[Intro]
Arcade
[Chorus]
I don't wanna be 'lone in the darkness
I don't wanna be 'lone in the darkness
I don't wanna be 'lone in the darkness anymore (Hello, darkness, my old friend)
[Verse]
Close eyelids to avoid surprises
No-one knows the road I'm driving, there's no survivin'
Show the ropes to those who dying all on the island
Yeah, but I can't make them climb in (Hello, darkness, my old friend)
It's all about the timing, rememberin' when I was lying
To myself that I was fine, in my shell, I was crying
Outside was a giant with no emotions
Show and toeing the lining of clouds
With a hint of silver (Hello, darkness, my old friend) but still defiant
Built up with tolerance
Prevailed accomplishments became the norm
With distorted confidence, cornered without my pot to piss
Warning signs were the opposite, drove me deeper into the stinker with no common sense (Hello, darkness, my old friend)
Until my features don't recognize or acknowledge it
My problems, I bottle 'em, swallow pride and throw up my defense
In my darkest times, the brighest ideas I'd have to solve 'em, was calling it quits (Hello, darkness, my old friend)
Then an incoming call from my kids (Hello?)
Had me shocked at the logic, how fast I could stop it
My clock, watching it tick-tock
I falled in the pit, dropped
I almost took that gun in my hand and go click, pop (Hello, darkness, my old friend)
Not shooting gave me a second shot
Took the spot to my past, connect the dots
Trying to find the picture of why I kept effing-off
Rely on the hand of God is the only way I could save me, was driving me crazy (Hello, darkness, my old friend)
My spirit urges to search from within
Not some words written in print, owe a church's consent
'Cause to them, my children is sins, I am a sin
My environment's sin, while tryants of violence is sin (Hello, darkness, my old friend)
And judging all my crimes is a sin
My time is thin and briefer as death gets nearer
He's a creeper, disguised as the man in the mirror
Who's stuck in a grudge, toxic with love
Addict for bottles of Voisi' and drugs (Hello, darkness, my old friend)
Sex in the bus, of not giving a fuck
They say my lungs' black, could collapse in a month
Save myself some funds, two packs for the price of one
[?] of what I've become or go backwards
'Cause running downhill only makes me go faster (Hello, darkness, my old friend)
It's a steep climb, scaling the Mount to peak with each line
I'm lying when I tell you I'll be fine
I need a reach, sign of relief, not a peace sign
I'm fighting the warring side (Hello, darkness, my old friend)
The more that I hide by killing pain, the more that I die inside
By taking it in vain, cease fire, surrender to guilt and to shame
'Til the Earth take me away from the surface and I burst into flames
I keep searching my higher purpose (Hello, darkness, my old friend)
Chasing desire to find your words like
Finding it in your purse like, finding it in the hash pipe
Miller Genuine Draft, like
Finding it in the pants of the next woman to smash (Hello, darkness, my old friend)
Like millions of screaming fans and dollars under the flashlight
[?] your work light, Lamborghini, the skrrt type
Fantasy in the perv type, temporarily blurred type
You'll never find outside yourself the missing piece
You just need to find out that you're not incomplete (Hello, darkness, my old friend)
[Chorus]
I don't wanna be 'lone in the darkness
I don't wanna be 'lone in the darkness
I don't wanna be 'lone in the darkness anymore (Hello, darkness, my old friend)
[Outro]
Hello, darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Hello, darkness, my old friend
