Below

On nights of gloom and storm and rain On nights that fill a mind with pain On nights entombed with blackened rain I stare into the dark below When left alone from misered comp'ny When left alone by Him above me When left alone with only mem'ry I gaze into the dark below What say the man that stare unblinking What way his eye flit whilst unthinking Where goes the mind of man whom peer Into the blackened void below? He wipes away a tired feeling Tries to grasp railing, yet reeling Back and back on down the staircase And into the dark below Blankly, windows gaze turned ghastly For fear what sort o' gorgon might have me What clouded, murky horror gladly Waits for me below? Struck by the sound of nails clawing Upon my ears and the walls theyre longing And unto me be its desire To drag me down below In my fright I reached and groped And struck out, such a wishful probe I swung at nothing, seeing nothing My curiosity surely must grow I light a match and brace myself Draw a gasp and clutch my chest Do my eyes deceive me? I find that I'm alone