I just want to be a kid stuck in a snowdrift
with a thermos of cocoa during a power outage
and all my family is holed up at home and nothing melts

you know the darkness is afraid of you too

I just want to be a dude in a hatchback on a saturday
six pack and my dog in the passenger seat
moving through the gears on my hometown streets

you know the darkness is afraid of you too

I just want to be a dad with my kids on the beach
my wife laying on an old bath towel next to me
sandcastles falling into the sea

you know the darkness is afraid of you too

I just want to be an old man in tweed with a book
a glass of beer, a cigarette, tucked away in a nook
smiling at strangers, still excited by new attention

you know the darkness is afraid of you too

Adam Lee Roney