The dark beast

There’s a beast in my mind and it feeds on the night

It waits until darkness then murders the light

It claws through my courage and whispers my fears

Then drinks from the rivers I’ve made with my tears

I’m tired of fighting I’m tired of pain

Of dragging my body through thunder and rain

I’m searching for strength but my hands only shake

I don’t know how much more this battered soul takes

The beast knows my weakness it knows where I hide

It knows every wound that I buried inside

It tells me I’m nothing it tells me I’ll fall

It builds up the mountains then makes me feel small

But somewhere beneath all the darkness and scars

I remember that night cannot swallow the stars

There must still be something this beast cannot take

Some ember inside me that refuses to break

So give me some strength when I’ve nothing to give

Give me one reason to fight and to live

I don’t need a sunrise or promises bright

Just enough fucking hope to survive through tonight