Not Dark Yet

Shadows are falling and I've been here all day
It's too hot to sleep and time is running away
Feel like my soul has turned into steel
I still got those scars that the sun didn't heal
It's not even room enough to be anywhere
It's not dark yet but it's getting there

Well, my sense of humanity is going down the drain
Behind every beautiful thing there's been some kind of pain
He wrote me a letter and he wrote it so kind
He put down in writing what was in his mind
I just don't see why I should even care
It's not dark yet but it's getting there

And I've been to London and I've been to gay Paree
I followed the river and I got to the sea
I've been there on the bottom in a world full of lies
I ain't looking for nothing in anyone's eyes
Sometimes my burden seems more than I can bear
It's not dark yet but it's getting there

I was born here and I'll die here against my will
I know it looks like I'm moving but I'm standing still
Every nerve in my body is so awakened and I
I can't even remember what it was I came here to get away from
I don't even hear a murmur of a prayer
It's not dark yet but it's getting there
It's not dark yet but it's getting there