Dead of Night

I woke up in the dead of night
 (Oh, wide eyed)
 No light, no shape no sound, but I
 (Oh, wide eyed)
 I was wide eyed but saw nothing
 (Oh, wide eyed)
 Kneeling down feeling around
 (Oh, wide eyed)
 I felt the fur of something
 (Oh, wide eyed)
 In total dark I felt the sleeping thing up
 (Oh, wide eyed)
 From tail to claws, from neck to fangs
 (Oh, wide eyed)
 It was the back wolf they call "Nothing"
 (Oh, I died)
 And by its side I curled and lied
 (Oh, I died)
 I died then to sleeping soundlessly
 (Oh, I died)
 When I woke there was nothing beside me of course
 And the world was lit and growing
 But I said "I know you're there, I feel your stare
 I feel your breathing blowing
 See your gnashing teeth in falling leaves
 Your beady eyes in apples glowing
 Oh Dead of Night, hidden from sight
 I know you are no dream
 And I'm not dozing"