Not Dark Yet

[Verse 1]

Shadows are falling and I’ve been here all day

It’s too hot to sleep and time is running away

I feel like my soul has turned into steel

I’ve still got the scars that the sun didn’t let me heal

There’s not even room enough to be anywhere

[Refrain]

It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there

[Verse 2]

Well, my sense of humanity has gone down the drain

Behind every beautiful thing there’s been some kind of pain

She wrote me a letter and she wrote it so kind

She put down in writing what was in her mind

I just don’t see why I should even care

[Refrain]

It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there

[Verse 3]

Well, I’ve been to London and I’ve been to gay Paris

I’ve followed the river and I got to the sea

I’ve been down to the bottom of a world full of lies

I ain’t lookin' for nothing in anyone’s eyes

Sometimes my burden is more than I can bear

[Refrain]

It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there

[Verse 4]

I was born here, and I’ll die here, against my will

I know it looks like I’m moving, but I’m standing still

Every nerve in my body is so naked and numb

I can’t even remember what it was I came here to get away from

Don’t even hear a murmur of a prayer

[Outro]

And it's not dark yet, but it's getting there

Sometimes my burden is more than I can bear

And it's not dark yet, but it's getting there