- published: 21 Jan 2014
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A dark horse is a little-known person or thing that emerges to prominence, especially in a competition of some sort or a contestant that seems unlikely to succeed.
The term began as horse racing parlance for a race horse that is not known to gamblers and thus is difficult to place betting odds on.
The earliest-known mention of the concept is in Benjamin Disraeli's novel The Young Duke (1831). Disraeli's protagonist, the Duke of St. James, attends a horse race with a surprise finish: "A dark horse which had never been thought of, and which the careless St. James had never even observed in the list, rushed past the grandstand in sweeping triumph."
The concept has been used in political contexts in such countries as Iran,Philippines,Russia,Egypt, and the United States.
Politically, the concept came to America in the nineteenth century when it was first applied to James K. Polk, a relatively unknown Tennessee politician who won the Democratic Party's 1844 presidential nomination over a host of better-known candidates. Polk won the nomination on the ninth ballot at his party's national nominating convention, and went on to become the country's eleventh president as a result of the presidential election.
Sittin' in the dark
trying to find you
you're not in front
I'm not behind you
Sittin' in the dark
where are you right now?
Sittin' in the dark
stop and staring
sittin' in the dark
I'm not caring
Sittin' in the dark
where are you right now?
Come on out with your hands up
come on out with your pants up
hands up
Sittin' in the dark
I know you're out there
I can hear your voice
but you are nowhere
Sittin' in the dark
where are you right now?
Sittin in the dark
I can see your cigarette
tiny orange light
I'll find you yet
Sittin' in the dark
where are you right now?
now now now now
Come on out with your hands up
come on out with your pants up
hands up
Come on out with your hands up
come on out with your pants up
hands up
Sittin' in the dark
trying to find you
Sittin' in the dark
trying to find you
Sittin' in the dark
where are you right now?
where are you right now?
Tiny orange light
I'll find you yet
Sittin' in the dark
Sittin' in the dark
Sittin' in the dark
Sittin' in the dark
They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway
Sittin' in the dark
Sittin' in the dark