DNL - "Darkest Hour" (Live Video Demo) [2014]

DNL performing "Darkest Hour."Show more

The year 2012 might just be the most difficult time I've ever gone through in my life (so far, at least). My grandmom died, my dad was dying of cancer, I dropped out of school due to all the stress and pressures in my life, and almost all my friends were unavailable to go to for various reasons. As the year went on and I had no one to turn to, I relied on God to get me through it.

I poured out my pain and sadness into a myriad of lyrics and songs. This song, "Darkest Hour," is one of them. This is only one verse from it, but I'm eventually gonna record it properly and release it.

[Re-upload Note: For context, this was originally recorded and posted in 2014. Forgive my rather unkempt appearance in this video as, at the time, I wasn't exactly taking good care of myself due to my depression and the grief I was struggling with.]

Lyrics:

I live my darkest hour every time I get depressed
Dark days be drowning me guess it's time I got a vest
Life's hard, guard my heart with some barbed wire mesh
Cause my friends all left, some for college, some for death

Some forget, some are wrecks, but it's not just this
My dad's dying, tumor looming over his flesh
Physical body, he's still a godly man, I still give him respect
But it's still sad he'll be gone soon [what the heck?!]

Nah, I get it—God's plan is the best
But sometimes it's just hard to think it's correct
But when the dots connect I sit back a sec
And breathe in the air realizing how I'm blessed

How alive I'm kept how He's changed me so direct-
-Ly// I see growth evident by introspect
See// It's shown in my life, my fight for perfect-
-Ing// Me to be like Christ through my struggles [indeed]

Lyrics ©2012 DNL
Production by Anno Domini Beats