Lyrics In the Darkest Place (Live In Melbourne, Australia, Athenaeum Theatre, February 16, 1999) - Elvis Costello , Steve Nieve

In the darkest place
I know that is where you'll find me
Even though you didn't have to remind me
I shut out the lights
Your eyes adjust, they'll never be the same
You know I love you, so let's start again

Since you put me down
It seems I've been very gloomy
You may laugh, but pretty girls look right through me
They don't sense the faintest glimmering
That is the torch I bear
There's light enough for me to find my way

But I only have to tell myself that by now you should be with someone else
Is there light beneath your door and laughter from within?
Do your friends come around and tell you, "Try to find another lover"?
He won't love you like I do

In the darkest place
I'm lost, I have abandoned every hope
Maybe you'll understand I must shut out the light
Your eyes adjust, they'll never be the same
You know I love you, so let's start again

Do your friends come around saying, "Try to find another lover"?
He won't love you like I do

In the darkest place
That is where, that is where you'll find me
In the dark, in the darkest place
That is where you'll find me