Prog-Rock? Just about.

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Ever get the feeling you'd just like to kill someone? Literally?
That's what our protagonist in this depressing little tune has to come to terms with. The wife turns out to be not such a darling as he'd once thought - although I'm not certain he's right in the head to start with.
A bit "Tales of the Unexpected" - and about as unexpected as those tales;-)

You took my darkness & kept it locked away
I saw my weakness reflect in shades of grey
Staring through a lover's eyes
Believed your weakest alibis
You sold me a mirror of life

You held my darkness & saved it up for when
You'd pay it back with interest & leave me dark again
Staring at the wall all day
Painted in my favourite grey
And I bought your vision of light

You look so cold my dear
Where is your coat my dear
What's round your throat my dear
Two circles of light

I left you darkness to keep the mirror bright
A touch of sadness & then we kiss good night
What's that you said my dear
No, I can hear you very clear
Alone in my vision of light

All I wanna do is hold the mirror up to your life
see if it reflects the moment that the sky it turned from light to dark
and hoping that there's still a bright reflection in the glass
a shining of the moment past a bitter glow all that remains
just not the darkness closing in

Look through my darkness & try imagine why
Not just the mirror glass, a million shards of light
Gaze a thousand yard away
Shade & shade & shade of grey
And you sold me a stairway to hell...