the night has bitten to the core of me it sinks its teeth in as this ship fades in the cold trembling as the walls will laugh and bleed i m never in reverie but in black and gold everybody tries to blame it on the give and take in the duality of life there s a dagger and it lingers in the mind s eye open to devils and the like they take me they take me they take me a long way down dance upon the water watch as the demons set afire hold the head below and choke as the heathens drown a while darkness is swelling up all inside me i m reaching for the air the night is tearing down the walls in me i long for touches of nothing everything goes black as i bleed there s a dagger and it lingers in the mind s eye open to devils and the like they take me they take me they take me a long way down  dance upon the water watch as the demons set afire hold the head below and choke as the heathens drown a while 