Darkness, darkness, be my pillownTake my hand and let me sleepnIn the coolness of your shadownIn the silence of your deepnDarkness, darkness, long and lonesomenIs the day that brings me herenI have felt the edge of silencenI have known the depths of fearnnDarkness, darkness, hide the yearningnFor the things that cannot benKeep my mind from constant turningnTowards the things I cannot seennDarkness, darkness, long and lonesomenIs the day that brings me herenI have felt the edge of silencenI have known the depths of fearnDarkness, darkness, be my blanketnCover me with the endless nightnTake away the pain of knowingnFill the emptiness of rightnnDarkness, darkness, be my pillownTake my hand and let me sleepnIn the coolness of your shadownIn the silence of your deepnnDarkness, darkness, hide the yearningsnFor the things that cannot benKeep my mind from constant turningnTowards the things I cannot seenDarkness, darkness, be my blanketnCover me with the endless nightnTake away the pain of knowingnFill the emptiness of right