The Black Dog Lyrics

Step out of the jetway onto freedom again

Step out of the darkness, out of your shadow

Back into the light

Had enough of the torture, enough of the pain

I just want to learn how to live again

But oh there's no room for me here either

So no matter where I go no matter how it ends

I will have to pretend that I'm

Happy

Had enough of this pain, enough of this rain

Enough of this life i lead

Try to come with something but all I've got jokes

But I'm the biggest joke and there's no good punchline

Robbed of a future I thought I deserved

Robbed of the joy that I thought I deserved

My hands are red

There is no high without a low

And I know this time it's gonna hurt coming down

Yeah it's easy to kill a stranger

When you don't even know yourself

On the breakwater, we watched the waves rise

You couldn't see for the spark had left your eyes

And in my nightmares you were standing there

On the spit out in the waves til the water became your grave

And I was hoping that you would write to me

Cast your letter in a bottle

That the waves bear your promise

And I was so weak then

I couldn't keep you

There is no high without a low

And I think I've hit the bottom now

There is no high without a low

And i know and I know and I know I'm coming down

Yeah it's easy to kill a stranger

When you don't even know yourself

I could stand here dithering and blathering

Waiting for your words

But I could spill my heart out onto the page

And into this song

But where have you gone

There's no point in any of this

We were fated not to love

We were fated not to keep

We needed something more

But the ties that bind were choking

And there's nothing here now

And in your absence

I'll try to recover

But i was the gravedigger

And I'm still holding the shovel

Learning to get past this

Learning to accept my role

If I did it again

Would I just dig another hole

Yeah the black dog

It waits for me

Around the corner down the hall

Where I cannot see at all

'Cause you're still in there

I know I must be going soon

Don't have a place here anymore

I've packed my bags and I've cleaned the floors

And you're still holding

And I'm still holding on

'Cause there's still something at our center

I just wish you'd remember

Yeah it's waiting

Yeah it waits for me

At the point of no return

You've already watched me burn

There is no high

There is no low

There is nothing now