Part 1 – Down

A cold, cold absence

A hollowed-out feeling

With wounds that never show

Never bleed, never healing

I feel the tears are brimming

Like water in a glass

Unsteady and too full

The shutters close and no light will pass

I wake into a nightmare, I cannot see the end

I live between the corridors, with silence as my friend

Don’t you bother talking, there’s no one home to listen

Not frightened of dying, I’m more afraid of living

Eyes speak a thousand words

I live my life in minor chords

Deep is thе darkness before thе dawn

Eyes speak a thousand words

Moving slowly, thinking flawed

Can’t find the strength to carry on

A grey, grey winter

Pervades my soul

No shelter from this bitter storm

Can’t defy, can’t control

I live amongst the shadows

I’m walking through the ruins

No will to keep on fighting

Unsure of what I am doing

Another fucking nightmare I cannot comprehend

Trapped between the corridors that never seem to end

Eyes speak a thousand words

I live my life in minor chords

Deep is the darkness before the dawn

(Languishing as time melts)

Eyes speak a thousand words

Moving slowly thinking flawed

Can’t find the strength to carry on

It’s a dance shrouded with duality

But in complete isolation

A barren, lifeless ballet

That I’ve filled with desperation

My eyes won’t seem to open

Feel them burning from the inside

My bed's become my prison

I can’t face the world, I need to run and hide

Padded cell, private hell

Why am I so distorted?

In my head it’s all breaking down

I feel so deserted

Eyes speak a thousand words

I live my life in minor chords

Deep is the darkness before the dawn

(Languishing as time melts)

Eyes speak a thousand words

Moving slowly thinking flawed

Can’t find the strength to carry on

Part 2 – Up

Daylight streams through

Need to realign, me and you

On board, upright

I can look at things with insight

Clouds gone, full sun

Shed the heavy dark and move on

Light steps, stand straight

Break out and try to lose weight

Feels like I’m through the worst of this

Moving back towards the things I’ve missed

And every day brings me further on

Sorrow’s twilight, joy’s dawn

Feeling almost normal, glad to be with you

Thinking on the level, working better, too

Sad I put you through it, sad I made you cry

Happy that I’m through it, and out the other side

Feeling almost normal, glad to be with you

Thinking on the level, working better, too

Sad I put you through it, sad I made you cry...

Feel deep… fly high

Black sheep… testify

Double speed… lightning quick

Intercede… I’m frantic

Feels like I’m through the worst of this

Moving back towards the things I’ve missed

And every day brings me further on

Sorrow’s twilight, joy’s dawn

Feeling almost normal, glad to be with you

Thinking on the level, working better, too

Sad I put you through it, sad I made you cry

Happy that I’m through it, and out the other side

Feeling almost normal, glad to be with you

Thinking on the level, working better, too

Sad, I put you through it, sad I made you cry...

Part 3 – Frenzy

Escape, I’m out, there’s no going back

Distract, react, I step through the crack

I’m no longer tethered by muscle and bone

Inhabit a universe all on its own

Animation, creation, with no deviation

Genius, meaningless lacking relation

Yearning cavity defying gravity

Gunning and running, approaching depravity

So much better than anyone else

Smarter, faster, art itself

Over the edge in one mighty bound

Into the night away from the ground

I’m flying!