Night, so dark
Even with my eyes wide open
I still can’ t see a single soul
Wrapped all over by the blackness
The only thing that reaches me
Is the cold against my skin
And in the silence all around me
Even breathing feels so thin
Then I think of an old poem
Like a whisper through my mind
“ How could I ever find you
At the moment I was meant to shine?”
For that chance, down on my knees
I prayed five hundred years
Still I cannot break the grip
Of this night and all its fear
And the more I try to fight it
The deeper I fall in
Like the dark has hands around me
Pulling me within
Every move I make
Only makes me sink again
So I stop resisting
And let the silence in
Night, oh night
Why you gotta be so black?
Why you hide every shadow
And never give my heartbeat back?
Night, oh night
Why you hold me like that?
Like loneliness is a slow song
Playing under every breath
If love is still a distant light
If hope ain’ t reaching me just yet
Then I’ ll lie here without a sound
And feel the peace inside this night
So I lay here still
No running from the weight now
Let the quiet cover me
Like a secret I don’ t chase now
Maybe peace is not the answer
Maybe healing takes its time
But in this almost- holy silence
I can hear what’ s left of mine
Maybe someday
Someone will walk right through this dark
With a little light
And a fire in their heart
And I will know
All this pain was not for nothing
Just the long, long shadow
Before the morning starts
Night, oh night
Why you gotta be so black?
Why you hide every shadow
And never give my heartbeat back?
Night, oh night
Why you hold me like that?
Like loneliness is a slow song
Playing under every breath
If love is still a distant light
If hope ain’ t reaching me just yet
Then I’ ll lie here without a sound
And feel the peace inside this night
Night, so dark
But I don’ t fight it anymore
I just lie here quietly
And listen to the stillness pour
In this soft and silent darkness
I let go of what I hide
And breathe into the almost- peace
Of this quiet night