"Long Dark Night" lyrics - NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS

I was long inside a dream, I could not get loose
I will tell you it, although there is little use
To tell a dream when dreaming is all you ever do
Things were not so good, I can't make light of it
My poor soul, it was having a dark night of it
It was a long night, a week, maybe a year

[Chorus:]
Maybe a long dark night is coming down
Maybe a long dark night is coming down

Through the door of my dream burst
No zombie, no ogre, no devil there
But a flying man with long trailing hair
Who perched on the iron rail of my bed
Oh Lord, combing his long white hair, saying my name
How could he know when I did not even know my name?

[Chorus:]
Maybe a long dark night is coming down
Maybe a long dark night, my precious one
Maybe a long dark night is rolling round my eyes
Oh Lord

The man who took me to be from elsewhere
When I too inhabited the earthly sphere
Leant down and struck me with his long trailing hair

[Chorus:]
Maybe a long dark night is coming down
Maybe a long dark night, my precious one
Maybe a long dark night is rolling around my head
Oh Lord