I am afraid to sleep I don't wanna sink into the deep I stay awake for days Until the sleep comes and takes me away Seems to be the only way Keep out the dreams, keep out the nightmares! That's where I've been Plagued by these things that come to me in my dreams These awful, terrible, worthless things They come to me in my dreams and they sting Sting inside my mind Poison and venom inside ──────────────────── And I am telling you it's true These things they come and invade my mind Whenever I sleep, whenever I dream Silent screams, these things get a hold of me Take my soul from me Oh, set my spirit free The things, these things they do to me (Mmm-hmm, things they do to me) I'm tired and I don't want to do it anymore Every time I fall asleep they slide through the back door of my mind Somehow they find their way Every time, every day To crawl inside my head Make me wish that I was dead ──────────────────── You think I'm crazy You think I'm full of shit I'm telling you that ain't it, that ain't it These things, man, you don't understand When they crawl inside your head When they wrap around your mind You're no longer you ──────────────────── You're them, you're under their control They'll eat your soul While you ruin your life right before your own eyes Passenger seat with a front row view I'm telling you These things in my dreams turn to a mess every time I draw the line, I stay awake until sleep takes me and I fade away Into the blackness, into the nothingness, into the void And I don't dream, I don't nightmare And I wake up and I'm paranoid but I'm not destroyed These things in my head They come for me when I'm in bed I can't wait for them to stop (Mmm-hmm, oh yeah, no no no no) (Mmm-hmm) (These things...)
