The Raven

It's midnight, I'm wide awake, feeling kinda low

Flipping through the pages of stories I don't know

Then a sound starts knocking, soft but at my door

I whisper, "Just a visitor, nothing more"

December's cold, the fire's dim, shadows on the floor

I'm missing someone special - Lenore forevermore

And the tapping keeps on coming, louder than before

Heart's racing as I open up the door

But there's nothing in the darkness, nothing to explore

Just an echo whispering "Lenore"

I turn around and hear it now tapping at the pane

I tell myself it's just the wind or maybe just the rain

But when I open up the window, what do I see?

A raven staring back at me

It perches high above me like it owns the night

Its eyes are burning through me with a demon's light

And it speaks just one word - "Nevermore" it cries

A haunting little anthem that won't say goodbye

Every question that I ask it meets the same reply

"Nevermore" oh "Nevermore"

"Is there hope? Is there healing? Will my heart be whole?"

The raven only answers with its cold control.

"Will I see her in heaven? Will I hold her once more?"

But all it says is "Nevermore"

Get out of my head! Get out of my space!

Take your shadow and leave no trace!

But the raven still sitting above my door

Its shadow stretching across my floor

And my soul sinks deeper than ever before -

Forever lost to "Nevermore"