Dying of the Light

If you drown me in the night, ain't no way that I would know
Even if there isn't light, I will find a way to grow
I would feel the star is shining in me with a lively glow
That's how I been living through the darkness while I'm on the low
Darkness not the enemy, but rather what's beneath
What is lurking in the shadow, what is lurking underneath
What is there to make you lose your breath and shatter up your teeth
When there's nothing used for cover since your world is incomplete
Darkness not the enemy the evil would create
Causing self-inflicted fear that they would truly both relate
Go against the tide, and the wave that is within
Choose to panic or to stand, that is when the test begins
Rather not be here, but then this where I belong
Though I could be out there finding something that I've always longed
Rather not be here, but I know I'm going strong
I will keep on moving something's out there waiting all along

Wrong, I been right, I been living in the night
Ain't no fall that would come kill me up from any given height
Drop me from wherever even if it's out of sight
I can see right through the dark while you'd be soaking down in fright

Ain't nobody know what I had gone through just to live
There been times where I had traded what I wanted just to give
So I would survive but those I would not relive
Though I told myself and you that I would truly do forgive
Down here in the hole, my reality had died
All I have is dreams, I been having with the moon and tide
Light shall not escape, it is simply here to guide
It is what I have to follow, it has been here on my side
Darkness not the enemy, but rather it is fear
All the waters coming down, never wipe away a tear
Coming down to get you, mind should now be in the clear
Fall or drown, it doesn't matter, but that you should persevere
Fight to keep the light inside, never let it free
Never let the wall around me get into my memories
Hold on to the tape, I will never let it go
If you drown me in the night, ain't no way that I would know

Wrong, I been right, I been living in the night
Ain't no fall that would come kill me up from any given height
Drop me from wherever even if it's out of sight
I can see right through the dark while you'd be soaking down in fright

Growing through the soil requires a fight
The roots push out while being restrained
Spread thy wings out into the night
With every bit of knowledge thou have gained

Keep those eyes closed and battle it right
Rain will not stop, along with the highest of tides
Rain comes down until it drowns the light
Time will now be thou only guide

When the roots have spread, thou time is near
Stand up high 'till thou will rise up to the sky
Remember where thou grew and what thou feared
Upon the exit, thou will never have to say goodbye

Soil will never move if it has never received a pierce
It would never give in until thou would lose sight
Rain may be peaceful, and may not be as fierce
But never go gentle while blooming in the night