Racing The Dark - Alan Jackson

Well she calls me up when she's broken Says to leave my front door open I come home to find her smoking With her eyes all fragile and thin She's always been hopeless at hoping Always coped badly with coping And I never know when she's joking She never lets anyone in I know I'm a fool to let her run away with my heart And she'll never tire of these games Loving her is like playing catch in the dark I'm a tear drop in an ocean of flames And we'll drink too much for a wednesday She'll ask me why none of her men stay I tell her just what her friends say It never goes down too well And she'll stay hear til late in the evening But she's always arriving or leaving She never decides to believe in The people who know her so well I know I'm a fool to let her run away with my heart And she'll never tire of these games Loving her is like playing catch in the dark I'm a tear drop in an ocean of flames Well, she says if we're single at 40 We'll get married and move to the country But I know she'll never want me Then it's five fifteen in the morning I reach for her whilst I'm yawning She leaves me with no warning

Can't drink, can't drug, can't drown 'em away Can't sleep, can't think, can't find an escape From these dark, dark thoughts in my mind Can't drink, can't drug, can't drown 'em away Can't sleep, can't think, can't find an escape From these dark, dark thoughts in my mind There's a heavy on this mind There's a weight behind these eyes What if I, what if I can't stop the rising tide? Above the undertow, do you see me down below? A sinking stone, wondering how much deeper I can go Can't drink, can't drug, can't drown 'em away Can't sleep, can't think, can't find an escape From these dark, dark thoughts in my mind, oh Oh my head, my head, my head is a prison No one ever visits It's just you and me 'til the end, the end Waiting out my sentence If I find an exit, will you still follow me? A hundred stories high What would it be like to be free from this parasite inside of me? And at my funeral, would anybody show? No pall to bear, just a coffin sitting all alone Can't drink, can't drug, can't drown 'em away Can't sleep, can't think, can't find an escape From these dark, dark thoughts in my mind, oh My head, my head, my head is a prison No one ever visits It's just you and me 'til the end, the end Waiting out my sentence If I find an exit, will you still follow me? To kill what I create To keep the wolves at bay You know I've tried a million times but they still find a way to cage me Can't drink, can't drug, can't drown 'em away Can't sleep, can't think, can't find an escape From these dark, dark thoughts These dark, dark thoughts Oh my head, my head, my head is a prison No one ever visits It's just you and me 'til the end ('til the end), the end Waiting out my sentence If I find an exit, will you still follow me?

Oh, my son too young to understand that life is dark sometimes There is just not enough light And you, you broke me everyday, but I fought you back I think I could die in the next room without you noticing Where do we go, where do we go from here and where do we go? Where do we go, where do we go from here, what happened to us? Gotta breathe in, gotta breathe out Up on your feet, gotta think twice The future is dark, the future is vile Without you there's no tomorrow We, we die alone, but we live without And yes, it hurts me so to realize that death won't do us Won't do us part, but something Something else might Where do we go, where do we go from here and where do we go? Where do we go, where do we go from here, what happened to us? Gotta breathe in, gotta breathe out Up on your feet, gotta think twice The future is dark, the future is vile Without you there's no tomorrow Gotta breathe in, gotta breathe out Up on your feet, gotta think twice The future is dark, it's all that we've got Without you there's no tomorrow

Seen through these dreamless eyes Blind buildings stark to the sky Silhouettes as dividing walls Guarding the eternal secret Where is the flame to haunt you And who do you answer to My lies are always wishes Lies that make me See beyond the rationale We accept the fate that nothing is meant to be Be the least connected Stay true to the last original Apply layers to reality Things only you can see Add a beat to normality To tap the core of insanity I let my dreams cross over To days of endless grey If I could merge the mundane and the magic We'd forge a new unknown I let my dreams cross over To nothingness and back again If I could merge the mundane and the magic Where is the dark I came to find In latter days as time will find you Memories will never let you get closer The silent sighs in useless company Wish for darkness and death again In the face of ignorance and fear I cast it right back Some things were never there to begin with Objectivity is truth denied Apply layers to reality Things only you can see Add a beat to normality To tap the core of insanity I let my dreams cross over To days of endless grey If I could merge the mundane and the magic We'd forge a new unknown I let my dreams cross over To nothingness and back again If I could merge the mundane and the magic Where is the dark I came to find

At the dark end of the street That's where we always meet Hiding in shadows where we don't belong Living in darkness to hide our wrong You and me At the dark end Of the street You and me I know time is gonna take its toll We have to pay for the love we stole It's a sin, and we know it's wrong Oh, but our love keeps coming on strong Steal away To the dark end Of the street They're gonna find us They're gonna find us They're gonna find us, Lord, someday You and me At the dark end Of the street You and me And when the daylight hours roll 'round And by chance we're both downtown If we should meet, just walk on by Oh, darling, please, don't cry Tonight, we'll meet At the dark end Of the street

It must have been inside my head I've lost the hope that I have left And now, at last, it comes to pass We sleep, we dream, we have no less Along the path, we lost our way It's all a game that I must play And now the weak that fall Return to ash, defeated after all Fade away to the wicked world we live And I become the dark of you Say a prayer for the wounded heart within As I become the dark of you Let go When all has come to life We live, we breathe, we die They call me to the light Forever lost in time With every dream we find We feed, we burn, we lie The fall of humankind The everlasting light Fade away to the wicked world we live And I become the dark of you Say a prayer for the wounded heart within As I become the dark of you Let go When all has come to life We live, we breathe, we die They call me to the light Forever lost in time With every dream we find We feed, we burn, we lie The fall of humankind The everlasting light Fade away to the wicked world we live And I become the dark of you Say a prayer for the wounded heart within As I become the dark of you Let go Save this selfish world Save this selfish world (let go) Save this selfish world Save this selfish world

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع

You got a fast car I want a ticket to anywhere Maybe we make a deal Maybe together we can get somewhere Any place is better Startin' from zero, got nothing to lose Maybe we'll make something Me, myself, I got nothing to prove You got a fast car I got a plan to get us out of here I been working at the convenience store Managed to save just a little bit of money Won't have to drive too far Just across the border and into the city You and I can both get jobs Finally see what it means to be living See, my old man's got a problem He lives with the bottle, that's the way it is He says his body's too old for working His body's too young to look like his Mama went off and left him She wanted more from life than he could give I said, "somebody's got to take care of him" So I quit school and that's what I did You got a fast car Is it fast enough so we can fly away? Still gotta make a decision Leave tonight, or live and die this way So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car We go cruisin', entertain ourselves You still ain't got a job So I work in a market as a checkout girl I know things will get better You'll find work and I'll get promoted We'll move out of the shelter Buy a bigger house, live in the suburbs So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car I got a job that pays all our bills You stay out drinking late at the bar See more of your friends than you do of your kids I'd always hoped for better Thought maybe together you and me would find it I got no plans, I ain't going nowhere So take your fast car and keep on driving So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car Is it fast enough so you can fly away? You still gotta make a decision Leave tonight, or live and die this way