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I've known true anguish

I've once felt light

A broken spirit, I stand alone

My fortress of one

The past has brought me back to this place

I'm drifting lifeless once again

Lost beneath a shroud of night

The sun's warm rays never in my sight

This taste of black on my tongue

Can't erase the things I've done

My fortress of guilt

I hate what I am, no pain is greater than the truth

This pounding, pounding in my head

I cannot let them in

My inner demons taunting me

I must not lead them here

Lead me out of the light

Bring me into the...

Darkness creeping close to me

I feel its numbing grasp

I know its cold emphatic call

I cannot break its spell

Lead me into the dark

Bring me closer to...

Malignant spirits have entered my soul

Let the darkness come inside again

Departing life

My tormented soul

Submit and die

Let the darkness in