Dark Night of the Soul

Come a crippled time a man
Lose the purpose in his way
What’s the reason left to go on
What’s the reason left to stay
What’s the reason you suppose he asks
In hanging on ain’t nothing lasts
Nothing now left to me
Of who I was ain’t charity
As he pours another round
It’s so easy going down
And his logic starts to swim
As it slips away from him
In the fire and fury of his hate
His judge and jury just can’t ait
The verdict’s in guilty as sin
Returned and turned and turned again
And there’s a dark night of the soul
Just beyond a man’s control
Where he’s staring scared and trying so hard
Not to let it show
And he’s talking grace of God
He’s talking free at last
He’s talking nowhere to go in this world
He’s talking nowhere to go
Now he’s staring out the door
As the rain starts to pour
And the light’s have all grown dim
One by one ‘til it’s just him
In this dark deserted place
Staring at the haunted face
A reflection in the glass
All that never came to be
And there ain’t no mama ain’t no papa
Ain’t no family or friends
Just the cold edge of the morning
Slowly twisting in the wind
And he’s talking grace of God
He’s talking free at last
He’s talking nowhere too go in this world
He’s talking nowhere to go