shadows are falling and i ve been here all day it s too hot to sleep time is running away feel like my soul has turned into steel i ve still got the scars that the sun didn t heal there s not even room enough to be anywhere it s not dark yet but it s getting there well my sense of humanity has gone down the drain behind every beautiful thing there s been some kind of pain she wrote me a letter and she wrote it so kind she put down in writing what was in her mind i just don t see why i should even care it s not dark yet but it s getting there well i ve been to london and i ve been to gay paree i ve followed the river and i got to the sea i ve been down on the bottom of a world full of lies i ain t looking for nothing in anyone s eyes sometimes my burden seems more than i can bear it s not dark yet but it s getting there i was born here and i ll die here against my will i know it looks like i m moving but i m standing still every nerve in my body is so vacant and numb i can t even remember what it was i came here to get away from don t even hear a murmur of a prayer it s not dark yet but it s getting there