All Wrong from Goodbye Work by The Gated Community

Darkness by the light of moon
A fool to think I was immune
From failure
Darkness on a night like this
The rule does not persist in mis-
behavior
I called somebody’s name that I’d
Forgotten for a dozen sorry years
I said it by mistake and I feel
Rotten that I brought you all to tears

Darkness is a way of life
I’ve looked for guarantees and
None is coming
Darkness is a sharpened knife
It keeps you on your knees
And now I’m running
I told you how I had to leave
And you could not prevent me if you tried
You said that you would start to grieve
And remind me that I’d not already died

I must be leaving in the morning
But can I stay with you tonight?
I can’t say if I’m returning
Or if I’m doing this all right
I must be leaving, here’s a warning
I won’t stay with you so long
If there’s a lesson to be learning
It’s that I’m doing this all wrong

Darkness when the lights are off
The heat is barely on and
It’s still winter
Darkness when you start to cough
Your feet are nearly gone and
Feel a splinter
I said that you have got to find
A way to make it through the next three
weeks
You said that you would pay no mind
And gather up and sell a few antiques

I must be leaving in the morning
But can I stay with you tonight?
I can’t say if I’m returning
Or if I’m doing this all right
I must be leaving, here’s a warning
I won’t stay with you so long
If there’s a lesson to be learning
It’s that I’m doing this all wrong

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