As I turn off the lamp light and draw down all the shades
I stop and I turn my head
You're already in our bed
And you're sleeping safe
So I lay down next to you and gently brush your hair from your face
Then slowly I close my eyes
And slip into sleep's disguise
To start dreaming of your warmth and grace
...I feel it
But I'm starting to slip away into the deep vampiric haze
I'm having the dream again
The one where you leave again
Without a single word or phrase
I feel locked down and helpless as you slowly slip outside the door
As if you don't even care
As if I'm not really there
I've lost the only thing that I adored
...I feel it
Do you know what it feels like to be left stranded in our bed?
I'm looking around the room
Embraced by the cold and gloom
And the demons creeping in my head
And I'm caught by the darkness and in my blindness I think I see
The shadows are shifting 'round
They're moving up from the ground
They're reaching out and taking over me
They come down from the ceiling and they're shifting all across the walls
I feel them haunting me
I feel them corrupting me
And there's nothing I can do at all
Do you know what this feels like - always being pinned down by this pain?
They've made up a place for me
They're writing my eulogy
My heart stops beating as they make their claim
Now I'm hearing their voices; I'm listening fearful as the shadows call
They read me their poetry
They sing me their melodies
...A lament to my dying soul