The rain falls cold and dark The air is still and hot The only place with less light Is deep within my heart A visitor has come A stranger for so long She’s spirited inside And made my soul her home Turning towards the sky Serves only to belie Inevitable fate Of restless sleep tonight This guest knows my story well And through this distance veil She rings a tolling bell Less pleasurable than hell I cannot see through black-lit forests A sunrise dawning to release this presence’ hold I cannot see this flood at full crest So into its misery I relegate my soul A cursing on the tongue On vacant stars is hung I cannot see through black-lit forests A sunrise dawning to release this presence’ hold I cannot see this flood at full crest So into its misery I relegate my soul I cannot see through black-lit forests A sunrise dawning to release this presence’ hold I cannot see this flood at full crest So into its misery I relegate my soul On vacant stars is hung A cursing on the tongue I cannot see Sunrise I cannot see I'm drowning Ah, she brings isolation A cold and weary song It plays inside, she sings Relentless on and on It’s an opus I’d forgot Of a longing and a lot So hopelessly beyond reach So all hope now is lost She came by way of grace And left without a trace Save memories wove into A deadly cord of lace I wish her journey well As for me and my hell This unwelcome stranger Will live in stories that I tell