[INTRO — LOW SYNTH PULSE / MONITOR TICKS] [LOW FILTERED VOCAL] One strange room. One unfamiliar bed. Unknown faces putting wires on my head. [DISTANT VOICE] “Try to relax.” [DRY VOCAL] …Right. [VERSE 1 — DARK DRIVING GROOVE] Wire on my temple, another on my chest, bands wrapped around me while I'm supposed to rest. Unknown faces moving like I should know the drill, trying to look comfortable when nothing here feels still. [SUB-BASS PULSE] New walls. New sounds. [WHISPER LAYER] Camera in the night. Apparently this is how we find out if I sleep right. [POST-VERSE — GLASSY SYNTH / GLITCH FLICKERS] Caught myself in the mirror, had to look twice. Wires on my head, sensors everywhere— [DRY VOCAL] Well, isn't this nice? For half a second I forgot why I came. Looked less like a sleep study, more like some sci-fi frame. [GLITCH ECHO] Sci-fi... sci-fi... All I needed was a spaceship and a warning light or two. They said, “Ready to get some sleep?” [BEAT CUT] I looked at myself— Would you? [VERSE 2 — NERVOUS SYNTH SEQUENCE] Mind won't shut off. Can't close my eyes. [LOW ECHO] Can't close my eyes... Every little sound keeps the circuits alive. Can't find calm. Can't quite let go. My body's exhausted, but my thoughts say no. [WHISPER LAYER] Being watched... I know I'm being watched. I know they're somewhere near. Every time I almost drift, my mind pulls me back here. [PRE-CHORUS — PULSE ACCELERATES] [CALL / RESPONSE] Relax. [LOW ECHO] How? Sleep. [LOW ECHO] Where? Close my eyes like nobody's there? Strange room. Strange bed. Wires from toe to head. [BUILDING HARMONY] And somewhere in the darkness someone watches while I rest. [CHORUS — HUGE ELECTRONIC LIFT] Hooked to wires, lights down low, unknown faces come and go. Foreign ceiling, borrowed space, trying to sleep in a stranger's place. Mind won't stop. Can't close my eyes. You tell me everything's alright. [DISTANT VOICE] “Just relax. You'll be fine.” [BEAT CUT] Yeah, sure. [BEAT SLAMS BACK] You try sleeping like this tonight. [VERSE 3 — TIGHT RESTLESS GROOVE] Turn to the left— [GLITCH] Pull. Turn to the right— [GLITCH] Cable. Finding one good sleeping spot is apparently unavailable. Every little movement makes me wonder what they see. Is that line across the monitor the machine— [BEAT STUTTER] or is it me? Body wants sleep. Brain wants answers. Neither one is giving in. The harder that I try to drift, the louder thoughts begin. [BRIDGE — EVERYTHING DROPS] [HEARTBEAT PULSE] There's a camera in the darkness. [MONITOR TICK] A microphone nearby. Machines recording every breath, every movement through the night. [WHISPER BUILD] Watching... watching... I know somebody's watching. That's all my brain can hear. So while you're waiting for me to sleep— [DEEP CLOSE VOCAL] I'm wide awake in here. [LOW VOCAL] And you want natural sleep? [BEAT HITS] Under observation? [DRY VOCAL] Good luck with that. [FINAL CHORUS — FULL NAVYRAVEN EXPLOSION] Hooked to wires, lights down low, unknown faces come and go. Foreign ceiling, borrowed space, trying to sleep in a stranger's place. Mind won't stop. Can't close my eyes. Morning finally brings the light. You wanted to know how well I sleep— [BEAT CUT] Well... [FINAL DROP] You try sleeping like this tonight. [OUTRO — PULSE SLOWING] Wires come off. Mirror again. Still me. Just slightly less science fiction. [DISTANT VOICE] “Did you sleep okay?” [LONG PAUSE] [DRY CLOSE VOCAL] Define okay. [MONITOR TICK] [HARD CUT]
