i m leaving by night i m leaving alone i m leaving it lie when you waken i ll be gone i would not beg for me as i would not beg for you though i d like to be the one to see you through every step you have taken disappears with the tide you re torn up and shaken with changing your mind you haven t got the grace to say you ll finally decide and you haven t got the strength to stay to fight those people who surround you only want to see you weak enough to crawl they ll lie for you decide for you and buy up all your rights and all your wrongs and they ll try to stop your singing in the middle of your song for they do not want you free and they do not make you strong but only drag you down in the hole they re coming from they say you are foolish in wanting the sun say you are selfish in learning to run tell you that the darkness is a blessing in disguise for you never have to notice if you re sighted or you re blind and they ll do their best to keep you from the light you re more than beginning you re learning to fly you feel like you re falling but it passes in time i hate to see a friend go down in flames without a song so i m waiting by the doorway but i will not linger long  and i m leaving by night i m leaving alone i m leaving it lie when you waken i ll be gone i would not beg for me as i could not beg for you but i d like to be the one to see you through