Halo

I've never been here before Why is it so dark? This place is unfamiliar, So cold and unforgiving, I can hear wide open spaces And feel something close to me. There's got to be a way out of here But how much pain How many deaths Lay between here and where I want to be? Scared stiff, don't move a muscle Thank god I'm still alive, Safest place to be s'where I've been standing all along. God damn, just take my hand, Lead me out of here. I can see you when I close my eyes Your halo burning bright, I catch your ghost just for a moment When I open them again. Where'd you go, please take me there, It's where I want to be. Out of here Away from here It's where I want to be. What's that sound? Something's moving, Something dark and huge and heavy. What's that light? Something's shining, It must have been in hiding Behind what's hunting me. It's moving further, getting dimmer, Fading faster back to black. Can't see my feet but hear them running, Cool air rushing by me. Can't see my breath but feel my chest, And the nest of coals inside it. What's going on I was safer where I stood, Why am I chasing in the dark After your fading golden halo? Running blind- I shouldn't say that, I chase the only thing I've ever seen. Gaining slowly it comes closer, I see now a little truer A horizon burning brighter, (I've) not laid these eyes on it before. How did I go so gently into this cold starless night? How do I not remember what the day had brought ashore? Jumping hurdles I can't see Landing gracefully on Roots and rocks and rolling ankles, Feeling so less safe than I am sorry. Limping, bleeding, scarlet drops in darkness, A trailing crimson tail behind me shows I must be getting closer. Pits and claws and stakes and jaws Crawling now and gaining still. Lighter, brighter, shining down, Your halo there above me. I've made it, I have won, Your honey bathes me well again. But I am tired and I must sleep, Here on the ground close at your feet. Let me close my eyes and pray that if they open This was more than just a dream.