YOU SAY YOU’VE SEEN IT ALL
THE WAR, THE PEACE, THE RISE, THE FALL
SOME THINGS YOU MIGHT’VE MISSED
THAT YOU JUST CAN’T ADMIT
ARE WRITTEN RIGHT THERE ON THE WALL
YOU CAN’T GET UP UNTIL YOU’VE BEEN LET DOWN
YOU CAN ONLY SET RIGHT THE THINGS YOU GOT TURNED AROUND
YOU WON’T ALWAYS FIND A LIGHT, WHEN THE DARKNESS COMES TO TOWN
YOU SAY YOU FEEL ALRIGHT
AND THEN YOUR EYES GO BLACK AS NIGHT
YOU SLEEP FOR DAYS ON END
AND I CAN’T FIND THE BREAK TO MEND
SO I JUST DO MY BEST TO HOLD ON TIGHT
WHEN YOU CAN’T GET UP UNTIL YOU’VE BEEN KNOCKED DOWN
YOU CAN ONLY GET RIGHT WHEN THE PILLS TURN THINGS AROUND
YOU DON’T ALWAYS FIND A LIGHT, WHEN THE DARKNESS COMES TO TOWN
WHEN THE DARKNESS COMES TO TOWN
NO ONE EVER HEARS YOU, ‘CAUSE YOUR TEARS DON’T MAKE A SOUND
WHEN THE DARKNESS COMES TO TOWN
YOU SAY IT’S JUST THE BLUES
BUT YOU CAN’T GET STRAIGHT ENOUGH TO SEE THE TRUTH
YOU DON’T KNOW UP THE WAY YOU KNOW LOW DOWN
YOU MIGHT GET RIGHT, BUT IT ALWAYS TURNS BACK ‘ROUND
EVERY TIME YOU FIND A LIGHT, THEN THE DARKNESS COMES TO TOWN
THE DARKNESS COMES TO TOWN
Tom Heyman documents life in San Francisco circa 2023, refusing to succumb to easy characterization & instead capturing the city’s nuance. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 22, 2023