I'm leaving by night, I'm leaving alone Leaving it lie, when you waken I'll be gone I would not beg for me as I would not beg for you Though I'd like to be the one to see you through Every step you have take disappears with the tide You're torn up and shaken with changing your mind You haven't got the grace to say you'll finally decide And you haven't got the strength to stay to fight Those people who surround you Only want to see you weak enough to crawl They'll lie for you, decide for you And buy up all your rights and all your wrongs And they'll try to stop your singing In the middle of your song For they do not want you free And they will not make you strong But only drag you down in the hole they're coming from They say you are foolish for wanting the sun They call you selfish for learning to run They'll tell you that the darkness is a blessing in disguise You never have to notice if you're sighted or you're blind And they'll do their best to keep you from the light You're more than beginning, you're learning to fly Feels like you're falling, but it pa**es in time And I hate to see a friend go down in flames without a song So I'm waiting by the doorway, I will not linger long I'm leaving by night, I'm leaving alone Leaving you lie. When you waken I'll be gone I would not beg for me as I will not beg for you But I'd like to be the one to see you through