(Intro) Shit... Echo in the void, that's the only sound They said look too long, you're bound to drown They was right... but they was wrong... Let me tell a story 'bout where I belong... (Verse 1) A young king, but the kingdom was cold My mind flicker, stories never told Built a wall so high, couldn't see the top From the blood stained drizzle of the tears they drop They called me quiet, said I got a vacant stare But my head was a warzone, a fucking nightmare Always on the edge of the darkness or the cliff Staring at the blackness, feelin' my soul drift Just a void canvas, no stars, no moon An endless exhale from a long forgotten tune They said "Step back, boy, that's an endless drop" But the silence yelled louder than the noise on the block The abyss was a mirror, and it reflected me No pretenses, no smiles, no made-up fantasy Just a hollow silhouette, a shell of a soul Fuck the love and the light that he never could hold. So I leaned in closer, wanted a touch Didn't know that I was asking for so much... (Chorus) I peered in the abyss, saw nothin' at all No helping hand, no one to hear me call So I stepped off the ledge, let the void be my all And I found me a home in the endless freefall. They said the dark would take me, swallow me up whole But the dark was the first thing to hold onto my soul The lonely, the silence, they finally made me whole Found my reflection in a darkness not a bad place to be Fuck'em all I don't want this but there's no escape from what I see. (Verse 2) The fall didn't hurt, it was softer than her skin Like sinking in shadows, lettin' the noise wear me thin The pressure below wasn't crushin' my chest It was pullin' me under to a permanent rest From the sun and the smiles that always felt fake To the weight of the quiet, for my own damn sake Landed on nothing, but it felt like a floor The abyss didn't want me... it just opened the door. No demons to fight, no angels to blame Just the quiet acceptance of a long forgotten name The dark didn't whisper, it didn't need to speak It just filled in the cracks in the soul of a freak The loneliness lifted, 'cause I was alone With the one thing that finally felt like a home The fear that once gripped me, the end of my rope I had shit left but yet, I didn't lose hope. (Chorus) I peered in the abyss, saw nothin' at all No helping hand, no comfort, no one heard my call So I stepped off the ledge, let the void be my all And I found me a home in the endless freefall. They said the dark would take me, swallow me up whole But the dark was the first thing to hold onto my soul The lonely, the silence, they finally made me whole Found my reflection in a darkness not a bad place to be Fuck'em all I don't want this but there's no escape from what I see. (Bridge) Never welcomed at the table, that I had always packed The sun burnt my damn skin, so I faded to black I was searchin' for a savior, someone to understand But the only hand that reached out... was the shadows in this land. It's a twisted kinda rescue, a paradoxical peace When the nightmare you been runnin' from gives your heart release They said "The light will save you," but the light just showed the scars The dark just let me be me... beneath the absent stars. (Verse 3) So I dwell in the depths where the light doesn't bend The abyss is my beginning, and the darkness my friend No expectations, no judgement, no sit back and wait Just the comfortable truth and nothing here is faked I don't miss the surface, don't miss the fake grins Down here with the void is where the real story begins It's the only thing that took me, just as broken as I am A fucked up little boy, who had to become a man They can't hurt me here, with their sticks and their stones The abyss broke my fall, shit, life broke my bones Now rebuilt in the shadow, I'm made solid and still A product of the darkness, bendin' to its will. I ain't scared of the silence, I'm married to the night Found my peace in the absence, found my wrong to be right So if you see me starin' into nothin', damn let me be me I'm just talkin' to the darkness... the only true family. (Outro) The dark... saved me. Yeah. The lonely... ...finally welcomed me home.
