“Darkness” by Oliver Daldry – A Song Review

     How did this song remain beyond the reach of the radar screen? Polished lyrics floating atop cleanly played guitar and sometimes thunderous percussion. Oliver Daldry released “Darkness” nearly two years ago. We missed it.

     Oliver Daldry is a UK singer/songwriter. 

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Lyrics of “Darkness” by Oliver Daldry

Young, and I was drugged up,

Love was broke and fucked up.

I’m getting kinda used to the darkness,

Day by day.

And caught beneath the spires,

And so scared of starting fires.

Your innocence it will slowly,

Drip away.

But our romance, how it blossomed,

Into twins,

Oh, and half of cold and half

Became my sins.

I didn't wanna listen,

No, I couldn't step away.

Oh, I was getting kind of used to the darkness,

Anyway.

Burned up, lost and broken,

A slave to the unspoken,

My mind it became a world of,

Black and grey.

I guess that's where you found me,

I saw you see me drowning,

Oh and lots of blood, in time I'll,

Fade away.

And our romance, how it scattered,

In the wind.

Oh, and half a heart weighs heavy

Upon my sins.

I didn't wanna listen,

No, I couldn't step away.

Oh, I was getting kind of used the darkness

I was getting kind of used to your darkness,

Anyway.

Standing here alone, can you call it a love affair.

(Oh I lost, I lost you)

I turned you into home, it's a place that we'll never share.

(Were you ever mine?)

The screaming of the flames, the truth, it was always there.

(Oh I lost, I lost you)

I'm giving up the ghost,

Giving up the ghost,

Giving up the ghost,

Giving up the ghost.

And our romance, how it scattered,

In the wind.

And half a heart weighs heavy upon my sins.

I didn't wanna listen,

No, I couldn't step away.

I didn't wanna listen,

No I, I couldn't step away.

Oh, I was getting kind of used to your darkness,

I was getting kind of used to your darkness

Anyway.