I Need You By My Side

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Silence fills the air at night.
The dark and cold moon gazes down,
Shines on me her heartless light
As fearful as a kingless crown.

The room in which I sleep at night
Is howling like the sky that's dead.
When you come in you're struck by fright;
This is no place to rest your head.

And shapes and forms are moving round;
I hope they cannot reach me.
I try so hard to make no sound.
All a nightmare! This can't be!

My shaking hand reaches out,
I try lighting the lamp.
But my hopes are thrown about:
A candle lights up damp.

A face behind the candle hides;
I’m scared it will consume me.
A view as soothing as calm tides:
It's you that gazes on me.

Your eyes say: "What is wrong, my dear?"
Worried for my sanity.
And as you come to me so near,
Your warmth is blessed reality.

And then your smile understands
I need you by my side.
As the ocean does the lands,
You caress like a tide.

Sleep is silent and so sweet;
Nightmares leave without a trace.
You and me in Dreamland meet:
Heaven spills on us its grace.