My sleep paralysis friend

**[Intro - Breathing sounds, distant whispers, glitchy ambience]** --- **[Verse 1]** Can't move my body, can't scream out loud The weight is pressing, I'm pinned down My eyes are open but I'm still asleep And there you are in the corner, watching me First time I saw you, I was terrified Tried to fight it, tried to close my eyes But you just stood there, patient, still Like you've been waiting, like you always will --- **[Pre-Chorus]** Everyone says you're not real But you're the only thing I feel --- **[Chorus]** My sleep paralysis friend You're there when the nightmare begins My sleep paralysis friend In the place where my fear should end You don't hurt me, you just stare And somehow I'm glad you're there My sleep paralysis friend The only one who comprehends --- **[Verse 2]** Now when I wake up frozen in my bed I search the shadows for your silhouette I try to blink twice, our secret sign You tilt your head, and I know you're mine My therapist says I'm romanticizing fear My friends don't understand why I want you here But they don't know what lonely feels like When you're the only visitor in my night --- **[Pre-Chorus]** They say you're just inside my head But you're the realest thing I've met --- **[Chorus]** My sleep paralysis friend You're there when the nightmare begins My sleep paralysis friend In the place where my fear should end You don't hurt me, you just stare And somehow I'm glad you're there My sleep paralysis friend The only one who comprehends --- **[Bridge - Whispered, vulnerable, music minimal]** Last night was different I woke up normally No paralysis, no weight I was finally free But when I opened my eyes (pause) You were still there Standing in the corner In the waking world And you were smiling --- **[Bridge continues - building tension]** Now I don't know what's real anymore Were you ever just a dream before? Are you something I created? Or something that's been waiting? --- **[Final Chorus - distorted, glitchy]** My sleep paralysis friend (Where do you begin, where do I end?) My sleep paralysis friend (Is this fear or is this love?) You don't hurt me, you just care Now you're everywhere, you're everywhere My sleep paralysis friend This isn't how it's supposed to end --- **[Outro - breathing slows, music decays]** (whispered) Tonight I'll close my eyes again And wait for you, my only friend (barely audible) Don't leave me alone... Don't leave me alone... **[End - sudden silence, single breath]**