The room holds its breath And I match it Thoughts spark like wires Stripped and frantic The darkness hovers close Watching my resistance Every second stretches out Into the distance Quiet tries to soothe me But it bruises Every soft moment Tightens and refuses Every thought's a spark That sets my mind on fire Burning through the hours Climbing higher and higher I reach for sleep But it steps back cold Singing empty mercy That I'll never hold Sheets twisted tight Like a noose of doubt Ceiling replays Every truth I can't shut out The moon leans in Studies me like a witness Not forgiving Just silent interest I shut my eyes The dark gets louder All the buried pieces Start to tower Every thought's a spark That sets my mind on fire Burning through the hours Climbing higher and higher I reach for sleep But it drifts away cold Singing empty mercy That I'll never hold Midnight hangs open Like a wound in the sky I keep falling toward rest But the ground moves aside If peace has a pulse It's barely beating A distant drum I keep defeating Every thought's a spark That sets my mind on fire No promise of quiet Just the dark climbing higher I'm begging for sleep But need turns to pain How am I still awake When the night should end this chain? Still burning Still waking Still here On the edge of breaking
