When the smoke is going down I climb the stage again this night 'Cause the place seems still alive Just when you make your way back home I find some time to be alone I go to see the place once more Just like a thousand nights before This is the place

My fears come alive In this place where I once died Demons dreaming Knowing I... I just needed to realign Decisions made from desperation No way to go Internal instincts craving isolation For me to grow Fell in a river of illusion

When the smoke is going down I climb the stage again this night 'Cause the place seems still alive Just when you make your way back home I find some time to be alone I go to see the place once more Just like a thousand nights before This is the place

I want you to know this I want you to know just what I feel You told me through sacred lies I told you once with bloodshot eyes You told me don't ask Just stay away from me You violate, and yourself a man

And enjoy this pleasant adventure Here you are, secure and protected In this, your special place Letting my voice flow into your mind You don't need to concentrate Just gently as you go Suggestions are going into your unconscious mind Open yourself up to

Been away a year today To wander and roam I don't care it's muddy there But this is my home Got my toes turned Dixie way 'Round the delta let me lay Dixie moonlight Swanee shore Headed homebound just once more To my Mississippi delta home

Across the miles tonight And I am sending you this message through the wires tonight Just close your eyes and hold on tight And here I am, concentrating girl with all my might When I'm all alone on a distant path And my ticket home has been torn in half

My fears come alive In this place where I once died Demons dreaming Knowing I... I just needed to realign Decisions made from desperation No way to go Internal instincts craving isolation For me to grow Fell in a river of illusion

I'm broken and betrayed I don't want to look back Just tell me your leaving Before I finally cave in Take away this pain It's pulling me under Your dragging me under I just want to start again Here we are once again

Everything black, I don't want black I want everything black, I ain't need black Some white some black, I ain't mean black I want everything black Once I finish this, witnesses will convey just what I mean I'm African-American, I'm African You hate me