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Not Afraid of the Dark
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GDMK_1kmi8
When I am left in myself
And I can't use what I am
Those endings will not delay
Why won't it ever behave?
It could have been so perfect
Another night on the shore
But it's too late for that now
I took the lengthening scared
And I can only hang on
To you my long-ago friend
But even you must go on
You cannot stay with me there
And when the sun has gone down
I won't know how to contain
I cannot trust what we are
I won't know how to defend
Will there be any move left?
Why won't it ever correct?
When every thought is a crime
Won't I remember to stay?
And if I slip out too soon
The ladder would be a snake
And I fall off to avoid
With nothing from anyone
To lift me right back up
Well it's true what they say
You gotta' keep traveling light
To make it back up the hill
You have to leave things behind
And I suppose it is time
It leaves me no choice but now
When every step is a climb
I have to keep going on
And all the streets will mislead
And all the doors will be closed
There'll be no way around it
No matter how quick I seem
It won't be open for long
The chance to use what is now
When too much can get let in
Why must we be thrown away?
And I must search to Sustain
I must show them a new way
And I must trust they'll allow
For me to find that way through
But first I must prove to them
I'm not afraid of the dark
I'm not afraid of the dark
I'm not afraid of the dark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GDMK_1kmi8
When I am left in myself
And I can't use what I am
Those endings will not delay
Why won't it ever behave?
It could have been so perfect
Another night on the shore
But it's too late for that now
I took the lengthening scared
And I can only hang on
To you my long-ago friend
But even you must go on
You cannot stay with me there
And when the sun has gone down
I won't know how to contain
I cannot trust what we are
I won't know how to defend
Will there be any move left?
Why won't it ever correct?
When every thought is a crime
Won't I remember to stay?
And if I slip out too soon
The ladder would be a snake
And I fall off to avoid
With nothing from anyone
To lift me right back up
Well it's true what they say
You gotta' keep traveling light
To make it back up the hill
You have to leave things behind
And I suppose it is time
It leaves me no choice but now
When every step is a climb
I have to keep going on
And all the streets will mislead
And all the doors will be closed
There'll be no way around it
No matter how quick I seem
It won't be open for long
The chance to use what is now
When too much can get let in
Why must we be thrown away?
And I must search to Sustain
I must show them a new way
And I must trust they'll allow
For me to find that way through
But first I must prove to them
I'm not afraid of the dark
I'm not afraid of the dark
I'm not afraid of the dark
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