I want to do what's right
Be kind to everybody, yeah
Open up to light
Let it flow through my body, yeah

But sometimes I'm unsure, I tell my baby
But sometimes I'm unsure, I tell my baby

I'm slippin' into darkness
I'm creepin' into darkness
I don't want to start this
I'm attracted to darkness

Be positive with love
Just see the good in everybody
Yeah, yeah

But sometimes I'm unsure, I tell my baby
But sometimes I'm unsure, I tell my baby
There's something going on in my heart
I feel it weigh me down so I reach up for
The wide blue sky, try to pull it into
The deep arc of my arms

I'm slippin' into darkness
I'm creepin' into darkness
I don't want to start this
I'm attracted to darkness


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    it's obvious that this song is NOT about drugs or alcohol. it's about being pissed off, and tired of being so passive. he is tired of letting people walk all over him and he is becoming a creature.

    boxcharleson November 08, 2004   Link

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