Long Dark Twenties - Nadja

In his late teens

He felt so lost

He never told what he felt to anyone

He just took drugs and stayed indoors

Spared from the cancer-causing summer sun

At 21, he fell in love

With a brick wall and it set him back

The pain was great

His feelings' crushed

He smoked some hash to make it black

Long dark twenties

Long dark twenties

Long dark twenties

Long dark twenties

As he approached

His later years

The desperation took him by the throat

It choked him off

It choked him up

The feelings inside became so remote

He sized things up

He was dismayed

At how the years had flown by so fast

He had a future

He had a dream

But all he really wanted was to have a past

Long dark twenties

Long dark twenties

Long dark twenties

Long dark twenties

People admit

They’ve made mistakes

And hope that history will not repeat

They count their blessings

And pray for more

Hug their lovers and then go to sleep

He sleeps alone

He always has

And after all these years, it’s not so bad

But there are mornings

He bolts awake

And he is overwhelmed by feeling sad

Long dark twenties

Long dark twenties

Long dark twenties

Long dark twenties