Shadowsong

As I turn off the lamp light and draw down all the shades

I stop and I turn my head

You're already in our bed

And you're sleeping safe

So I lay down next to you and gently brush your hair from your face

Then slowly I close my eyes

And slip into sleep's disguise

To start dreaming of your warmth and grace

...I feel it

But I'm starting to slip away into the deep vampiric haze

I'm having the dream again

The one where you leave again

Without a single word or phrase

I feel locked down and helpless as you slowly slip outside the door

As if you don't even care

As if I'm not really there

I've lost the only thing that I adored

...I feel it

Do you know what it feels like to be left stranded in our bed?

I'm looking around the room

Embraced by the cold and gloom

And the demons creeping in my head

And I'm caught by the darkness and in my blindness I think I see

The shadows are shifting 'round

They're moving up from the ground

They're reaching out and taking over me

They come down from the ceiling and they're shifting all across the walls

I feel them haunting me

I feel them corrupting me

And there's nothing I can do at all

Do you know what this feels like - always being pinned down by this pain?

They've made up a place for me

They're writing my eulogy

My heart stops beating as they make their claim

Now I'm hearing their voices; I'm listening fearful as the shadows call

They read me their poetry

They sing me their melodies

...A lament to my dying soul

Music & Lyrics by J. Conway.

Published by Black Halo Publishing Co. (ASCAP)

© 2004/2006 Black Halo Entertainment.