Breaks out the door like a heavy freight train
No one can slow him down
Casts a dark cloud that covers the horizon
Wild like a pack of hounds
Runs through the night in a full-blown rage
Bursting out of stealth
Returns again to sleep in his cage and to nurse the wounds he dealt

Hello black dog have you been fighting
What the hell did you do
I thought that you were gone or in hiding
Maybe I was hiding from you

Rooster calls in the pounding light
Snakeskin dies to dust
From the water he howls a tower of sound
Because he knows that he is lost
Demons in dark coats devices with eyes dragging him too and fro
Is there someone out there can you throw him a line
Can you show him the homeward road

Hello black dog have you been fighting
What the hell did you do
I thought that you were gone or in hiding
Maybe I was hiding from you

You’ve tried to get out of here
But your motives have never been clear
You tore up the walls
Ignored the innocent calls
Now the light streams through the cracks
And the tears bring you back

Hello black dog have you been fighting
What the hell did you do
I thought that you were gone or in hiding
Maybe I was hiding from you

Hello black dog have you been fighting
What the hell did you do
I thought that you were gone or in hiding
Maybe I was hiding from you
Maybe I was hiding from you
Maybe I was hiding from you