The Black Dog

I'll drown them out now Sure remedy for a plight well known to Hanta My monotonous disaster I've tired of this frown Build me an ark to escape from this tempest Forge a life once the storm's ended They say "Pull yourself together boy! Chin up, don't be sensational Who's died? be rational For Christ's sake What on earth's the matter boy! Self-indulgence seen in one so young It is not attractive, it is quite wrong." He's not a doctor, he's just a quack And his counsel sounds like mad-chat Though I'm sure he is a bright man I wear a awful smile My masquerade that is something of a trial I don't doubt I'm in denial They say "Pull yourself together boy! Chin up, don't be sensational Who's died? be rational For Christ's sake What on earth's the matter boy! Self-indulgence seen in one so young It is not attractive, it is quite wrong." The black dog grips me again Each way I turn it's by my side In my blood Written It's way too late now Cracked bones remind me that I'm flawed It's way too late now In a million pieces on the floor