens
but I don't want to open them
to awake back to my cold lonely bed
so I stay in my cold lonely head
......
I'm sitting the darkness,
Watching all my friends fade.
The shadows crawling slowly
Take everything away.
You held your hand out to me
Said"Take my hand, trust me."
But when I went to reach for you,
I found I couldn't see-
......
There's a monster outside my door,
So I must try to sleep.
Because sometimes,
Just sometimes,
The monster will pass by.
But most times,
Oh,most times,
The monster looks me in the eye
And Whispers "Wake."
When I close my eyes I finally have everything
beauty to comfort me
hugs to warm me
love to convince me
but only as long as my eyes are closed
so I stay with my eyes closed, pretending to be warm
with my eyes closed, I miss everything, life as it happens
but I don't want to open them
to awake back to my cold lonely bed
so I stay in my cold lonely head
......
I'm sitting the darkness,
Watching all my friends fade.
The shadows crawling slowly
Take everything away.
You held your hand out to me
Said"Take my hand, trust me."
But when I went to reach for you,
I found I couldn't see-
......
There's a monster outside my door,
So I must try to sleep.
Because sometimes,
Just sometimes,
The monster will pass by.
But most times,
Oh,most times,
The monster looks me in the eye
And Whispers "Wake."
At midnight in the alley
A Tom-cat comes to wail,
And he chants the hate of a million years
As he swings his snaky tail.
Malevolent, bony, brindled
Tiger and devil and bard,
His eyes are coals from the middle of Hell
And his heart is black and hard.
......