The Dark That Calls Within

Walking down a thousand steps To sit on a desert beach Prepared to fight my demons A lovely day for a siege I thrust with brave intention They duck and swerve and hide And though they make me feel euphoric They're rotting me away inside Oh wave upon wave over me Oh salt and spray on my face Oh sunlight reflection on a crystal sea Adrift in time and space And wrestling with the undertow The dark that calls within If I should stay or go And learning how to swim The sweet warmth around me I surrender and give in I feast my eyes and glut my soul And wallow in the sin Still the rebellion grows I know temptation's wrong I hint at struggle and atone By writing evils into my song Oh wave upon wave over me Oh salt and spray on my face Oh sunlight reflection on a crystal sea Adrift in time and space And wrestling with the undertow The dark that calls within If I should stay or go And learning how to swim neither wicked nor innocent I am simply what I be Like the ocean , shifting Nobody knows the real me never stops flowing The memories haunting me not sure where I'm going Drifting along out to sea I walk down the freezing shore And gaze out upon the sea Maybe one day I'll get my wish Cleansing waves sweep over me Pulled along by undertow I hear a blissful hymn Then my eyes meet blinding sun I have finally learned how to swim Oh wave upon wave over me Oh salt and spray on my face Oh sunlight reflection on a crystal sea Adrift in time and space And wrestling with the undertow The dark that calls within If I should stay or go And learning how to swim