[Verse 1] Crawl out of the night That still devours me— Leave the crowd, (the noise) The voices choking me down. Walk alone… One step… After the other… Through the black. [Pre-Chorus] Welcome the shadow— The old fear… The ancient grief… The thing that crawls Under the tongue And screams When the world goes quiet. [Chorus] I won’t run from the falling dark no more! (Open your hands!) I open these hands wide— And I embrace the circle. The circle of my own nothing. The circle of what’s left When everything else collapses. [Verse 2] I don’t run. I stare it dead in the eye— Everything that ever made me fold. I let the sorrow Cut straight through me Like a blade That no longer wants to kill… Only open. [Pre-Chorus] Welcome the shadow— The old fear… The ancient grief… The thing that crawls Under the tongue And screams When the world goes quiet. [Chorus] I won’t run from the falling dark no more! (Open your hands!) I open these hands wide— And I embrace the circle. The circle of my own nothing. The circle of what’s left When everything else collapses. [Breakdown] Open the hands! (Open the chest!) Let the terror in— (Let the pain in—) Embrace the circle… [Emotional Solo] [Bridge] Then the light begins to rise… Like a sun Born in the hollow of me. This is no empty dream. This is the self Taking its faith. [Final Chorus / Climactic] I won’t run from the falling dark no more! (Open!) I open these hands wide— And I embrace the circle! The light is not outside… It climbs up Through my own bones. This is no dream— This is me taking my faith And finally… Completing. [Outro] Completing… (Completing…) In the silence… That belongs to no one else.
