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Long Dark Night Lyrics
I was long in a dream, I could not get loose
I'll tell you of it, although it's little use
To tell a dream, when dreaming is all you ever do
Things were not so good, I can't make light of it
My poor soul, it was having a long dark night of it
It was a long night, a week, maybe a year
Maybe a long dark night is coming down
Maybe a long dark night is coming down
Through the door of my dream burst
No zombie, no ogre, no devil there
But a flying man with long trailing hair
Who perched on the iron rail of my bed
O Lord, combing His long white hair and saying my name
How could He know, when I did not even know my name?
Maybe a long dark night is coming down
Maybe a long dark night, my precious one
Maybe a long dark night rolling around my eyes
O Lord
The man who took me to be from elsewhere
When I inhabited the earthly sphere lent down and struck me
With His long trailing hair
Maybe a long dark night is coming down
Maybe a long dark night, my precious one
Maybe a long dark night rolling around my head
O Lord
I'll tell you of it, although it's little use
To tell a dream, when dreaming is all you ever do
My poor soul, it was having a long dark night of it
It was a long night, a week, maybe a year
Maybe a long dark night is coming down
No zombie, no ogre, no devil there
But a flying man with long trailing hair
O Lord, combing His long white hair and saying my name
How could He know, when I did not even know my name?
Maybe a long dark night, my precious one
Maybe a long dark night rolling around my eyes
O Lord
When I inhabited the earthly sphere lent down and struck me
With His long trailing hair
Maybe a long dark night, my precious one
Maybe a long dark night rolling around my head
O Lord
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Submitted by
needlenoelle On Aug 04, 2024
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