The Darkness

All my favorite songs
Were saying something different all along.
So, if this comes out wrong,
Set a reminder to come back here
In twenty more years
When all of this is a blur.
You'll be a stranger to my meaning or intent,
So you can come up with
The reasons for all this
You like the best
'Cause if all of this is some stupid, fucked up test,
Then what's the big deal about smoking some cigarettes,
Even if every third one's gonna make me sick?
"Maybe it's the buzz, maybe it's the taste."
Yeah, and maybe I am pacifying my self-destructive ways.
And maybe I'm looking for just one more thing
To get me to the end of today.
So, without further ado, I present to you
The cool part of this song,
Where we insert some catchy phrase
To dispel the darkness.
And yeah, there's something oddly nice about
A catchy phrase
That keeps the darkness at bay.
All my friends are bursting at the seams.
They're doing fine and staying busy,
Whatever the hell that means.
But the gore out on the thoroughfare?
I can't tell if it's mine or if it's theirs!
It's like the hallway from The Shining out here!
And the intentions of what haunts us remain unclear,
But generally, we'd rather live in sin than in fear.
So here's the cool part of this song,
Where we repeat some catchy phrase
To dispel the darkness.
And yeah, there's something oddly nice about
A catchy phrase
That keeps the darkness at bay.
What other choice do I have,
Besides cracking open my neck
And pouring out the darkness that's been
Welling up inside of me?
Or, you could hang me out to dry,
Let the summer sun slowly vaporize
The darkness welling up inside of me