Cross my heart And hope to die I've done it all a thousand times I live in the city of angels But nobody tells you its dangerous, ohh 24 hours wasted Maybe my light is fading When I'm closing my eyes I get close to the nightmare, nightmare So I never go to sleep I keep chasing the high Try to run but they're right there, right there It's making me crazy I used to be scared of the monsters up under my bed, oh But now its the demons that livin' inside of my head, oh I'm afraid of the dark I'm afraid of the dark I'm afraid of the dark inside of me I came here with an innocence One night led to years of this I used to dream of the angels A place full of grace Now it's painful I'm tired of slaying dragons That maybe I just imagined