The Dark

In the dark, you can sometimes hear your own heartbeat
Or the heart of the one next to you
The house settles down after holding itself up all day
Shoulder slump and gives a big sigh

You hear no one's foot fall in the hall
That drip in the kitchen sink keeps marking time
Junebug on the window screen can't get in, but he keeps on trying
One way or another, we're all in the dark

Fireflies and sparks and lightning and stars
Campfires, the moon, headlights on cars
The Northern Lights and the Milky Way
You can't see that stuff in the day

When the Earth turns its back on the sun
And the stars come out and the planets start to run around
Now they call that 'day is done'
But really it's just getting started
Some folks take comfort in that

And how dark is it?
It's too dark for goblins
And how dark is it?
It's so dark you can smell the moon
How dark is it?
It's so dark, the wind gets lost
How dark is it?
It's so dark, the sky is on fire
How dark is it?
It's so dark you can see Ft. Worth from here