Darkly Dark

by Sarah Passemar



I agonized over the lyrics of "Darkly Dark,"
I began writing it somewhere in Bolivia, kept working on it for days, tried writing a melody for it, but it wasn't "right" until I was able to sit in front of a keyboard in Neuquen.  Then everything fit, suddenly, and I composed/recorded it in 4-5 hours.

The song began from the phrase "Darkly Dark," which sat in an "interesting for poetry?" document for some time before I honed in on it.

So this is the second 'serious' song with lyrics I've written.  (The Troll song doesn't count as I can't listen to it without hiding my face behind something.)  

Darkly Dark

A shadow is trespassing
On the garden of my mind
He waits behind my vision
Where he draws a darkly line


And his path solidifies
As his steps unveil the snow
And with savage trepidation
Webbed winds begin to blow


To whom do you belong
Will you let me see your face
For Darkly Dark, you're waiting
Matching footfalls. masked disgrace.


My lips are sealed tightly
By a slender veil of ice
Your whispered words aren't truth
But neither are they lies. 


You plague me with impressions
That you plant inside my mind
You stand inside the garden
That I thought I'd left behind.


To whom do you belong
Will you let me see your face
For Darkly Dark, you're waiting
Matching footfalls. masked disgrace.


To whom do I belong
Would you let me see your face
For Darkly Dark, you're waiting
Matching footfalls. masked disgrace.