Darkness, darkness   Be my pillow   Take me in and let me sleep   In the coolness of the shadow   In the silence of the deep      Darkness, darkness   Hide my yearning for the things that cannot be   Keep my mind from constant turning    Towards the thing that cannot see   Thing that cannot see,   Thing that cannot see.      Darkness, darkness   Long and lonesome is the day that brings me everything   I have felt the edge of sorrow,    I have known the depth of fear.      Darkness, darkness   Be my blanket   Trouble me with your endless night,   Take away, take away, take away the pain of knowing   Fill the emptiness with bright   Emptiness with bright,    Emptiness with bright      Darkness, darkness   Be my blanket    Take me in and cover me   Take away, take away, take away the pain of knowing   Fill the emptiness with bright,   Emptiness with bright,   Emptiness with bright      Emptiness, loneliness   Take away   Emptiness, loneliness   Take away   My sorrow      (Levinger)