There is an emptiness
A cold dark place
Someday it will overtake me
But not today and not tonight
It lurks in the shadows of my mind
I can feel its lingering presence
As old as any memory
An overwhelming void
I’ve lived so hard to hide
I’ve drank and drugged
And ****** and thugged
And sold my very soul
But the darkness on my shoulder
Continues to whisper out my name
As it’s coldness rattles my weary bones
And in its shadow all life wanes
I know someday i’ll lose the battle
Can’t stop the fading of the light
Someday it will overtake me
But not today and not tonight