[Intro]
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I dont wanna be alone, I dont wanna be
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[Chorus]
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I dont wanna be alone in the darkness
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I dont wanna be alone in the darkness
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I dont wanna be alone in the darkness anymore
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(Hello, darkness, my old friend)
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[Verse 1]
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Here I am, alone again
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Cant get out of this hole Im in
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Its like the walls are closin in
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You cant help me, no one can
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I can feel these curtains closin
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I go to open em
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But something pulls em closed again
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(Hello, darkness, my old friend)
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Feels like Im loathing in Las Vegas
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Havent got the vaguest why Im so lost
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But Id make you this small wager
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If I bet you Ill be in tomorrows paper
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Who would the odds favor?
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(Hello, darkness, my old friend)
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Im so much like my father, you would think that I knew him
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I keep pacin this room, Valium, then chase it with booze
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One little taste, itll do
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Maybe Ill take it and snooze, then tear up the stage in a few
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(Hello, darkness, my old friend)
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Fuck the Colt 45, Ima need somethin stronger
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If I pop any caps, it better be off of vodka
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Round after round after round, Im gettin loaded (Haha)
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Thats a lot of shots, huh? (Double entendre)
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(Hello, darkness, my old friend)
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[Chorus]
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And I dont wanna be alone in the darkness (Yeah)
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I dont wanna be alone in the darkness
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I dont wanna be alone in the darkness anymore
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(Hello, darkness, my old friend)
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[Verse 2]
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Now Im starin at the room service menu off a benzo
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I can hear the music continue to crescendo
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I can see the whole fuckin venue from my window
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Thats when you know youre schizo
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(Hello, darkness, my old friend)
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‘Cause I keep peekin out the curtain from the hotel
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The music is so loud
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But its almost as though I dont hear no sound
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I should get ready for the show now
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Wait, is this the whole crowd? I thought this shit was sold out
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(Hello, darkness, my old friend)
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But its only the opening act, its early, dont overreact
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Then something told me relax
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And just hope for the show to be packed
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Dont wanna hit the stage before they fill each row to the max
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‘Cause thatd be totally wack
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You cant murder a show nobodys at
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(Hello, darkness, my old friend)
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But what if nobody shows? Panic mode
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‘Bout to snap and go motherfuckin wacko at any second
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‘Bout to cancel the show just as fans below rush the entrance
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Plan is a go to wreck shit, cameras in all directions
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(Hello, darkness, my old friend)
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The press is bout to go ape shit, bananas on all the networks
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Commando with extra clips, I got ammo for all the hecklers
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Im armed to the teeth, another Valium, fall off the bed
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Hit the ground and crawl to the dresser
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Alcohol on my breath as I reach for the scope
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(Hello darkness, my old friend)
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Im blackin out, Im all out of meds
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With them benzodiazepines gone
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Now its just magazines sprawled out on the floor
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Fuck the media, Im goin all out, this is war
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(Hello, darkness, my old friend)
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[Chorus]
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And I dont wanna be alone in the darkness (Yeah)
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I dont wanna be alone in the darkness
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I dont wanna be alone in the darkness anymore
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(Hello, darkness, my old friend)
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[Verse 3]
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People start to show up, time to start the show up
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Its 10:05 PM and the curtain starts to go up
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And Im already sweatin, but Im locked and loaded
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For rapid fire spittin for all the concert-goers
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Scopes for sniper vision, surprise from out of nowhere
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As I slide the clip in from inside the hotel
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Leanin out the window, going Keyser Söze
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Finger on the trigger, but Im a licensed owner
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With no prior convictions, so law says skys the limit
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So my supplys infinite, strapped like Im a soldier
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Got em hopping over walls and climbing fences
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Some of them John Travolta, staying alive by inches
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(Hello, darkness, my old friend)
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Cops are knockin, oh fuck, thought I blocked the entrance
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Guess show time is over
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No suicide note, just a note for target distance
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But if youd like to know the reason why I did this
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Youll never find a motive, truth is I have no idea
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I am just as stumped, no signs of mental illness
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Just tryin to show ya the reason why were so fucked
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‘Cause by the time its over, wont make the slightest difference
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(Hello, darkness, my old friend)
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[Chorus]
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And I dont wanna be alone in the darkness
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I dont wanna be alone in the darkness
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I dont wanna be alone in the darkness anymore
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(Hello, darkness, my old friend)
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[Outro]
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Yeah, we do have some breaking news from the Associated Press right now
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Just gonna bring that up because we are hearing—
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(Ive come to talk with you again)
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We have told you that the shooter is dead
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And we have just learned that police are saying that the Las Vegas shooter killed himself
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(Hello, darkness, my old friend)
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That is the bartender there at Mandalay Bay and I believe were going to hear more from her
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(Ive come to talk with you again)
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Yeah, we just wanted to share that with you
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You can see behind me here, this is what he looks like
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(Hello, darkness, my old friend)
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Now we did just tell you that police just earlier…
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Metro was telling us that he killed himself inside the hotel room
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Good morning, as we come to you on the air
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(Hello, darkness, my old friend)
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We bring you breaking news, a school shooting (Crushing news)
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Another school shooting (Eleven people dead)
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Reports of a number of fatalities, and this time it is in Santa Fe, Texas
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That is just outside Galveston (That no one saw coming)
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A mass shooting at a Southern Californian school (A suspect has been…)
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(Hello, darkness, my old friend)
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We are following breaking news this morning
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Another deadly school shooting
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This one in Santa Fe, Texas, thats just outside Houston
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Twenty-six killed and twenty others wounded (Houston affiliate is reporting)
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At least nine people have been killed (Somber words, making it the deadliest shooting in Texas history)
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Five people dead
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The attacker opening fire outside the church during a morning worship session
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He unloaded the chaotic and terror, making his way inside (Five people killed in a workplace shooting, dozens of officers)
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This, a deadly shooting at a food festival in Northern California
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Three people so far dead
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Breaking news (Fifteen wounded)
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A deadly shooting at a newspaper office in Annapolis (A gunman opened fire)
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Newly-released surveillance video shows the moments leading up to a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio
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Authorities say the shooter…
