the darkness

i love you madly, love you still

take me away with you

take me to where i can be well

don’t leave me here - when you leave me alone

i sink into the darkness

you love me and hate me, love me again

how can i stay with you?

how can i leave you and be then just a shadow,

a ghost in a hallway unseen

i’d float into the darkness

you and i fear we are not what we seemed

and nothing is how it should be now

we’re lonely together

but only together can we save

each other from the darkness

so sing along with the band as it plays

look at all the carefree faces

kid yourself these are the halcyon days as we dance, as we dance

my words are like rain on a river in flow

skipping and sliding they flicker

then vanish down below, lost forever

like valueless treasure they lie

unmourned down in the darkness

i love you despite myself, must be a fool

yes you obliterate me

and i cannot help you

we’re better apart - and yet in my heart there is you

or there is darkness

whirling like waltzers in satins and smiles

we’re drinking the sweetest of poisons

a wine that caresses us

soothes as it spins us

around and around into the darkness

so sing along with the band as it plays…

i love you madly, love you still

take me away with you

take me to where i can be well

don’t leave me here - when you leave me alone

i sink into the darkness

written by tom yates 19 september 2011

tom yates - vocal, guitar, keyboard, cello
lloyd hanson - bass
raymond manson - backing vocals
roland xavier v - drums