Night time sharpens, heightens each sensation Darkness stirs and wakes imagination Silently the senses abandon their defences Slowly, gently night unfurls its splendour Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender Turn your face away from the garish light of

And a thousand miles behind And I'm one too many mornings Down the street the dogs are barking And the day is a-gettin' dark As the night comes in a-falling The dogs will lose their bark And the silent night will shatter From the thoughts inside my mind

Sorrow swallows my screams My story starts the day they said "she can't be found" the news so dark, heart stopped, I stood silent without a sound It's over, she's finished, mother lies with my father and sister too Cold-blooded, they suffered, shot down

We could be making sparks But we don't ignite, don't ignite But we need to fight, need to fight This can't be all we are Silent and in the dark If I told you about my favourite dream The one without you Would you spit fire at me? Or would you burn to know

Is it mine, Lord is it mine? When everything's dark and nothing seems right, I know that there's a reason why I need to be alone I need to find a silent place that I can call my own There's nothing to win and there's no need to fight I never cease to