Phantoms - Michael McGough of Being As An Ocean, Burning Down Alaska

The night has always been

My dearest protection

From all that I’ve seen

My armor

My shelter

To flee from the world or my friend say

Can you tell me?

If there’s some better way

Than trading the colors I loved

And the pain

For the black as a cure

But if I open my eyes

Can you promise me the darkness is gone and the light

Will return to our world, return to my eyes?

Too far to face the world

Too strayed from the path

My point of return

This silence

My prison

Fears blocking my vision

Time never changed

Our perception of pain

Our concept of misery

Counting the days

Since I turned my back on what I loved

But if I open my eyes

Can you promise me the darkness is gone and the light

Will return to our world, return to my eyes?

The echoes

Are calling my name

The shadows

Clinging to my face

Through the night

Through the night

Leaving the track

Giving up the fight

Through the night

Through the night

I lost myself, I lost my pride

But at least I know that I am alive

Cause in the night we’re all alone

Wandering around

In search of the unknown

Chase the sun

Clarify your vision

And reach beyond the night

Reach beyond the night

But if I open my eyes

Cause in the night we’re all alone

Can you promise me the darkness is gone and the light

Wandering around

In search of the unknown

Will return to our world return to my eyes?

Cause in the night we’re all alone

Can you promise me the darkness is a gone and the light

Wandering around

In search of the unknown

Will return to our world return to my eyes?