Long Dark Night Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

[Verse 1]
I was long inside a dream, I could not get loose
I will tell you it, although there is little use
To tell a dream when dreaming is all you ever do
Things were not so good, I can't make light of it
My poor soul, it was having a dark night of it
It was a long night, a week, maybe a year

[Chorus]
Maybe a long dark night is coming down
Maybe a long dark night is coming down

[Verse 2]
Through the door of my dream burst
No zombie, no ogre, no devil there
But a flying man with long trailing hair
Who perched on the iron rail of my bed
Oh Lord, combing his long white hair, saying my name
How could he know when I did not even know my name?

[Chorus]
Maybe a long dark night is coming down
Maybe a long dark night, my precious one
Maybe a long dark night is rolling round my eyes
Oh Lord