Verse 1:
It’s getting darker and darker
The room is fading around me
And the party’s become a nightmare
Blank faces all staring at me
No place to run to or to hide in
The darkness is closing around me
Though I’m running I’m getting nowhere
And soon they’re all going to get me
Verse 2:
All these strange lights swirling
Twirling and whirling right for me
Coming closer, getting brighter
They’re trying to seize and surround me
Oh the world is spinning
So fast that I just can’t take it
I can’t stop it, I can’t stand it
A fire is raging inside me
CHORUS:
So if you’re smart
You’ll stay out of the dark
Where the devil will lurk
Waiting to steal your heart
The daylight I find
Will always be kind
But the night only brings
These old nightmares of mine...
Verse 3:
Now I’m shrinking, sinking
And all the confusion astounds me
And a cold wind is shrieking
Screaming so loudly around me
Rising higher, falling faster
The world like a puddle beneath me
And I’m melting like a candle
The devil is laughing right at me
(Repeat CHORUS)
Verse 4:
Now the thunder is grumbling
Rumbling and tumbling above me
And the lightning, flashing
Searching the ground trying to find me
Strange eyes watching from the treetops
Watching every move that I’m making
And the willows are weeping
They’re trying to panic and shake me
Bridge:
So don’t look behind you
Oh, you would panic
Oh, if you knew
What the darkness can do
To your mind and your soul
It’s satanic
Coda:
Oh, I’m afraid of the dark
I’m so afraid of the dark
I’m afraid of the dark
I’m so afraid of the dark
Copyright ©1985 P.J.Farrauto (SOCAN)
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