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Version 1 of Johnny Cash Lyrics I See A Darkness (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/j/johnny-cash/i-see-a-darkness/v1.h...) Version 1 of the lyrics | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Well, you're my friend and can you see, | [FIRST VERSE:] | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Many times we've been out drinkin', | Well, you're my friend | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Many times we've shared our thoughts, | And can you see | 3 | ||||||||||
| 4 | But did you ever, ever notice the kind of thoughts I got? | Many times we've been out drinking | 4 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Many times we've shared our thoughts | 5 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Well, you know I have a love, a love for everyone I know. | Did you ever, ever notice, the | 6 | ||||||||||
| 7 | And you know I have a drive to live, I won't let go. | kind of thoughts I got | 7 | ||||||||||
| 8 | But can you see this opposition comes risin' up sometimes, | Well you know I have a love, | 8 | ||||||||||
| 9 | That its dreadful imposition comes blacking in my mind? | for everyone I know | 9 | ||||||||||
| 10 | And you know I have a drive, | 10 | |||||||||||
| 11 | (And that I see a darkness.) | for life I won't let go | 11 | ||||||||||
| 12 | (And that I see a darkness.) | But sometimes this opposition, | 12 | ||||||||||
| 13 | (And that I see a darkness.) | comes rising up in me | 13 | ||||||||||
| 14 | (And that I see a darkness.) | This terrible imposition, comes | 14 | ||||||||||
| 15 | (Did you know how much I love you?) | blacking through my mind | 15 | ||||||||||
| 1 | (Is a hope that somehow you,) | 1 | |||||||||||
| 16 | (Can save me from this darkness.) | [CHORUS:] | 16 | ||||||||||
| 17 | And then I see a darkness | 17 | |||||||||||
| 18 | Well, I hope that someday, buddy, we have peace in our lives. | Oh no, I see a darkness | 18 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Together or apart, alone or with our wives. | Do you know how much I love you | 19 | ||||||||||
| 20 | And we can stop our whoring and pull the smiles inside. | Cause I'm hoping some day soon | 20 | ||||||||||
| 21 | And light it up forever and never go to sleep. | You'll save me from this darkness | 21 | ||||||||||
| 2 | My best unbeaten brother, this isn't all I see. | 2 | |||||||||||
| 22 | [SECOND VERSE:] | 22 | |||||||||||
| 23 | (Oh, no, I see a darkness.) | Well I hope that someday soon | 23 | ||||||||||
| 24 | (Oh, no, I see a darkness.) | We'll find peace in our lives | 24 | ||||||||||
| 25 | (Oh, no, I see a darkness.) | Together or apart | 25 | ||||||||||
| 26 | (Oh, no, I see a darkness.) | Alone or with our wives | 26 | ||||||||||
| 27 | (Did you know how much I love you?) | And we can stop our whoring | 27 | ||||||||||
| 28 | (Is a hope that somehow you,) | And draw the smiles inside | 28 | ||||||||||
| 29 | (Can save me from this darkness.) | And light it up forever | 29 | ||||||||||
| 30 | And never go to sleep | 30 | |||||||||||
| 31 | My best unbeaten brother | 31 | |||||||||||
| 32 | That isn't all I see | 32 | |||||||||||
| 3 | [I SEE A DARKNESS] | 3 | |||||||||||
| 33 | [Written by: Will Oldham[1] | [CHORUS:] | 33 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Performed by: Johnny Cash with Will Oldham[2] | And then I see a darkness | 34 | ||||||||||
| 35 | Appears on: American (Recordings) III: Solitary Man-2000[3]. | Oh no, I see a darkness | 35 | ||||||||||
| 36 | Do you know how much I love you | 36 | |||||||||||
| 37 | [1]Will Oldham, a.k.a. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (born 24 December 1970 | Cause I'm hoping some day soon | 37 | ||||||||||
| 38 | in Louisville, Kentucky), is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. | You'll save me from this darkness | 38 | ||||||||||
| 4 | He is known for his "do-it-yourself punk aesthetic and blunt honesty," | 4 | |||||||||||
| 5 | and his music has been likened to Americana, folk, roots, country, punk, | 5 | |||||||||||
| 6 | and indie rock, although Oldham is dissatisfied with these labels. He | 6 | |||||||||||
| 7 | thinks it’s not "roots music," though he admits it is influenced by | 7 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Western popular music." He has been called an "Appalachian post-punk | 8 | |||||||||||
| 9 | solipsist"[4] and is notable for "his unique voice--a fragile sort-of | 9 | |||||||||||
| 10 | warble frittering around haunted melodies in the American folk or | 10 | |||||||||||
| 11 | country tradition.] | 11 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | [2]Oldham sings with Cash on the lyrics in parentheses.] | 13 | |||||||||||
| 14 | 14 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | [3]Transcribed from the track on this album.] | 15 | |||||||||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | [4]sol·ip·sism-Pronunciation[sol-ips-iz-uhm]–noun 1. Philosophy. the theory | 17 | |||||||||||
| 18 | that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist. 2. extreme preoccupation | 18 | |||||||||||
| 19 | with and indulgence of one's feelings, desires, etc.; egoistic self-absorption.] | 19 | |||||||||||
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