| I don't wanna be alone, I don't wanna be
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| I don't wanna be alone in the darkness
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| I don't wanna be alone in the darkness
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| I don't wanna be alone in the darkness anymore
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| (Hello darkness, my old friend)
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| Here I am, alone again
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| Can't get out of this hole I'm in
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| It's like the walls are closin' in
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| You can't help me, no one can
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| I can feel these curtains closin'
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| I go to open 'em
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| But something pulls 'em closed again
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| (Hello darkness, my old friend)
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| Feels like I'm loathing in Las Vegas
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| Haven't got the vaguest why I'm so lost
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| But I'd make you this small wager
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| If I bet you, I'll be in tomorrow's paper
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| Who would the odds favor?
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| (Hello darkness, my old friend)
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| I'm so much like my father, you would think that I knew him
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| I keep pacin' this room valium
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| Then chase it with booze, one little taste it'll do
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| Maybe I'll take it and snooze, then tear up the stage in a few
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| Fuck the Colt 45, I'ma need somethin' stronger
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| If I pop any caps, it better be off of vodka
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| Round after round after round, I'm gettin' loaded
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| That's a lot of shots, huh?
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| (Hello darkness, my old friend)
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| And I don't wanna be alone in the darkness
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| I don't wanna be alone in the darkness
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| I don't wanna be alone in the darkness anymore
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| (Hello darkness, my old friend)
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| Now I'm starin' at the room service menu off a Benzo
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| I can hear the music continue to crescendo
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| I can see the whole fuckin' venue from my window
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| That's when you know you're schizo
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| (Hello darkness, my old friend)
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| 'Cause I keep peakin' out the curtain from the hotel
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| The music is so loud, but it's almost as though
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| I don't hear no sound, I should get ready for the show now
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| Wait is this the whole crowd? |
| I thought this shit was sold out
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| (Hello darkness, my old friend)
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| But it's only the opening act, it's early, don't overreact
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| Then something told me relax and just hope for the show to be packed
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| Don't wanna hit the stage before they fill each row to the max
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| 'Cause that'd be totally wacked, you can't murder a show nobody's at
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| But what if nobody shows?
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| Panic mode 'bout to snap and go motherfuckin' wacko at any second
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| 'Bout to cancel the show, just as fans below rush the entrance
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| Plan is a go to wreck shit, cameras in all directions
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| The press is about to go ape shit bananas on all the networks
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| Commando with extra clips, I got ammo for all the hecklers
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| I'm armed to the teeth, another valium fall off the bed
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| Fall off the bed, hit the ground and crawl to the dresser
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| Alcohol on my breath as I reach for the scope
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| I'm blackin' out, I'm all out of meds
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| With them benzodiazepines gone
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| Now it's just magazines sprawled out on the floor
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| Fuck the media, I'm goin' all out, this is war
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| (Hello darkness, my old friend)
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| I don't wanna be alone in the darkness
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| I don't wanna be alone in the darkness anymore
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| People start to show up, time to start the show up
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| It's 10:05 PM and the curtain starts to go up
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| And I'm already sweatin' but I'm locked and loaded
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| For rapid fire spittin' for all the concert-goers
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| Scopes for sniper vision, surprise from out of nowhere
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| As I slide the clip in from inside the hotel
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| Leanin' out the window, going Kaiser Sosay
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| Finger on the trigger, but I'm a licensed owner
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| With no prior convictions, so loss, the sky's the limit
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| So my supplies infinite, strapped like I'm a soldier
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| Got 'em hopping over walls and climbing fences
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| Some of them John Travolta, staying alive by inches
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| Cops are knockin', oh, fuck, thought I blocked the entrance
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| Guess show time is over no suicide note
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| Just a note for target distance
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| But if you'd like to know the reason why I did this
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| You'll never find a motive, truth is I have no idea
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| I am just as stumped, no signs of mental illness
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| Just tryin' to show ya the reason why we're so fucked
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| 'Cause by the time it's over, won't make the slightest difference
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| (Hello darkness, my old friend)
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| I don't wanna be alone in the darkness
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| I don't wanna be alone in the darkness anymore |