I don′t wanna be alone

I don't wanna be

I don′t wanna be alone

In the darkness

I don't wanna be alone

In the darkness

I don't wanna be alone

In the darkness anymore

Here I am, alone again

Can′t get out of this hole I′m in

It's like the walls are closin′ in

You can't help me, no one can

I can feel these curtains closin′

I go to open 'em

But something pulls ′em closed again

(Hello darkness, my old friend)

Feels like I'm loathing in Las Vegas

Haven't got the vaguest, why I′m so lost?

But I′d make you this small wager

If I bet you, I'll be in tomorrow′s paper

Who would the odds favor?

(Hello darkness, my old friend)

I'm so much like my father

You would think that I knew him

I keep pacin′ this room, Valium

Then chase it with booze

One little taste it'll do

Maybe I′ll take and snooze

Then tear up the stage in a few

(Hello darkness, my old friend)

Fuck the Colt 45, I'ma need somethin' stronger

If I pop any caps, it better be off of vodka

Round after round after round

I′m gettin′ loaded (haha)

That's a lot of shots, huh?

Double entendre (hello darkness, my old friend)

I don′t wanna be alone in the darkness (yeah)

I don't wanna be alone in the darkness

I don′t wanna be alone in the darkness anymore

(Hello darkness my old friend)

Now I'm starin′ at the room

Service menu off a Benzo

I can hear the music

Continue to crescendo

I can see the whole venue from my window

That's when you know you're schizo (hello darkness my old friend)

′Cause I keep peakin′ out the curtain from the hotel

The music is so loud

But it's almost as though

I don′t hear no sound

I should get ready for the show now

Wait, is this the whole crowd?

I thought this was sold out

(Hello darkness my old friend)

But it's only the opening act

It′s early don't overreact

Then something told me, relax

And just hope for the show to be packed

Don′t wanna hit the stage

Before they fill each row to the max

'Cause that'd be totally wack

You can′t murder a show nobody′s at (hello darkness my old friend)

But what if nobody shows?

Panic mode, 'bout to snap and go

Mother- wacko at any second

′Bout to cancel the show

Just as fans below rush the entrance

Plan is a go to wreck-

Cameras in all directions (hello darkness my old friend)

The press is about to go ape-

Bananas on all the networks

Commando with extra clips

I got ammo for all the hecklers

I'm armed to the teeth

Another - fall off the bed

Hit the ground and crawl to the dresser

Alcohol on my breath as I reach for the scope

I′m blackin' out I′m all out of meds

With them Benzodiazepines gone

Now it's just magazines sprawled out on the floor

Off the media

I'm goin′ all out, this is war

(Hello darkness my old friend)

And I don′t wanna be alone in the darkness (yeah)

I don't wanna be alone in the darkness

I don′t wanna be alone in the darkness anymore

People start to show up

Time to start the show up

It's 10:05 p.m. and

The curtain starts to go up

And I′m already sweatin'

But I′m locked and loaded

For rapid fire spittin'

For all the concert goers

Scopes for sniper vision

Surprise from out of nowhere

As I slide the clip in

From inside the hotel

Leanin' out the window

Going Keyser Söze

Finger on the trigger

But I′m a licensed owner

With no prior convictions

So lost, the sky′s the limit

So my supplies infinite

Strapped like I'm a solider

Got ′em hopping over

Walls and climbing fences

Some of them John Travolta

Staying alive by inches (hello darkness my old friend)

Cops are knockin', oh-

Thought I blocked the entrance

Guess show time is over

No suicide note

Just a note for target distance

But if you′d like to know

The reason why I did this

You'll never find a motive

Truth is I have no idea

I am just as stumped

No signs of mental illness

Just tryin′ to show ya

The reason why we're so fucked

'Cause by the time it′s over

Won′t make the slightest difference

(Hello darkness my old friend)

I don't wanna be alone in the darkness

I don′t wanna be alone in the darkness

I don't wanna be alone in the darkness anymore

(Hello darkness my old friend)

Yeah, we do have some breaking news

From the Associated Press right now

Just gonna bring that up because

We are hearing we have told you

That the shooter is dead

And we have just learned that

Police are saying that the Las Vegas shooter killed himself

That is the bartender there at Mandalay bay

And I believe we′re going to learn more

Yeah, we just wanted to share that with you

You can see behind me here

This is what he looks like

Now we did just tell you that

Police just earlier

Metro was telling us

That he killed himself

Inside the hotel room

Good morning as we come to you

On the air we bring you breaking news

A school shooting

Another school shooting

Reports of a number of fatalities

And this time it is in Santa Fe, Texas

That is just outside Galvaston

Last night's mass shooting

At Southern California

We are following breaking news

This morning another deadly school shooting

This one in Santa Fe, Texas

It′s just outside Houston

26 killed and 20 others wounded

(Hello darkness my old friend)

This, a deadly shooting at a food festival

In Northern California

Three people so far dead

Breaking news a deadly shooting in a Newspaper office in Annapolis

Newly released surveillance video

Shows the moments leading up to the mass shooting

In Dayton, Ohio