When the Lights Go Out

When the lights Go Out

When the lights go out and sleep won't come and your past ignites
Like a bullet from a gun
All the memories that you hoped were
dead re-emerge with a sense of dread

When the lights go out, when the lights go out, when the lights go out

As a kid you knew you somehow by fate your destiny was to be derailed
By sense of fear and a knowing smile when
your father said you'll always be a child

When the lights go out, when the lights go out, when the lights go out

You remember now the songs they sung your a coward and you always run
The playground bullies always had a
chant you'll never be your fathers son

When the lights go out, when the lights go out, when the lights go out

All I wanted was to prove you wrong
but for some reason I just never have
The strength I needed was out of
reach and now the memories leave me weak.

When the lights go out, when the lights go out, when the lights go out

When the lights come up and you can act your part,
But you cannot hide from a broken past
But it gets you through each and every day,
Till the night returns and you don't sleep again
Cos when you close your eyes for just a single second,
All that comes to you is the broken record
I cannot be like you from a different age,
I am who I am I won't be the same
If I did not learn from the mistakes you made,
I will be to blame for the inner rage

When the lights go out, when the lights go out, when the lights go out
When the lights go out, when the lights go out, when the lights go out