Kindness Of the Dark*

Hit the lights
And lock the door
Our clothes are all on the floor

I’m ready for you
But not that way
We’ve already played that game

And I pull you close
In the kindness of the dark

Pages of history
Turn in the dark
Some are torn and marked

But I’ll be here
Until he finds you
Till somebody finds you
Am
And gives their heart to you

And I know you’re scared
Of the kindness of the dark

My hands are eyes
And they see what they want
Out on the plains
They are coyotes out on a hunt

While you slept
I made the bed
And spooled a twilight thread

Feather soft
I kissed your cheek
As sleep-silt covered me

And I driftwood the shore
In the kindness of the dark

But kindness can be cruel
Cruelty can be an honest friend
Kindness can be cruel
And cruelty can be an honest friend
Kindness can be cruel
And cruelty can be an honest friend
Kindness can be cruel
And cruelty can be an honest friend
In the kindness of the dark

*Co-written with Nicholas Gregory

© 2018 Plaid Rain Music (BMI)