BLACK CLOUD.

It's in my head, all this self-loathing, self-doubt
Darkness hangs above me, raining down
Like a black cloud

There's no way out, no relief
No escape from this headspace
I lock out, shut down
But a smile's on my face

And everything that I hoped
I would strive for
Is what I'd live
(What I'd give)
What I'd die for

Chasing dreams of a life
That I can't have
Can't sleep, can't wake
Am I alive or dead?

I'm obsessive, I'm compulsive
I just need to speak out
But the air is suffocating
Like a black cloud

I'll be in the dark
Forever here until it dies
I'll be here til morning
Waiting for the sunrise

Falling further and I'm losing my soul
Darkness surrounds me as it swallows me whole
(Swallows me whole)

Lay me down as my heart turns to stone
This black cloud forever hangs above me so I'll never walk alone

You see me for who you want me to be

But I'm a lie
I'm empty, I'm dead inside
I fell apart, lost hope
It's like I left me to die

Pretend to be another
So that I can live with myself
It's all I have, and I'm stronger
When I'm someone else

(When I'm someone else)

When I'm someone else

Will I ever be content
With just living in a hollow shell

I'm trapped in my own hell

My mind is my prison
I've done my time and I want out

I'll take my place in the sky
Somewhere amongst the black clouds

Somewhere amongst the black clouds

Lost in the night but I still have my soul
Darkness surrounds me but I'll find my way home
(Find my way home)

Light my path, etch my past in the stone
This black cloud forever hangs above me but I'll never walk alone

The rain is coming and I'm watching as the light dies
The night draws near, will I live to see the sunrise

The end is here, my soul calls to the black skies

(May the sun rise)
Oh, to be whole again
(Through the black skies)
Here, now, at the end