I'm leaving by night, I'm leaving alone   I'm leaving it lie when you waken I'll be gone   I would not beg for me as I would not beg for you   Though I'd like to be the one to see you through      Every step you have taken disappears with the tide   You're torn up and shaken with changing your mind   You haven't got the grace to say you'll finally decide   And you haven't got the strength to stay and fight      Those people who surround you   Only want to see you weak enough to crawl   They'll lie for you, decide for you   And buy up all your rights and all your wrongs      And they'll try to stop your singing in the middle of your song   For they do not want you free and they do not make you strong   But only drag you down in the hole they're coming from      They say you are foolish in wanting the sun   Say you are selfish in learning to run   And they'll tell you that the darkness is a blessing in disguise   For you never have to notice if you're sighted or you're blind   And they'll do their best to keep you from the light      You're more than beginning, you're learning to fly   You feel like you're falling but it passes in time   I hate to see a friend go down in flames without a song   So I'm waiting by the doorway but I will not linger long      And I'm leaving by night, I'm leaving alone   I'm leaving it lie, when you waken I'll be gone   I would not beg for me as I could not beg for you   But I'd like to be the one to see you through