Dead of Night

I woke up in the dead of night
(Oh, wide eyed)
No light, no shape no sound, but I
(Oh, wide eyed)
I was wide eyed but saw nothing
(Oh, wide eyed)
Kneeling down feeling around
(Oh, wide eyed)
I felt the fur of something
(Oh, wide eyed)

In total dark I felt the sleeping thing up
(Oh, wide eyed)
From tail to claws, from neck to fangs
(Oh, wide eyed)
It was the back wolf they call "Nothing"
(Oh, I died)
And by its side I curled and lied
(Oh, I died)
I died then to sleeping soundlessly
(Oh, I died)

When I woke there was nothing beside me of course
And the world was lit and growing
But I said "I know you're there, I feel your stare
I feel your breathing blowing
See your gnashing teeth in falling leaves
Your beady eyes in apples glowing
Oh Dead of Night, hidden from sight
I know you are no dream
And I'm not dozing"