Night Light

In the autumn all I could see Was the fall in the sunrise I did not envision this prison I just live in it for now My sentence was a hundred years Of words unheard You said "you're doing this all wrong" I'm doing this all wrong It's getting harder to say what I want to say I spent all my life in Hell and now I'm trying to get away And if you think you have A reason for someone unqualified at everything To keep hanging around Then I would not let you down No, I would not let you down You keep taking me away From the thunder and the rain All the storms of yesterday See the clouds part It's just the way you say my name That makes me see another day A seething atheist prayed for an angel I flicked my last cigarette In the flickering street light Now we've both burned out Goodnight, I love you Talk to you tomorrow I drank too much But I needed you to know I wished wreckage towards the heavens But I reckon I'm ready for the reckoning I thought substance abuse could be cute But now I dream of silence and gardens If you think you need a needy soul I'm here on my knees And ready for the... Gates of gold Let me in Take my heart Repent my sins A crown of thorns A face of tears The past is dead The future's here You keep taking me away From the thunder and the rain All the storms of yesterday See the clouds part It's just the way you say my name That makes me see another day A seething atheist prayed for an angel I flicked my last cigarette In the flickering street light Now we've both burned out Goodnight, I love you Talk to you tomorrow I drank too much But I needed you to know I needed you tonight I needed you tomorrow I needed you to no end I needed you to know