Go gentle into that goodnight

Spoken Word

They call you in to tuck them in

"just, one more time"

To stretch out the hours beneath the covers

until their eyelids grow too heavy to stay open any longer

And as you look at their sweet faces 

somewhere, in that hazy space between awake and asleep 

you pray

Go gentle into that goodnight, sweet child

there are lots of fires in this world

there are lots of wolves in the woods

Please god, let them go gently into that goodnight

may they find peace in the dying light

if only for one more night

let them hold onto that sliver of innocence

 in between their eyelashes 

just before they drift off to sleep

Cause It won't be long til you have to fight my child

Won't be long til it's all gone

You'll see the wolves but you can't make the stop

You'll light the fires with a cigarette you carelessly dropped

So just tonight, just for me

Go gentle into that goodnight

This world is filled with nightmares but your eyelids are sewn shut

pinch yourself, cut yourself 

you're never wakin' up

So find peace in your dreams

find peace in the end of your nightmares

find peace in crawling into bed between mother and father and knowing the wolves won't find you

Go gently into that goodnight, my darling

Let me save you from the shadows while I still can 

Because I have lost the dreams and now all I have left is 

 you