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Wake Up Joseph

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[cowbell] [sax] [bongos] [orchestral swells] [verse] Last night I woke up at 3:33 A M and there was something standing at the foot of my bed I felt it touch my leg with its hands and then it slid it up to my thigh and I closed my eyes then I couldn't breathe [saxophone] [verse] in the morning I was covered in sweat and my arm had a scratch on it as long as a mile and it stung when I touched it I can't explain what happened But it was real or at least I feel that it was because if it wasn't What the hell is going on with me [piano] [Verse] On Sunday I went to church and asked to see a priest and at least he could tell me what was up with this dream that I had about my dad and my mom standing in the hall when I was small carving things on the wall [wailing horn] [verse] I'm alone in my bed and I've never seen a priest what the hell is this beast standing at the foot of my bed I hope this shit is all in my head am I going mad [pre-chorus] I am living inside of I am living inside of [heartbeat] I am living inside of of you [multi-voice chorus] You are now asleep and you're drowning in your own waste that pours from your face can you taste it can you smell it wake up joseph Joseph you need to wake up [violin] [bongo] [trumpet] [verse] I am floating on a lake and the sun is starting to bake the skin on my back but I'm going to act like it isn't bothering me or I see there is something at the bottom and it is coming up fast and when it does it pulls me below the surface [verse] I'm sinking to the bottom and I can't get free of the grip of the thing grabbing at me feet that is trying to defeat me and make me drown [pre-chorus] JOSEPH YOU NEED TO WAKE UP NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW [echo] NOW JOSEPH NOW [piano in a minor key] [multi-voice chorus] You are now asleep and you're drowning in your own waste that pours from your face can you taste it can you smell it wake up joseph Joseph you need to wake up [fade out]