[Intro] I have loved the dark so long That it stopped loving me back [Verse 1] I keep the chairs for people Who will not sit again I say their names like prayers That never learned my language Every century arrives Wearing the same silence And leaves me Holding a glass that is never for two [Pre-Chorus] I would trade the endless night For one voice that stayed I would trade this perfect stillness For a heart that was afraid And chose me anyway [Chorus] I am eternally alone In a house that will not die Eternally alone With a hunger dressed as time I have kissed a hundred winters I have buried every spark Eternally alone Just sitting in the dark [Verse 2] They come with heat and promise They leave as only memories I learn their laugh by morning I lose it in the years Love is not a door I cannot open It is a room that will not keep me I stand still within it And even furniture forgets my name [Pre-Chorus] I would trade the endless night For one voice that stayed I would trade this perfect stillness For a heart that was afraid And chose me anyway [Chorus] I am eternally alone In a house that will not die Eternally alone With a hunger dressed as time I have kissed a hundred winters I have buried every spark Eternally alone Just sitting in the dark [Guitar Solo] [Bridge] I am not asking for mercy I am asking for a witness Someone who looks at the years And does not run If forever is a gift Why does it feel like a sentence I still have love With no one to give it to [Final Chorus] I am eternally alone In a house that will not die Eternally alone With a hunger dressed as time I have kissed a hundred winters I have buried every spark Eternally alone If love will not arrive Then tell me What the night is for [Outro] I have loved the dark so long That it stopped loving me back
