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Dark Days

from Obelisk by Dying Pharaohs

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I’m alone in the cold
out in the snow
I’ve got no home
I’ve been disowned

so much despair
they say I can’t be repaired
deprived of love
they call me a slob

it’s not ok
another bad day
I’m the one they blame
filled with so much shame

I’m running out of time
I want to hide
theres nowhere to go
they wanna kill my hope

out in the storm
abandoned again
without a friend
don’t wanna descend
down in the dumps
I’ve had enough
no one cares
they’re unaware

it’s not ok
another bad day
I’m the one they blame
filled with so much shame

I’m running out of time
I want to hide
theres nowhere to go
they wanna kill my hope

I fell down the hole
to nothing at all
100 miles below
they tried to take control
there was nothing I could do
thank God I made it through
the enemy tried to pursue me
and destroy everything I knew

desperate for something more
I had to unlock the door
and step outside go for a ride
I fell down to the floor

I had to get away
from that awful place
where I was laughed at
and mocked everyday

no one understood me
they said I'm insane
no one stopped to ask what’s wrong?
no one cared about my songs

trying to hold me down
they called me a clown
you say I’m nothing
you slander my name

just for fun
I’m not the only one
that they bully
their love is in vain

I don’t care about the money you make
you say I’m second rate
you say my music is worthless
when you're the one that is heartless

you’ve got no creativity
you say theres something wrong with me
lying about me in society
while I’m here living in misery.

you say I’m a problem
that needs solving
you’re a bully
and you disgust me

dark days
I'm suffering
can’t go out
everyday's the same
I wanna rearrange
everything
my life is filled with so much strife

in a haze
I feel deranged
cannot shout
can’t say anything
I’m like a rat in a cage
disarray
I feel so afraid

all of the lies
I'm victimized
they say I’m a freak
because I’m meek

it's a preemptive strike
hurts me everytime
cuts like me like a knife
like a cloak and scythe

trying to intimidate
devouring me is their victory
unfortunately they cannot see
what they’re doing they can’t let me be me

I’m getting sick of the hype
all the stereotypes
hearing the sound of bagpipes
all the fruit was ripe
on Tinder i had to swipe
my ex was not my type
I almost got sideswiped
in my car
I don’t mean to gripe

I felt so deprived
my soul got revived
thank God I’m alive
and that I survived
I took a nosedive
into life I skydived
couldn’t take a test drive
I worked my nine to five

at last I arrived
my lyrics aren’t contrived
watched U2 play live
got inspired
now I have the drive


I used to be so traumatized
tried so hard to tranquilize
tried to onoculize
all the fear I was terrified
for years I compromised
from society I was ostracized
No one could sympathize
all the news was televised
hypnotized before my two eyes
negativity I despise
all the hatred and all the lies

I’m blasting rock n roll
and drum n bass
I’m in control
I’ve got the heart and soul
climbing up the totem pole

I refuse to be pigeonholed
In a genre
thats not my goal
I'm gonna perform at the Rose Bowl
Dying Pharaohs is on a roll

I respect Nat King Cole
in the snow I’m so cold
I stepped into a portal
and appeared in a different zone

I survived the lightning and the thunder
the hail storm tried to take me under
can’t duck for cover
my car didn’t crash into that tree
the devil couldn’t kill me and now he’s angry
the shipwreck didn’t take my life cause I’m alright
the lies and the hatred they tried to spread
'cause I wouldn’t bow down and worship them

attacked everyday
theres nothing i can say
they want to steal my energy
they say theres something wrong with me

suffering and hurting every time
it’s like I’m caught in a maze of disarray
stuck in a cage with so much pain
no where to run, my life is so lame
and I'm the only one to blame

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from Obelisk, released March 5, 2023

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Dying Pharaohs are an American electronic rock band formed in 2021.

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