[Intro] (low pulsing synth, insistent bass, ticking percussion, jagged guitar harmonics) [Verse 1] They tell me sleep is good for you Like dying for a little while Close your eyes and disappear Wake up wearing somebody else's smile They call it rest They call it peace They call it something that you need I call it practice I call it rehearsal For the final sleep [Pre-Chorus] Everybody's dreaming Everybody's gone Walking through the daylight Waiting for the dawn [Chorus] I'll sleep when I'm dead I'll rest when I'm gone While everybody's sleepwalking I'll keep the lights on I'll sleep when I'm dead You can bury me then I've spent my whole life Keeping death at arm's length [Verse 2] I've watched the hours turn to morning I've fought the gravity in my head While the world becomes unconscious I stay awake inside the bed The ceiling knows my secrets The darkness knows my name Every night I hear the silence Trying to convince me it's the same [Pre-Chorus] You call it shutting down I call it giving in If consciousness is fragile I'm gonna hold on to it [Chorus] I'll sleep when I'm dead I'll rest when I'm gone While everybody's sleepwalking I'll keep the lights on I'll sleep when I'm dead You can bury me then I've spent my whole life Keeping death at arm's length [Instrumental Break] (syncopated drums, muscular bass, angular guitars, pulsing electronics, increasingly frantic orchestral layers) [Bridge] How many people wake up Just because they open their eyes? How many spend a lifetime Dreaming someone else's life? They say I'm tired They say I'm wasting away Maybe I'm just more awake Than they are willing to stay [Breakdown] Wake up. Wake up. Wake up. WAKE UP. [Final Chorus] I'll sleep when I'm dead Not a minute before I didn't come this far To surrender at the door I'll sleep when I'm dead Let the darkness have its turn I've got too much left to witness And too much left to burn I'll sleep when I'm dead Until then I'm alive If being awake is a battle Then I'm ready to fight [Outro] The sun is coming up. Everybody's waking. Or so they say. I never went anywhere. I was here. I was watching. I was awake. I'll sleep when I'm dead.
