I want to sleep My escape from this Headache that consumes me The troubles that consume me As I try not to shake But sleep brings nightmares Fears come out to play like Wind-up toys, pulling at the strings Drowning you in oxygen.
Don't go to sleep Unless you can deal with the dying Wake up half crying As you try to stifle the sound, From the demons that haunt your Mind's eye Only there when you look away Pinching your skin to escape Only to be consumed again.
Craving to sleep Struggling to stay awake because Awakeness brings fear Of the dark Monsters, humans, things that go bump in the night Anything and everything at all So maybe sleep is better At least then the demons aren't real Can't harm you Really.
My escape from this
Headache that consumes me
The troubles that consume me
As I try not to shake
But sleep brings nightmares
Fears come out to play like
Wind-up toys, pulling at the strings
Drowning you in oxygen.
Don't go to sleep
Unless you can deal with the dying
Wake up half crying
As you try to stifle the sound,
From the demons that haunt your
Mind's eye
Only there when you look away
Pinching your skin to escape
Only to be consumed again.
Craving to sleep
Struggling to stay awake because
Awakeness brings fear
Of the dark
Monsters, humans, things that go bump in the night
Anything and everything at all
So maybe sleep is better
At least then the demons aren't real
Can't harm you
Really.