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Dark & Cold( Goodnight My Dear)
- Verse 1
- Demons always testing me. Trying to get the best of me.
- Trying to get a piece of me but, they would get the rest of me.
- Sanity is dead to me ;it’s only a bad memory.
- If I were to die today, I would leave no legacy.
- If I were to die today, I would not rest in peace.
- If I were to die today, they still won’t let me be.
- If I were to die today, you know I found the remedy.
- Show up to my funeral and get free Hennessy.
- Show up to my funeral in a black limousine.
- Show up to my funeral in a suit as black as me.
- Show up to my funeral and get some free food.
- Show up to my funeral, I’ll be in a good mood.
- Show up to my funeral and show me no love.
- Show up to my funeral and act like a thug.
- Show up to my funeral and I won’t be here.
- This actually your funeral my dear.
- Chorus
- I see I’m getting old.
- My heart grows dark and cold.
- You’ve got nothing else to fear.
- Say goodnight, my dear.
- I see you’re getting old.
- Your heart grows dark and cold.
- Lay down and prepare…
- …to Say goodnight my dear.
- Say goodnight my dear, say goodnight my dear.
- You’ve got nothing else to fear, You’ve got nothing else to fear.
- Say goodnight my dear, say goodnight my dear.
- I’ll always keep you near, I’ll always keep you near.
- Verse 2
- Opportunities are history. Better days are mysteries.
- I can cut myself and bleed the notes to a symphony.
- Joy is dead to me, give me a dark melody.
- Read the lyrics and see that they’re going nowhere heavenly.
- I stay out of my mind because it’s not safe inside.
- Inside my mind is where all the demons reside.
- I always dream to escape a world so unkind.
- When the world spins, I’m always left behind.
- Through it all, I won’t take my own life.
- I know that I’m the wrong that I can’t right.
- I know I’ll be abolished by the sight of the light.
- That’s why I know I ought to stay in the dark of the night.
- The fires of hell can’t melt my cold heart.
- I stand outside of hell looking in with no heart.
- If you follow me, you will disappear.
- Lay down and say goodnight my dear.
- I’m looking for purpose but, I can find none here.
- I can only water my sorrow with crimson tears.
- Life is nothing but, a game of musical chairs.
- If you lose, you have to say goodnight my dear.
- They try to suffocate the pain with tobacco smoke.
- I can’t buy into optimism because I’m broke.
- I look in my wallet and had no hope to spare.
- I looked at my future and I see nowhere.
- Everyone knows I’ll be putting my all in.
- Children of God ,in this city of sin.
- …They fight against the flesh but, they can’t win.
- I’m quick to answer the phone if death is calling.
- Pain is all they gave, so it’s all I owe.
- I talk about pain as it's all I know.
- Life is nothing but, a burden to bear.
- It's time to put it aside and say goodnight my dear.
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