I Can See The Darkness

i see the darkness when i open up my eyes - strangling all the light that used to shine.

i see the darkness where it always used to hide

naked on the flesh of every heart as black as night.

i see the darkness

where it never used to be.

clouded by my ignorance i chose to disbelieve.

i see the darkness.

it was always by my side

but now it's not ashamed to take its stride.



i can see the darkness.

oh i used to see the light.

darkness when the scales fall from my eyes.

i see the darkness.

can't clear it from my mind.

close my eyes it's almost time. close my eyes it's almost time.



i see the darkness

rolling over like a cloud

just before the thunder crashes down.

i see the darkness.

watch it move across the ground -

overwhelms the exiles as they mourn the deathly sound.

i see the darkness.

it marches like a troop -

legions in an army pulling off the final coup.

i see the darkness

like a flood consumes the land -

shadows on the faces of the damned.



i can see the darkness

where i used to see the light.

darkness when the scales fall from my eyes.

i see the darkness.

can't clear it from my mind.

close my eyes it's almost time. close my eyes it's almost time.

close my eyes it's almost time.

it's almost time.



i can see the darkness.

oh i used to see the light.

darkness when the scales fall from my eyes.

i see the darkness.

can't clear it from my mind.

close my eyes it's almost time. close my eyes.