The lonely night

here come the lonely night

 I can’t escape my mind from a broken bough

 fall into finite space 

with the roof torn down 

this house is an empty place

so tired of wandering around 

and starting over 

no garden grows here 

now just the one leaf clover 

and when the windows shuttered

it’s always dark inside 

sometimes the pain is absurd 

still it’s what fate decides 

thought i saw jesus come down dressed like a soldier 

I used to cry like a clown and now I’m older 

here come the lonely night 

can’t escape my mind 

and the grinding wheel turns 

and the heavens burn 

as the pilot ignites 

is a lesson learned 

a sullen look of concern 

it might make you sad like the fluttering bird in a dream you had 

here come the lonely night 

I can’t escape my mind 

I saw jesus come down dressed like a soldier once 

I cried like a clown 

now I’m older 

here come the lonely night 

can’t escape my mind 

Moby