Heart of Darkness

Underneath the midnight star

I pray for day to break

As the silvery moon makes the river shine

Like the back of an oily snake

Crawling, slithering shadows

Seem to coil around me, holding tight

The pull of the water beneath the boat

Drags me further into night

The strangling vines on the shore

Twist on through the darkness forever

Like hangmen's rope they sway

Oh, heart of darkness

Oh, heart of man

I walk past the maimed in the Grove of Death

To meet with Captain Kurtz

A talented man, come to bring the light

Sent to break the savage curse

But my wonder drowns in horror

As I see the madness in his eyes

A petty, murderous tyrant

Upon a throne of blood and flies

Humanity stolen, betrayed

Swallowed by darkness forever

Led stumbling away

Oh, heart of darkness

Oh, heart of man

Humanity broken, betrayed

Lost in the darkness forever

We're stumbling away

Oh, heart of darkness

Oh, heart of man

Whoa-oh-oh, heart of darkness

Whoa-oh-oh-oh, heart of man

Heart of man