When the lights go out

When the lights go out I’m better in the dark Wish I could explain it better I wish it wasn’t true, mm-mm Give me a minute or two To let the quiet sink in To pretend it’s just the room And not the things creeping under my skin, mm-mm Do you ever feel them too? Or do you sleep right through? When I said I was fine last night Was I even lying to you? I knew when I closed my eyes That you’d do the opposite of stay away You’d crawl right back in And I’d end up more afraid Don’t tell me it’s not fair You clearly weren’t there When they made me miserable You call me again In the middle of the dark Whispering things I can’t unhear You scare me to death But I’m wasting my breath ’Cause you never really leave, do you? And don’t try to make me feel bad I could talk about every time you stayed away But I’d have an empty line ’Cause you never did You never did When the nightmares start I’m better in the dark Wish I could explain it better I wish it wasn’t true (мостик — голос дрожит, гитара начинает тихо скрежетать, потом бьёт) What the hell did I do? Never sleep right anymore Never dream without your claws Pulling at the seams You made me hate this bed You made me hate closing my eyes You made me hate the quiet ’Cause it only brings you closer I could talk about the nights I begged you to stop But you’d just laugh in the mirror And I’d end up more lost Don’t say it isn’t fair You clearly weren’t aware That you made me miserable (miserable… miserable…) When the nightmares start (when the nightmares start) I’m better in the dark (better in the dark) Let them eat me whole Let them tear the quiet apart Faces cracking in the dark Sky bleeding through the floor Welcome back This is where I was always supposed to fall Better in the dark… When the nightmares start They started when I blinked They started with me Better… better… In the dark… mm-mm