Night Rider - Bad Dream

Night Rider

I gaze at the heavens,
do you see me?
I cry out to the darkness,
but only fragments of soul escape me.

A long, long journey
to mountain’s crest
putting this broken body to the test.

Quiet the seething mind, rancid thoughts,
tethered days and lonely nights.
Your love for me is my sole light,
but cut from here, your warmth is gone.
I have no choice but to struggle on.

With wind at my heels
and shadows on my back.
So far from home this broken heart
longs for something more.

I am the Night Rider
straight from a black hole feeling.
Nothing held back, no room for reason.
Embrace the void, numbed to the bone.
I feel the adrenaline rising, holding my hand.

Fear at my back, I tear through the darkness
searching for the cure to betrayal.
Penance is not far away.
Penance is not far away.
My penance is not far away.

Shake me down babe
I’m all torn up.
Reaching out I cannot find you,
you’ve gone somewhere I can not follow…

I am the Night Rider.
I have reached my journey’s end.
But this cure was a trick,
a spawned demon in disguise.

All I have is nothing,
I’m now an empty case.
My emotions failed me,
lost and lonely once again.



Night Rider so close to home
speed by horizon’s misty glow.
Lonely Rider, it’s not far away.
Your penance is not far away.

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Bad Dream

All your hopes and all your fears
Sealed by all your lonely tears.
A cheering smile, a warming touch
are nothing but a failing crutch.

I’ve got a bad disease
deep down in my head.
I dream of the worst things
while turning in bed.

So I say:
burn your wings and
dream no more,
or else have
silent screams
as you hit the floor.

There’s a sugar coating on
every person’s perception.
But by cover of mind
I see lies and deception.

Everyone’s an enemy,
trust is a fantasy.
There’s death and violence
So long as
I am the center of misery.

So I say:
burn your wings and
dream no more
lease there be
silent screams
as you hit the floor.

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~~by Sarah Yendrey