Coming out of the shadows
My darkness assails you.
Coming out of the darkness
You see me as I am,
A child of light gone wrong.
A child of light gone right.
I am a dark child.
See what you wish,
Wish for what you see,
All I can be is what I am,
A truth-teller wrapped in lies.
The cold chills me to the bone,
The cold comes from my blanket,
But I can't throw it off.
I am a dark child.
I reach out to you from beneath
My cloak of pure chaos and absence.
You do what all people would,
You do what all people should,
You move back, you flinch.
You look in my eyes and you see.
I am not what you think
But I am exactly what you think.
I am a dark child.
With a few words, you work inside.
A few sentences, and you're within.
You're with me, you're touching me
In heretofore unexposed places.
You and everything that you are
Makes me want to be what I am
Makes me want to be what I'm not.
I am a child of light
But I am also a dark child.
You want me to be more
You want me to be what I was
You want me to be what I want to be.
You want to be with me.
The cloak pulls ever tighter,
Threatening to end it all.
Still you fight for me
With your sweet words and touches
With your promises of better futures.
I am a dark child.
I push you away,
Don't get trapped with me
But you take the risk.
You hold on within the cloak
You stay wrapped beneath the lies
Because you say I'm worth it
You say I'm worth much more.
Don't go down into the darkness
Don't be like me.
I am a dark child.