out of the night comes a timeless thing calm in simplicity whispers soft a seductive voice meant for the human ear down down down i m gonna take you down that s when the dying calls if i look in the dark of the world if i lose i don t mind that is when the dying calls down through the ages from the dawn of time roam through the world of dreams up from the the black of the mississippi mud calling out to everything down down down i m gonna bring you down that s when the dying calls if i play in the dark of the world if i lose i don t mind that s when the dying calls when the dying calls hey when the dying calls if i play in the dark of the world if i lose i don t mind that s when the dying calls when the dying calls when the dying calls when the dying calls yeah  up from the black of night when the dying calls down through the dawn of time when the dying calls if i play in the dark of the world and if i lose i don t mind that s when the dying calls yeah