If you spent three days at the bottom of a well
Tired and hungry and lonesome as Hell
If you spent three days alone in shades of blue
Stockpiling more sorrow than any man should

Trust me you'd cry out to your tiny circle of sky
Take me out of the darkness and into the light

Those who know
Know you can settle the score
There's no key to lose melancholy's door
Only pills for muted happiness and flight
Won't silence the fears of an imminent demise

I need a second opinion or a dose of sun in the eyes
Take me out of the darkness and into the light

And if you spent three days in a stone cold tomb
And no feat or fantasy could put a dent in your mood
If you were dead among the living
Unmarked and unnamed
And no thrill or good time could roll the stone away

You too could beg Heaven to resurrect you like Christ
And take you out of the darkness and into the light
Baby tried hard to put my heart at ease
And not a single word could set this sorry man free
And I know it's hard to see a champion so easily defeated
Buried in the dust bruised, battered and beated

And I know from your steady hand you cast this patient a line
Take me out of the darkness and into the light
Take me out of the darkness and into the light