Fire on the porch on a summer's night

All of my things are there inside
Black smoke rise up  now burn on  burn higher

I smell leaves and burning tires
Dogs in the meadows barking wild
Blackbird rise up and tell me what have you done

I'm not drunk and I'm not sad
There's nothing inside that I want back
Let me touch your lips  let me see where you're at

Do you wonder how I am tonight

Don't lose time looking in my eyes
Not every tear means you're gonna cry

From the bottom of my heart

Comes a cold dark feeling

There is nothing but dust

In the layers I'm peeling

From the bottom of my heart

Beats a rattling drum

Coming up from the depths

Into the rays of the sun

Now under crushing skies of grays

Paralyzed with phantom pains
Before this room became just a place

Where I just sleep through endless days
Spinning webs and carving names
Where thoughts break up exploding in space

But I once crossed a quarter mile
Through black pools of razor wires
Cut through the steel with the edge of a file

While singing rhapsodies in stride

Hellbent and dignified
Now my time has come

Who you fooling and why

From the bottom of my heart

Comes a cold dark feeling

There is eminent death
To the promise I'm keeping

From the bottom of my heart

Comes an army of one

Marching back up the steps

Into the rays of the sun

Pale-faced and hollowed eyes

Buried under ruptured skies
Not every smile means I'm laughing inside

Two-face and compromised

I've enraptured you with lies
Everything means nothing
And tonight everything is mine
From the bottom of my heart
Comes a cold dark feeling

I have buried so much

In the layers I'm peeling

From the bottom of my heart

A battle will come

Marching back up the steps

Into the rays of the sun

From the bottom of my heart

Comes a cold dark feeling

Wrapped around tight

With no sign of leaving

From the bottom of my heart

A ballad is sung

Through a whisper she comes

Into the rays of the sun