darkness darkness, the youngbloods

Darkness, Darkness
Be my pillow
Take my hand
And let me sleep
In the coolness of your shadow
In the silence of your deep

Darkness, Darkness
Hide my yearning
For the things I cannot be
Keep my mind from constant turning
Toward the things I cannot see now
Things I cannot see now
Things I cannot see

Darkness, darkness,
Long and lonesome,
Is the day that brings me pain.
I have felt the edge of sadness,
I have known the depth of fear.
Darkness, darkness, be my blanket,
Cover me with the endless night,
Take away, take away the pain of knowing,
Fill the emptiness of right now,
Emptiness of right now, now, now
Emptiness of ri-ight now.

Darkness, darkness, be my pillow,
Take my hand, and let me sleep.
In the coolness of your shadow,
In the silence, the silence of your deep.
Darkness, darkness, be my blanket,
Cover me with the endless night,
Take away, take away the pain of knowing
Fill the emptiness of right now,
Emptiness of right now now now
Emptiness of right....
Oh yeah Oh yeah
Emptiness, emptiness
Oh yeah

Category:

Music

Tags:

• rock
• the
• youngbloods
• sixties
• 60's

[pterosonus]

The Youngbloods (minus Jerry Corbitt, who had split by this time) used to give free concerts at Ho Chi Minh Park ( Aka Berkeley Municipal Park) across from City Hall and Berkeley High school. They were on Saturday mornings about 11 AM. Good times, good times.

[iwait4u]

@pterosonus Also known as the peoples park

[wolfdavid1]

These guys gave a free concert outside in Berzerkeley. Must have been way early 1970. Was anyone else online that was there? 

[iwait4u]

@wolfdavid1 Yes, I believe i was there. It was near the beach in San Francisco.

[ssn0651]

this song is so awesome . however the lyrics after "long and lonesome" should be "Is the day " instead of Ease the day . great posting that will be played many times .

[iwait4u]

@ssn0651 I changed it. Thank you

[dogcope]

Only men who have hunted other men or have been the ones hunted can understand the lyrics. Safety in the darkness, slowing of the hunt in the darkness, a cease fire due to the darkness.

[AguirreFurorediDio1]

This is one of my favourite song... I love the words, remember me a long time of my life, explain so well what I was feeling at that times... Since the first time that I heard this song, I think that is perfect for the voice of Robert Plant. Infact, he had sing this. But i prefer this version...

[QuantaGuitar]

I've been trying to get all the lyrics for decades but I keep getting lost in the listening. the inclusion of all the lyrics (w/ correction)is greatly appreciated

thanx muchly

[paraleverearl]

Very dark song but so haunting it cannot be denied. Thanks for the post.

[dwcdaid]

Great song, weird video.

[JonM11100]

What is all this gross stuff in the video? At first it looked like someone turned a garbage can over but the more i look at it, the more it starts looking like a bunch of candles that have melted.

[saulwasserman]

I remember the documentary about heroin addicts, with this song. We were right in the middle of the early 70's heroin epidemic and I had several friends who died from overdoses or suicide. Quite dark indeed.

[Starboyjim]

I was at those Berkeley shows, and truly, the best days I ever lived were in that time, Golden Gate Park, Fillmore West, so good.

[Epicpoprocks]

thumbs up if you first heard this in Jack the Bear

[sealevelattitude]

@m1kewithaone She got fed up because she didn't know how to spell "gullible."

[velvinette]

@pterosonus I saw the Dead free at Weslyan on "strike weekend" in 1972, with about 30 people in the middle of a field. We crashed in a dorm and hitch-hiked back to our own school the next day. I agree--good times, good times.