When Darkness Dreams

When Darkness Dreams

When the lights go out
Feel free to cry,
Give your darkest shout
And live, or die

Because no one can see you,
A face with no name,
Look up, lights out
We live with the shame

To be consumed by ink
And burned by sadness,
Don’t look at the Dream,
Who thinks it’s all madness

We eat our tongue, our eyes
Unwilling to bow to such lies,
And stubborn, so stubborn—
Just silence the cries

Here’s to the cowards,
The “lost-ones” too,
Who tried and failed
To look up at you

We bow our heads, heroes,
Because there is no safety-net,
Look down, lights on,
We look to forget.