Darkness

from What Plans? by Anthony da Costa

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darkness came to my house quite recently
pulled in to the drive and walked right up to my door
i can’t quite call darkness a solicitor
no, darkness has been over to my house before

curtains drawn but windows still open
on a lazy afternoon when lazy meant something else
when everything was “better” in quotes, still hazy though
I had a part-time job feeling sorry for myself

i had friends, a complicated lover
who could read me like no other and that sorta ruled her out
who still has a sweater that i’d love to go and get ‘er but
i am relatively sure it’s hers now

oh but back to the darkness, the sick strange darkness
i originally heard about from blink 182
amidst all the silly stuff, the warped tour and school is rough
that they’ll still sing and write at blink age 82

i don’t really have a doorbell, are there still doorbells
or are they gone to Argentina with calling cards and message machines I
keep a handbell on the porch that I once got in Virginia
It’s mostly a joke, but darkness picked it up and rang

what to do? it was clear I was home
my mom’s old Honda CRV parked outside, the music blaring
through the window’s i’d left open i let slip my last hope and
i invited darkness in for a coffee and a talk

my house
is your house
my house
is your house

i pressed the french press, water still boiling
as he caught me up on goings on in his dark world
the usual violence, tornado sirens
the deadly silence of a house divided

used to it all, i said what else is new
that’s when he put down his coffee and stared at the floor
he told me a tale of a pestilence so prevalent, malevolent
the likes of which we’d almost never seen before

usually, i have something to say
constantly talking out of my way
but my words did fail me, no humor availed me
had another sip of coffee as the room turned grey

we were old friends, so he gave me a mask
a geyser of sanitizer and a mostly full flask
I would kiss you goodbye, he said, but i’m trying to keep my distance
i asked him to stay, and despite my persistence
he floated through the doorway without even touching it
left a shadow on the floor, but it’ll clean out
i sighed, closed the door, hung up my heart
and i forgot what it was i was so sad about

my house
is your house
my house
is your house

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from What Plans?, released February 19, 2021
1. “Darkness”
written by Anthony da Costa (Cat Problem, BMI)

Ruth Moody - vocals
Tyler Chester - Acetone top 5 organ, piano
Jay Foote - electric bass
Anthony da Costa - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, synthesizer, programmed strings

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Anthony da Costa is a singer/songwriter from New York, currently living in Nashville, TN.

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