Hello Darkness My Old Friend Disturbed Lyrics Novels & Stories

Instead, I stared at the sheet music spread out before me. *I seek the warmth of your embrace, The comfort of your familiar face, But now I’m just a shadow in the night, Longing for you to return, to make it right.* My eyes skimmed the lyrics I had penned, and my breath caught in my throat. How was it possible that, at this age, I still hadn’t found my answers? Helplessness washed over me, a familiar sensation I thought I had outgrown. The thoughts gnawed at me as I read and reread my own words, each line echoing my turmoil.

I rocked side to side, my back to the wall. "I can't keep the flame lit in this darkness anymore. I need a miracle to save me from this hell, come set me free. Freedom. Escape! I'm so surrounded by the darkness with no sign of any light, someone needs to save my soul. Still I'm trapped here in my mind alone, I need another hope tonight. Oh someone, set me free. Beneath the haunting song that calls like magic to a child, a wilting flower dies. It's trapped in darkness left to rot. Oh my god, I'm lost in the darkness of my mind. A wilting flower dies, it's left in darkness here to rot, rot."

He could not understand why but he felt like he could not breathe as he got nearer and nearer to the place. "You are my sunshine My only sunshine You make me happy When skies are gray You'll never know, dear How much I love you Please don't take My sunshine away The other night, dear As I lay sleeping I dreamed I held you In my arms When I awoke, dear I was mistaken So I hung my head and I cried You are my sunshine My only sunshine You make me happy When skies are gray You'll never know, dear How much I love you Please don't take My sunshine away"

(Song: The Death Of Peace Of Mind by Bad Omens) I’ve never been desperate before, but recently I’ve been nothing but desperate. Finding myself in the middle of the woods, even in the broad daylight, by my own means, I’m getting that feeling again. My nightmares come back to me tenfold.

“I heard that you're settled down, “That you found a girl and you're married now, “I heard that your dreams came true, “Guess she gave you things, I didn't give to you, “Old friend, why are you so shy, “Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light, “I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited, “But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it, “I had hoped you'd see my face, “And that you'd be reminded that for me, it isn't over.”

I can hear Felix’s voice drifting through the night as he sings out the lyrics as familiar as my own name: Just one second, A beautiful moment I’m falling fast, I can't forget Over and over, your story's rewritten Unbreakable chain, my déjà vu. Love through the darkness Mirrors on mirrors I’ve been waiting all this time Fire becomes ashes A new star is born In this starlight Say you’ll be mine. The eerie, muted words are a whisper in the dark, barely discernable. Where is it coming from? It can’t be my ringtone. Surely not.

she blows a yellow powder in my face as she speaks I’m fading. Darkness covers me, creeping in like a damn insect And then, finally, everything goes black

"In the dark, I'm lost and alone Can't seem to find my own way home I'm wandering, searching for the light Hoping for something to make things right In the dark, I stumble and fall Trying to make sense of it all But the shadows are too much to bear And I'm struggling just to breathe the air But then I hear a voice that's clear and bright A melody that breaks through the night And suddenly, there's hope in my heart A chance for a brand new start So I follow that sound, so melodious, so sweet

I turned my head to the front, the small smile never leaving my lips, my attention now focused above me; on the shining stars. He was the first to break the silence. “I thought you’d be asleep by now.” “I couldn’t sleep.” He hummed in response as he reached for the headphone I took off earlier and put it on. The previous song ended, every breath you take filled our ears by the police. “Don’t judge my old-fashioned music,” I turned my head a little, just enough to see his features. He, as well, was looking back at me with a single brow raised. “Are you kidding? I love them,” he moved his gaze from me, toward the twilight sky, and so did I.

We didn't let the darkness win. END OF VOLUME ONE