I've been laying low   Living in the shadows   Spending time alone   Conversations with the wall     Hanging on   I'm just trying to matter   And I remain   Trying to make some sense of it all     I've been here before I'm familiar with the pain   But I ain't running no more there's one thing changed   Ain't going down this time   This time I ain't going down     Like an undertow   I feel the promise of the nighttime   But I've been down that road   And my search came to an end     I hit the motherload   Enough blues for a lifetime   Now I'm digging deep inside   Trying to find my way back again     You know you've entered the danger zone   When you look in the eyes and there's no one home   Ain't going down this time   This time I ain't going down     Deep in the night   I miss a woman's touch   The fire burns strong   And I'm drawn to the flame     But I pay the price   When I get caught up in the heartbeat   And passion flows   Unrestrained     No one left to blame I'm faced with the truth   And it's all too plain when there's nothing left to lose   Ain't going down this time   This time I ain't goin