(1 Instrumental Intro 1) (2 Verse 1): [Softly, with a sense of resignation] Shadows dance on paper white Ink-stained fingers, tracing lines Thoughts unravel, frayed and tight Midnight's rhythm, out of time (3 Chorus 1): Shadows know my waking dream Scattered pages, bursting seams Clock hands crawl, but I can't rest Restlessness beneath my chest (4 Instrumental Break 1) (5 Verse 2): Streetlight flickers, amber glow Silhouettes of what I know Pencil scratching, wild and free Insomnia's complexity (6 Chorus 2): Shadows know my waking dream Scattered pages, bursting seams Clock hands crawl, but I can't rest Restlessness beneath my chest (7 Instrumental Break 2) (8 Bridge 1): [Spoken/half-sung, with a rhythmic, almost bebop cadence] Fragments scatter break reform Thoughts like smoke curl and twist no clear pattern* (9 Instrumental Break 3) (10 Verse 3): [Softly, with a sense of resignation] Echoes whisper from the wall Memories that softly call Silence louder than a scream Unraveling at every seam (11 Chorus 3): Shadows know my waking dream Scattered pages, bursting seams Clock hands crawl, but I can't rest Restlessness beneath my chest (12 Instrumental Break 4) (13 Outro 1): Midnight musings, still awake ... Midnight musings, still alive ... Midnight musings, still... a... wake
