The Source of my Night

Beneath this dark mountain of all the mistakes that I made

Beneath this dark mountain where all the bodies were laid

Thinking of all the times I got played

This dark mountain where I wish you stayed,

This dark mountain of half-truths and lies

A dark mountain which I despise

The life we live when we compromise

Dark Mountain where they cut you down to size,

I used to be able to see the light at the tunnel’s end

But beneath this dark mountain troubles never seem to end

And all over actions I can’t seem to defend

What kind of message was I meaning to send?

This dark mountain of ill repute

A dystopian society currently en route

It seems the lips of the righteous have gone mute

Beneath this dark mountain of erroneous dispute,

Got a dark mountain living over me

The shadow of this mountain got me too blind to see

Just struggling every day to be free

Wash away my sins to the shining sea,

This dark mountain hanging over me

So many of my countrymen who don’t want to be free

Oh dark mountain can’t you hear my plea

I fear that I may never earn my decree,

Late at night I have dreams to fight

Where narrow wishes disappear in starlight

A canopy of trees that obscure my sight

This dark mountain the source of my plight.