The Dark Night of the Soul

The Dark Night of the Soul

(Tempo: 65 BPM. Instrumentation: A low, thumping kick drum like a heartbeat, a tremolo-soaked electric guitar, and a distant, mournful organ.)

The moon has turned her back on the garden

The stars have all burned out their lightI’m reaching for a hand that isn’t there

In the middle of this long, hollow night

My prayers are bouncing off a ceiling made of lead

The silence is the only word that’s being said

I’ve lost the map, I’ve lost the very groundIn the deepest quiet, the terror is the sound.

It’s the dark night, the stripping of the soul

Where the fire takes the pieces just to make ‘em whole

I’m naked in the shadow, I’m broken on the floor

I don’t know who I am or what I’m fighting for

Say my name, even if it’s just a ghost of me

Yeah, dats me, drowning in a silver sea.

Every bridge I built is smoldering in ash

Every lie I told is a lightning flash

I’m the listener now, ‘cause I’ve got no more to say

I’m the seer watching all my ego fade away

There’s no comfort in the ritual, no magic in the wine

Just the slow, cold peeling of the spirit from the vine

You have to lose the world just to find the spark

You have to learn to breathe inside the heavy dark.

It’s the dark night, the stripping of the soul

Where the fire takes the pieces just to make ‘em whole

I’m naked in the shadow, I’m broken on the floor

I don’t know who I am or what I’m fighting for

Say my name, even if it’s just a ghost of meYeah, dats me, drowning in a silver sea.

(The music swells. The guitar moves from a weep to a distorted, crying wail.)

It’s a lonely road, but it’s the only way

Through the midnight black to the break of day

I’m the healer and the wound, I’m the seeker and the find

Leaving every hollow version of myself behind!

Strip it all away!

Let the darkness stay!

Till there’s nothing left but the light!

(Guitar Solo - Raw, emotional, and slow, emphasizing the spaces between the notes.)

It’s the dark night, the stripping of the soul

Where the fire takes the pieces just to make ‘em whole

I’m naked in the shadow, I’m broken on the floor

I finally see the light through the closing door

Say my name, I’m a brand new version of me

Yeah, dats me, rising from the silver sea.

(The instruments fade out one by one, leaving only the steady heartbeat drum.)

The night is almost over.The soul is coming home.Yeah, dats me.In the light.

Say my name.

(Say my name)

(Final soft guitar chime)