These are the lies I have created This is the story of my life I've been thinking of everything I used to want to be Of me, of you and me I'm in the middle of nothing And it's where I want to be Why at the bottom of everything

Are you, are you Coming to the tree Strange things did happen here No stranger would it be If we met at midnight In the hanging tree They say who murdered three Where dead man called out For his love to flee

And you're the darkest one Come in, come in, come in, come in Where the wild are strong (Wild are strong) And the strong are the darkest ones (The strong are the darkest ones) From under these darling skies come in It's warm and it's safe here and almost

And here you are the best of us With a bigger heart than the rest of us I'm so sorry I couldn't give you the perfect story A textbook happy ending Where nobody here gets hurt But don't you worry Your daddy and your mommy May be a little broken

In my solitude I sit in my chair With gloom everywhere I sit and I stare I know that I'll soon go mad Dear Lord above Send back my love You haunt me

And I know, and I know and I know Wherever you are, I'll find that treasure I've got a rocketship that I want to ride I'm never so high as when I'm with you And there isn't a fire, that I wouldn't walk through My army of one is going to fight for you Say

As long as you're a black man, you're an African So don't care where you come from No mind your nationality You've got the identity of an African Don't care where you come from You have got the identity of an African 'Cause if you come from Clarendon

Oh, it's so traumatic I've got these secrets I keep Is it obvious They've got me down on my knees Yeah, just let me go I keep reliving the scene I can see right where you are You don't need to hide in the dark

In hell, there's comfort in these flames and I don't feel the pain Here in the dark I can see where you are I see so clearly The beat of my heart just stops and starts Whenever you're near me I just gotta thank you, all the love I gave you Came and you

Oh what's in you now? Oh. What's in you now? Step inside this nightmare where I live Oh what's in you now? Helter Skelter running through my veins What's in you? The madman roams inside my head The madman roams inside my head Satan's coming on his way