Shake my tree from the roots
I don't care if it hurts
Pluck those ill fruits from my shoulders
I feel them feeding on my flesh
Chewing slowly bit by bit
Digging tunnels, making holes
It scares me to think what's inside
It's always easier to abide
Like a turtle knocked over upside down
Alone, washed out on a rocky beach
I'm swaying on my crooked back
Thrown back head, stretched out neck
Splashed by the waves of the cold sheets
I can't feel my limbs
But I know they are somewhere near
The ticking of the clock is all I can hear
Was it minutes, was it days
Counting here just makes no sense
The alarm will never go off
No gunshot to alleviate the suspense
Stuck in this pitch black vacuum
Balancing on the edge of the abyss
Feel no hope, feel no fright
In His realm you have no might
No end, no beginning, just the in-between
Where that is - I just don't know
No way out from this suffocating maze
I haven't slept in many days
Like a snake my body twirls
But not an inch in fact I move
Almost painfully enjoying
The vanity of the deploying
No longer I am sure what is real and what is not
What evoked this restless feeling?
Staring at the ceiling, at my eyelids, at the dark
Emptiness around me everywhere I turn
Am I lost, am I forgotten
Did I choose or was I chosen
For this torment is there a reason
I have lied but did no treason
My head will burst, my crane will crack
My third eye refuses to close
Brains are storming quickly and fiercely
Thoughts come crushing all my logic
Along paths wide but obscure
Leaving behind no trace whatsoever
Where did I come from, where do I go
At this very moment so little I know
Oh sing me a lullaby, I sense a rhythm in the darkness
Pulsing in my head, in my heart, in my veins
Kiss my burning forehead, hold my icy hand
Soothe my sore eyes, wash my brains
Close this portal, make this madness disappear
Stop the torture, find a cure
Kill inside me this uninvited creep
Let me sleep, let me sleep!
I toss the covers, curse in vain
What good does me lying in bed
Can't turn on the lights, can not call a friend
Nothing I may do will my long night amend
The only one to replace sleeping potions</O:P>
My faithful friend with no emotions
I take a piece of blank clay
On the keyboard my fingers start to play
Meek sense of my words I make
Little my eyes comprehend
I type and try to sound in reason
Is my mind my own true prison?
Purple bluish light coming through the window
Well, good morning, here we go again
Touch the cold floor, move your legs
Camouflage your under-eye bags
Time to face another day
Gratefuly you bless the sun ray
The world will be awake again
Time to use your tired body
Study, work, perform your best
No one sees behind your curtains
People find sexy my deepened voice
Oh, my friend, did I have a choice?
Taking a pill for me is not an option
A person in white is even worse than that
The longer I'm awake, the more impossible it seems
To close my eyes again and dive peacefully in dreams
Nightmares are candy to this tribulation
Un-sleeping comrades will surely understand
Sunrise chews my bitter bite
At least until tomorrow night…
Theme song: Insomnia by Faithless,
or maybe Freak on a leash by Korn