Clock reads 3:17 again… Same shadows on the ceiling, Same old refrain. Mind’s a highway running wide awake, While the whole damn world is fast asleep. I count the cracks, I count the sheep… Still end up counting all the things I can’t unsay. The quieter the night gets… The louder my regrets. Insomnia, you cruel old friend, Holding me hostage till the bitter end. You got me tangled up in memories, Replaying every “what if” I can’t set free. I close my eyes but the dark won’t take me, Just leaves me here alone with all the pieces of me. Insomnia… Won’t you let me be? I just need some peace… Tonight. Streetlights bleed through broken blinds, Ghosts of conversations playing in my mind. The “I love yous” that I never said, The sorrys that came way too late. Heart keeps racing like it’s trying to escape, But there’s nowhere left to run at this hour anyway. The quieter the night gets… The heavier it all gets. Insomnia, you cruel old friend, Holding me hostage till the bitter end. You got me tangled up in memories, Replaying every “what if” I can’t set free. I close my eyes but the dark won’t take me, Just leaves me here alone with all the pieces of me. Insomnia… Won’t you let me be? I just need some peace… Tonight. Maybe I’m scared of what I’ll dream… Or scared I won’t dream anything. Either way I’m stuck between… The living and the in-between. Maybe these walls know every secret… Maybe the night knows every scar. Maybe I’m searching for the person… I lost somewhere in the dark. Insomnia… You know every road I’ve walked alone. You’ve heard every silent prayer… Every thought I couldn’t let go. But morning always finds me… Even after the longest night. And somewhere beyond the darkness… There’s still a little light. Insomnia, you cruel old friend, You don’t get to own me in the end. I’ve carried all these memories, But they don’t have to bury me. I close my eyes and I’m still fighting, I’m still here, I’m still surviving. Insomnia… You can let me be. Tonight… I’m finally finding peace. Clock reads 3:18 now… And I’m still here.
